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1 PHRASAL VERB If you burst into tears, laughter, or song, you suddenly begin to cry, laugh, or sing. □ [V P n] She burst into tears and ran from the kitchen. □ [V P n] …books that cause adults to burst into helpless laughter.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you say that something bursts into a particular situation or state, you mean that it suddenly changes into that situation or state. □ [V P n] This weekend's fighting is threatening to burst into full-scale war.

3to burst into flames → see flame

▸  burst out PHRASAL VERB If someone bursts out laughing, crying, or making another noise, they suddenly start making that noise. You can also say that a noise bursts out . □ [V P v-ing] The class burst out laughing. □ [V P ] Then the applause burst out. □ [V P + into/in ] Everyone burst out into conversation.

burst|ing /bɜː ^r st I ŋ/

1 ADJ [v-link ADJ ] If a place is bursting with people or things, it is full of them. □ [+ with ] The place appears to be bursting with young directors. □ [+ with ] …a terraced vegetable garden, bursting with produce.

2 ADJ [v-link ADJ with n] If you say that someone is bursting with a feeling or quality, you mean that they have a great deal of it. □ [+ with ] I was bursting with curiosity. □ [+ with ] …a character bursting with energy and vivacity.

3 ADJ If you are bursting to do something, you are very eager to do it. [INFORMAL ] □  She was bursting to tell everyone.

4 → see also burst

bury ◆◇◇ /be ri/ (buries , burying , buried )

1 VERB To bury something means to put it into a hole in the ground and cover it up with earth. □ [V n prep/adv] They make the charcoal by burying wood in the ground and then slowly burning it. □ [V n] …squirrels who bury nuts and seeds. □ [V -ed] …buried treasure.

2 VERB To bury a dead person means to put their body into a grave and cover it with earth. □ [V n] …soldiers who helped to bury the dead in large communal graves. □ [V n adj] I was horrified that people would think I was dead and bury me alive. □ [V -ed] More than 9,000 men lie buried here.

3 VERB If someone says they have buried one of their relatives, they mean that one of their relatives has died. □ [V n] He had buried his wife some two years before he retired.

4 VERB If you bury something under a large quantity of things, you put it there, often in order to hide it. □ [be V -ed prep/adv] I was looking for my handbag, which was buried under a pile of old newspapers.

5 VERB If something buries a place or person, it falls on top of them so that it completely covers them and often harms them in some way. □ [V n] Latest reports say that mud slides buried entire villages. □ [V -ed] He was buried under the debris for several hours.

6 VERB If you bury your head or face in something, you press your head or face against it, often because you are unhappy. □ [V n prep/adv] She buried her face in the pillows.

7 VERB If something buries itself somewhere, or if you bury it there, it is pushed very deeply in there. □ [V pron-refl prep/adv] The missile buried itself deep in the grassy hillside. □ [V -ed] He stood on the sidewalk with his hands buried in the pockets of his dark overcoat. [Also V n prep/adv]

8to bury the hatchet → see hatchet