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Definition of blister verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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/
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  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.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • badly
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  2. [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
  3. [transitive] blister somebody (North American English) to criticize somebody strongly
  4. Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old French blestre ‘swelling, pimple’.
See blister in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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