- 1[intransitive, transitive] to form blisters; to make something form blisters His skin was beginning to blister. blister something Her face had been blistered by the sun.
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- 2[intransitive, transitive] blister (something) when a surface blisters or something blisters it, it swells and cracks
- 3[transitive] blister somebody to criticize someone strongly
blister
verbNAmE//ˈblɪstər//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they blister he / she / it blisters
past simple blistered
-ing form blistering
adjective cracked and blistered skin blistered paintworkSee blister in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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