blister
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/ˈblɪstər/
🇬🇧
/ˈblɪstə(r)/
noun
R
A small bubble on the skin filled with fluid, often from rubbing or heat.
These shoes gave me a blister on my heel.
R
A similar bubble on surfaces like metal or painted wood, filled with air or liquid.
The heat caused a blister to form on the car's paint.
verb
R
To form blisters or cause something to form blisters.
The sun can blister your skin if you stay outside too long.
R
When a surface gets covered with bubbles filled with air or liquid that may break open.
The old paint began to blister in the humid weather.
R
To criticize someone harshly.
The coach will blister the team if they lose the game.
translation
A small bubble on the skin filled with fluid, often from rubbing or heat.; A similar bubble on surfaces like metal or painted wood, filled with air or liquid.
To form blisters or cause something to form blisters.; When a surface gets covered with bubbles filled with air or liquid that may break open.; To criticize someone harshly.
Word Forms
Plural
blisters
Progressive
blistering
Past
blistered
Perfect
blistered
3rd Present
blisters