figurative and in extended use. With with. Filled to bursting; teeming, pregnant.
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释义 | the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to bursting (9) big?1541 figurative and in extended use. With with. Filled to bursting; teeming, pregnant. with child1548 figurative (a) Full (of a thing) so as to be ready to burst; teeming; = big, adj. 6b; (b) eager, longing, yearning (to do something). swelling1594 transferred. Becoming full to overflowing, as the eyes with tears; said also of the tears. pent1597 Holding or retaining something under pressure; distended or strained. Also figurative. Obsolete. bursten?1624 = burst, adj. strutted1648 distended, full-stored. Cf. strut, adj. burstened1697 Filled to bursting. stretcheda1711 Of material, a line, etc.: Extended, spread out, drawn out so as to be tight. Hence figurative of a receptacle: Strained in capacity, filled to the… bursting1847 That bursts (see senses of the verb). |
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