Blister

['blɪstə] or ['blɪstɚ]

Definition

(noun.) (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid.

(noun.) (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin.

(noun.) a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint).

(verb.) get blistered; 'Her feet blistered during the long hike'.

(verb.) cause blisters to form on; 'the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet'.

(verb.) subject to harsh criticism; 'The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday'; 'the professor scaled the students'; 'your invectives scorched the community'.

Typed by Eddie--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.

(n.) Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.

(n.) A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister.

(v. i.) To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.

(v. t.) To raise a blister or blisters upon.

(v. t.) To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.

Editor: Tess

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Vesicle, pustule, blain.[2]. Vesicatory, blistering plaster.

v. a. Raise blisters on.

v. n. Rise in blisters.

Typed by Annette

Definition

n. a thin bubble or bladder on the skin containing watery matter: a pustule: a plaster applied to raise a blister.—v.t. to raise a blister.—ns. Blis′ter-bee′tle Blis′ter-fly the cantharis or Spanish fly used for blistering; Blis′ter-plas′ter a plaster made of Spanish flies used to raise a blister; Blis′ter-steel Blis′tered-steel steel blistered in the process of manufacture used for making tools &c.—adj. Blis′tery.

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