blister
verb/ˈblɪstə(r)/
/ˈblɪstər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they blister | /ˈblɪstə(r)/ /ˈblɪstər/ |
| he / she / it blisters | /ˈblɪstəz/ /ˈblɪstərz/ |
| past simple blistered | /ˈblɪstəd/ /ˈblɪstərd/ |
| past participle blistered | /ˈblɪstəd/ /ˈblɪstərd/ |
| -ing form blistering | /ˈblɪstərɪŋ/ /ˈblɪstərɪŋ/ |
- [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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- [intransitive, transitive] blister (something) when a surface blisters or something blisters it, it becomes covered with round areas that are filled with air or liquid and break open
- [transitive] blister somebody (North American English) to criticize somebody strongly
Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old French blestre ‘swelling, pimple’.
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