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blister
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As a noun, blister means a small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection. As a verb, it means raise blisters on.
Meanings of blister
19 meaningsnoun
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection.
A swelling on a plant.
medicineSomething applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
A bubble, as on a painted surface.
roofingAn enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
“blister card”
“blister pack”
A cause of annoyance.
A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
A flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skinplant
verb
To raise blisters on.
“a chemical agent that blisters the skin”
cookingTo sear after blaching.
To have a blister form.
To criticise severely.
To break out in blisters.
Get blistered
“Her feet blistered during the long hike”
Similar: vesicateCause blisters to form on
“the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet”
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).