blister

noun

/ˈblɪstə(r)/

/ˈblɪstər/

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a swelling (= an area that is larger and rounder than normal) on the surface of the skin that is filled with liquid and is caused, for example, by rubbing or burning
- These shoes have given me blisters on my heels.
- He’d got blisters on his feet from running.
- There was a blister on her cheek where the boiling milk had splashed her.
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a similar swelling, filled with air or liquid, on metal, painted wood or another surface

Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old French blestre ‘swelling, pimple’.

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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[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 Dictionary
adverb
- badly
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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 breaks open
[transitive] blister somebody (North American English) to criticize somebody strongly

Word OriginMiddle English: perhaps from Old French blestre ‘swelling, pimple’.