Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Bursting |
BurstingAdjective1. (of munitions) going off; "bursting bombs"; "an exploding nuclear device"; "a spectacular display of detonating anti-tank mines". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bursting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Food & Agriculture | In wood, the separation of the fibres in the interior of a piece, due to internal stresses resulting from the use of certain accelerated seasoning or softening processes, e. g. radio-frequency heating. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Refractries at high temperature swelling and growing until they break away. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | The phenomenon sometimes exhibited by refractories containing chrome ore, when exposed to iron oxide at high temperature, of having the exposed faceswell and grow until it breaks away from the brick mass. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: BurstingSynonyms: detonating (adj), exploding (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disclosure | Bursting of a bubble; denouement. |
Feeling | Phrase: the heart big, the heart full, the heart swelling, the heart beating, the heart pulsating, the heart throbbing, the heart thumping, the heart beating high, the heart melting, the heart overflowing, the heart bursting, the heart breaking; the heart goes out, a heart as big as all outdoors (sympathy). |
Prodigy | Bursting of a shell, bursting of a bomb; volcanic eruption, peal of thunder; thunder-clap, thunder-bolt. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bursting |
| English words defined with "bursting": abloom, Aburst ♦ blue jets, bosom, Buckler mustard, burst, bursting charge ♦ dehiscence, Dissilient, Dissilition ♦ efflorescent, explosion ♦ flowering, Fragor, Frondescence ♦ Graafian follicles ♦ Inburst, irruption ♦ jets ♦ Proruption ♦ Rupert's drop, Ruption ♦ Shrapnel shell ♦ Upbreak, Upburst. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bursting": BOTTLE-HOUSE QUALITY-CONTROL TECHNICIAN, bursting disc, bursting panels, bursting strength, bursting time ♦ can technician, can-line examiner, CLOTH TESTER, QUALITY ♦ deep mining ♦ frost bursting ♦ hogshead-press operator, HYDRAULIC-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ induction time, INSPECTOR, METAL CAN ♦ laboratory assistant ♦ Mortars ♦ prize jacker, PROOF TECHNICIAN ♦ quality-control technicia. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "bursting": Dissilition. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I'm bursting with fruit flavor. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) I can't believe that any of you can walk into a church without bursting into flames! (That '70s Show; writing credit: Stacia Raymond) | |
Lyrics | The sun is bursting right out of the sky (True Blue; performing artist: Madonna) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books |
|
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | The Hubble telescope has uncovered over 1,000 bright; young star clusters bursting to life in ... Credit: NASA. |  | Ships maneuvering between Tulagi and Guadalcanal during the Japanese aerial torpedo attack on 8 August 1942. USS President Jackson (AP-37) is at left. HMAS Australia is in the center distance, with anti-aircraft shells bursting nearby. Photographed from USS Ellet (DD-398). Credit: NAVY. |
 | White phosphorus shells bursting during a bombardment by USS Manchester (CL-83) of enemy artillery emplacements on the Kalma Gak peninsula, near Wonsan, North Korea, circa 4 May 1951. Photograph was released by Commander, Naval Forces Far East, under date of 4 May 1951. Credit: NAVY. |  | Bursting the balloon. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Young man bursting through door of a printer's office to gesticulating printer. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Rockets bursting in air--Pacific Fleet landing launches an attack against the beaches of Pelelin [i.e., Peleliu] Island in the Palau group on D-Day preceding landings by troops of the first Marine Division. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The attack on Soissons, France. The smoke in the background marks the fire of the French artillery in reply to the German shells seen bursting in centre near the river Aisne. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Remarkable battle scene before Verdun, photographed from a French aeroplane. Shells from French batteries, making preparation for an infantry attack of Fort Douaumont, can be seen bursting in the background, where the German lines are located, while in th. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His youth, decamping long before its time, was beating a retreat in good order, bursting with laughter, and displaying no loss of fire. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This can cause serious problems like infection, bursting of the colon, and even death. (references) | |
The symptoms first appear some 10 to 16 days after the infectious mosquito bite and coincide with the bursting of infected red blood cells. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Bursting" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 94.01% of the time. "Bursting" is used about 483 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 94.01% | 455 | 12,837 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 3.31% | 16 | 87,710 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.07% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.41% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (common) | 0.21% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 483 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "bursting". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Achsah | N/A | Biblical | Bursting the veil |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
| |||
Expressions using "bursting": be bursting ♦ be bursting with joy ♦ be bursting with venom ♦ bursting at the seams ♦ bursting charge ♦ bursting disc ♦ bursting forth ♦ bursting of a bubble ♦ bursting panels ♦ bursting strength ♦ frost bursting ♦ full to bursting. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "bursting": bursting-point. | |
Ending with "bursting": bladder-bursting, heart-bursting, lung-bursting, new-bursting, window-bursting. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "bursting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 裂 (Chap, Chapped, Chapping, chaps, Cracked, Disruptive, fracture, rupture). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | opblaering (blistering), fiberbristning (burst, wood failure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | barsten (burst, split), door droogte barsten (burst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pirstoutuminen (fragmentation), halkeilu (burst, cracking). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | éclatement (burst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | sprengung (blasting, blowing up, breaking, breakup, mining, spraying, sprinkling), Abplatzung. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | θραύσις,ρήξις (burst), διάρρηξη πυρίμαχου υλικού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | בצבוץ (seepage, shooting buds, sprouting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szétpattanó, elszakítás, felrobbanás (explosion), kipukkadás (blow-out), kirepedés, megpattanás, megrepedés (cracking), átszakítás (penetration), szétpattanás, szétvetés, szétpukkadó, szétrepedő, szétrepedés (cracking, exfoliation, fragmentation), szétrobbanás, szétrobbanó, szétszaggatás, széttépés, szétfeszítés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | fessurazione alveolare (burst). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | パンの木 (breadfruit, Pan-Americanism, pancake, panchromatic, pansy, punctual, punctuation, puncture, punk, punk rock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | パンク (puncture, punk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 파열 (Burst, rapture, rupture, Rupturing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scoltey (analysis, beanfeast; skive, blow out, burst, chop up, cleavage; heavy meal, cleave, cleft, crack, crack; feed, cracking, crevasse, disunion, fission, fissure, fracture, gutting, hew, rend, scission, slit, slitting, sliver, slot, split, tuck in; gut; fault, vent, venting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urstingbay ruptura (abruption, blowout, breach, break, breakage, breaking, burst, disruption, fracture, rip, rupture, severance, snap), prestes a rebentar, fendilhamento (burst, splitting), explosão (blast, blow up, burst, bust, detonation, discharge, eruptive, explosion, outbreak, outburst, upsurge), cheio (chock full, complete, flush, fraught, full, overflowing, overgrown, philoprogenitive, plump, prolific, rank, replete, round, stuffed, teeming, thick, tumid). (various references) bãtaie (battue, beat, beating, blow, box, close, concussion, cudgeling, cuff, cuffing, drubbing, dusting, fight, fighting, flogging, fray, lacing, licking, Pat, patter, pattering, percussion, pick, range, rattle, row, run, scramble, scrap, scuffle, set to, shot, slap, slapping, stroke, sweep, thrashing, throbbing, thud, thump, toll, tussle, warming), explozie (blast, blaze, burst, detonation, explosion, outbreak, round, shot, spirt, tornado). (various references) лопаться;взрываться. (various references) muy lleno (overcrowded), descascarillamiento, astillado (burst, chipping), a rebosar. (various references) bristande (defective, deficient, unsufficient). (various references) gyrylmak (kill). (various references) розрив (avulsion, breach, breaking, chasm, denunciation, dissolution, divorce, divorcement, estrangement, rip, rupture, severance, split, tear), вибух (bang, blast, blow up, blowing up, burst, detonation, explosion, howl, hurricane, outbreak, outleap, storm, tornado). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 7, Verse 11 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En tw exakosiostw etei en th zwh tou nwe tou deuterou mhnoV ebdomh kai eikadi tou mhnoV th hmera tauth erraghsan pasai ai phgai thV abussou kai oi katarraktai tou ouranou hnewcqhsan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Anno sescentesimo vitae Noe mense secundo septimodecimo die mensis rupti sunt omnes fontes abyssi magnae et cataractae caeli apertae sunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | On ðam oðrum monðe, on ðone seofonteoðan dæg ðæs monðes, ða asprungon ealle wyllspringas ðære miclan nywelnysse ond ðære heofenan wæterðeotan wæron geopenode. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The sixt hundrid yeer of the lijf of Noe, the secounde moneth, the seuententhe day of the moneth, ben brosten alle the wellis of the greet see, and the goteris of heuene ben openyd, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | In the .vi. hundred yere of Noes lyfe in the secode moneth in the .xvij daye of the moneth yt same daye were all the founteynes of the grete depe broken vp and the wyndowes of heave were opened |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, all the fountains of the great deep came bursting through, and the windows of heaven were open; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 7, Verse 11 |
| Cebuano | Sa ikaunom ka gatus ka tuig sa kinabuhi ni Noe, sa ikaduha nga bulan, sa ikapulo ug pito ka adlaw sa bulan, niadto gayud nga adlawa nangabuswang ang tanan nga mga tinubdan sa dagku nga kahiladman ug ang mga tamboanan sa mga langit nangaabli. |
| Croatian | U dan onaj - šestote godine Noina života, mjeseca drugog, dana u mjesecu sedamnaestog - navale svi izvori bezdana, rastvore se ustave nebeske. |
| Dutch | In het zeshonderdste jaar des levens van Noach, in de tweede maand, op den zeventienden dag der maand, op dezen zelfden dag zijn alle fonteinen des groten afgronds opengebroken, en de sluizen des hemels geopend. |
| Finnish | Ja sinä vuonna, jona Nooa oli kuudensadan vuoden vanha, sen toisena kuukautena, kuukauden seitsemäntenätoista päivänä, sinä päivänä puhkesivat kaikki suuren syvyyden lähteet, ja taivaan akkunat aukenivat. |
| French | L`an six cent de la vie de Noé, le second mois, le dix-septième jour du mois, en ce jour-l toutes les sources du grand abîme jaillirent, et les écluses des cieux s`ouvrirent. |
| German | In dem sechshundertsten Jahr des Alters Noahs, am siebzehnten Tage des zweiten Monats, das ist der Tag, da aufbrachen alle Brunnen der großen Tiefe, und taten sich auf die Fenster des Himmels, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | yaitu tatkala umur Nuh enam ratus tahun, pada bulan yang kedua dan tujuh belas hari bulan, pada hari itu juga segala pancaran tubir yang besar itupun berpecahlah dan segala pintu air di langitpun terbukalah. |
| Italian | nell'anno seicentesimo della vita di Noè, nel secondo mese, il diciassette del mese, proprio in quello stesso giorno, eruppero tutte le sorgenti del grande abisso e le cateratte del cielo si aprirono. |
| Maori | ¶ No te ono rau o nga tau o te oranga o Noa, no te rua o nga marama, no te tekau ma whitu o nga ra o te marama, no taua rangi ano i pakaru mai ai nga matapuna katoa o te rire nui, a ka whakatuwheratia nga matapihi o te rangi. |
| Norwegian | I det år da Noah var seks hundre år gammel, i den annen måned, den syttende dag i måneden, den dag brast alle kilder i det store dyp, og himmelens sluser åpnedes, |
| Portuguese | No ano seiscentos da vida de Noé, no mês segundo, aos dezessete dias do mês, romperam-se todas as fontes do grande abismo, e as janelas do céu se abriram, |
| Rumanian | Kn anul al wasesutelea al vieyii lui Noe, kn luna a doua, kn ziua a waptesprezecea a lunii, kn ziua aceea, s`au rupt toate izvoarele Adkncului celui mare wi s`au deschis stqvilarele cerurilor. |
| Russian | ч ЫЕУФЙУПФЩК ЗП" ЦЙЪОЙ оПЕЧПК, ЧП ЧФПТПК НЕУС", Ч УЕНОБ""БФЩК "ЕОШ НЕУС"Б, Ч УЕК "ЕОШ ТБЪЧЕТЪМЙУШ ЧУЕ ЙУФПЮОЙЛЙ ЧЕМЙЛПК 'ЕЪ"ОЩ, Й ПЛОБ ОЕ'ЕУОЩЕ ПФЧПТЙМЙУШ; |
| Swedish | I det år då Noa var sex hundra år gammal, i andra månaden, på sjuttonde dagen i månaden, den dagen bröto alla det stora djupets källor fram, och himmelens fönster öppnade sig, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Misspellings | |
"Bursting" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bresting, Brustein, bursing, burstings, burtini, Bustino. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bursting" (pronounced ber"sting) |
| 4 | -s t i ng | accosting, adjusting, arresting, assisting, attesting, besting, blacklisting, blasting, boasting, boosting, breasting, broadcasting, busting, casting, coasting, coexisting, composting, consisting, contesting, contrasting, costing, cresting, defrosting, delisting, digesting, disgusting, divesting, dusting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, everlasting, exhausting, existing, fasting, feasting, forecasting, frosting, gusting, harvesting, Hasting, hoisting, hosting, ingesting, insisting, interesting, investing, jousting, lambasting, lasting, listing, lusting, manifesting, molesting, nesting, ousting, pasting, persisting, posting, preexisting, protesting, readjusting, recasting, reinvesting, requesting, resisting, resting, retesting, roasting, rusting, suggesting, tasting, testing, thrusting, toasting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, uninteresting, vesting, wasting, wresting. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abbreviating, abdicating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abrogating, abutting, accelerating, accenting, accentuating, accepting, accommodating, accounting, accrediting, accumulating, acquitting, acting, activating, adapting, addicting, adjudicating, administrating, admitting, adopting, advocating, affecting, affiliating, afflicting, aggravating, agitating, airlifting, alerting, alienating, alleviating, allocating, allotting, alternating, amounting, annotating, anticipating, appointing, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assassinating, assaulting, asserting, assimilating, associating, attempting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, authenticating, automating, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, betting, biting, bitting, blanketing, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boating, bolting, booting, boycotting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, butting, calculating, captivating, carpeting, carting, castigating, castrating, catapulting, cavorting, celebrating, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, chlorinating, circulating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coagulating, coating, cohabiting, collaborating, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commemorating, commenting, committing, communicating, commuting, compensating, competing, complementing, completing, complicating, complimenting, computing, concentrating, concocting, conducting, confiscating, conflicting, confronting, congratulating, connecting, consenting, consolidating, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, consummating, contacting, contaminating, contemplating, contracting, contradicting, contributing, converting, convicting, cooperating, coordinating, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corroborating, corrupting, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, culminating, cultivating, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decanting, decelerating, decimating, decorating, dedicating, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, degenerating, delegating, deleting, deliberating, delighting, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deprecating, depreciating, deregulating, deserting, designating, destructing, detecting, deteriorating, detonating, detracting, devastating, devoting, dictating, dieting, differentiating, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, discriminating, disintegrating, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, disseminating, dissenting, dissipating, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, documenting, domesticating, dominating, donating, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, duplicating, eating, editing, educating, effecting, elaborating, elating, electing, electroplating, elevating, eliciting, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emitting, emulating, enacting, encapsulating, enchanting, enunciating, equating, equivocating, eradicating, erecting, erupting, escalating, escorting, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, evicting, exacerbating, exacting, exaggerating, exalting, exasperating, excavating, excepting, exciting, excoriating, excruciating, executing, exempting, exerting, exhibiting, exhilarating, exhorting, exiting, exonerating, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extenuating, exterminating, extorting, extracting, extraditing, extrapolating, fabricating, facilitating, fainting, fascinating, faulting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fluctuating, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forfeiting, forgetting, formulating, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, fruiting, frustrating, generating, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, graduating, grafting, granting, grating, gravitating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gutting, gyrating, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, hating, haunting, heating, hesitating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, homeporting, humiliating, hunting, hurting, hydrogenating, igniting, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impacting, imparting, impersonating, implanting, implementing, implicating, importing, imprinting, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, inciting, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, indicating, indicting, infatuating, infecting, infighting, infiltrating, inflating, inflicting, infuriating, ingratiating, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, initiating, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, inspecting, instigating, instituting, instructing, insulating, insulting, integrating, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interpreting, interrogating, interrupting, intersecting, intimidating, intoxicating, inundating, invalidating, inventing, investigating, invigorating, inviting, irritating, isolating, jetting, jolting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lamenting, laminating, legislating, letting, levitating, liberating, lifting, lighting, limiting, liquidating, litigating, locating, looting, lubricating, malting, mandating, manipulating, marketing, marting, masturbating, mating, matting, mediating, meditating, meeting, melting, migrating, minting, misappropriating, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, mitigating, moderating, molting, moonlighting, motivating, mounting, mutating, mutilating, muting, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negating, neglecting, negotiating, netting, nitrating, nominating, nonbiting, nonoperating, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obliterating, obstructing, obviating, officiating, offsetting, omitting, operating, opting, orbiting, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overestimating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, overstating, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, participating, parting, patenting, patting, penetrating, percolating, perfecting, permeating, permitting, perpetrating, perpetuating, persecuting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, placating, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, pontificating, populating, porting, pouting, precipitating, predicting, predominating, preempting, presenting, preventing, printing, procrastinating, profiting, prognosticating, prohibiting, projecting, proliferating, promoting, prompting, promulgating, propagating, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, pulsating, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, radiating, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, reactivating, reallocating, reasserting, rebutting, recalculating, recanting, reciprocating, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recreating, recruiting, recuperating, redacting, redecorating, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, reevaluating, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regenerating, regretting, regulating, rehabilitating, reigniting, reincorporating, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejecting, rejuvenating, relating, relegating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renegotiating, renovating, renting, repainting, repatriating, repeating, replanting, replicating, reporting, representing, reprinting, repudiating, rerouting, resenting, resonating, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, resuscitating, retaliating, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverberating, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, rocketing, rooting, rotating, rotting, salivating, salting, saluting, saturating, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, segregating, selecting, separating, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, simulating, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, speculating, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, stagnating, starting, stating, stimulating, stipulating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, subordinating, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suffocating, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, syndicating, tabulating, tainting, targeting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, terminating, thermosetting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, titillating, tolerating, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underestimating, underreporting, understating, underwriting, undulating, unexciting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, urinating, vacating, vacillating, validating, vaulting, ventilating, venting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-g-i-n-r-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: bruting, busting, inburst, rusting, subring, tubings. | |
-2 letters: brings, bruins, bruits, brunts, burins, busing, grunts, rutins, string, strung, truing, tubing, ungirt, unrigs. | |
-3 letters: bints, brigs, bring, brins, brits, bruin, bruit, brunt, bungs, bunts, burgs, burin, burns, burnt, burst, girns, girts, grins, grist, grits, grubs, grunt, rings, ruing, ruins, rungs, runts, rutin, sting, stung, suing. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-g-i-n-r-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: becrusting, blustering, disturbing, subverting. | |
+3 letters: brutalising, buttressing, grubstaking, obstructing, outbargains, subrogating, subrogation, subtracting. | |
+4 letters: blusteringly, distributing, disturbingly, drumbeatings, masturbating, objurgations, outbreedings, resubmitting, subculturing, subrogations, urbanologist. | |
+5 letters: antibourgeois, butterfingers, filibustering, heartburnings, interboroughs, nightclubbers, subgeneration, subirrigating, subirrigation, subordinating, toothbrushing, urbanologists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 75 72 73 74 69 6E 67 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
|
| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
|
| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
|
| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
|
Morse Code (1836) (references)-... ..- .-. ... - .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
|
Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01110101 01110010 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B u r s t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0075 0072 0073 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
|
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3687848586758073 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, chino, kinesisk, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, עו'ת שמרים, " י, dán, danese, 덴마크, Danvargish, Danvargagh, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danés, dansk, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, "ול "י, holland, olandese, 네덜란", Ollanish, Germaanish, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holandés, holländsk, голландська мова, голландський |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, 핀란", Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finlandés, finés, finsk, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, alemán, tysk, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | 西伯来, 希伯來語 , joods, Hebreeuws, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, ヘブライ語 , ヘブライ", Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, ungrare, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japonés, japansk, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, יפ י, japán, giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japonés, japansk, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, coreano, koreansk, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | 罗马尼亚语, rumæner, Roemeens, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, 루마니아, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkmen | turkmener, Turkmeense, Turkmeen, turkmenistanilainen, Turkmène, Turkmenin, Turkmene, Τουρκομάνος, turkmeno, turcomano, turquemeno, turquemene, turkmenistanier | |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | 乌克兰, Oekraïens, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ucranio, ukrainare, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Fiction | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Speeches 11. Usage Frequency 12. Names: Derived from | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Bible Trace | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
