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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 meanings

noun

  1. 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.

  2. A swelling on a plant.

  3. medicineSomething applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.

  4. A bubble, as on a painted surface.

  5. 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.

  6. A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.

    “blister card”

    “blister pack”

  7. A cause of annoyance.

  8. A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.

  9. A flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)

  10. (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skinplant

  11. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluidbody

    Similar: bulla, bleb

verb

  1. To raise blisters on.

    “a chemical agent that blisters the skin”

  2. cookingTo sear after blaching.

  3. To have a blister form.

  4. To criticise severely.

  5. To break out in blisters.

  6. Get blistered

    “Her feet blistered during the long hike”

    Similar: vesicate
  7. Subject to harsh criticism

    “The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday”

    “the professor scaled the students”

    “your invectives scorched the community”

    Similar: scald, whip, scorch
  8. Cause 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).

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noun: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous f…
verb: get blistered
vesicate
verb: subject to harsh criticism

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