to blister
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3.5
- verb
- /ˈblɪstər/
:
hacer ampollas
- The deterioration was particularly severe at and above the waterline, where the coating had blistered and peeled.
Examples
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Even at this distance, she could feel the heat blistering her face.
Fiction book (1992) -
I feel my nose blistering.
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But their feet will blister.
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Is it hot enough to blister?
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If a drop touches him, he will blister.
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In three hours, your flesh will begin to blister.
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Oh, the sun is blistering my skin.
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After several days, Stace returned to his hotel to nurse his blistered feet and feed his empty stomach.
Fiction book (1990) -
Every day, my muscles cried from the lifting and shoveling, and my hands blistered despite the gloves.
Fiction book (1990) -
The hot pavement caused my feet to blister after walking for too long.
Synonyms
To make blisters appear on the skin
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
9.0
A disease of pine trees that makes blisters and dead patches on the bark, caused by a fungus
- Specialized
A plant disease that makes blister-like spots on leaves and shoots, often in tea plants or pine trees
- Specialized
A form of impure copper with a black, bumpy surface caused by trapped gas when it is melted
- Specialized
A disease caused by a fungus that makes blisters on the bark and weakens white pine trees
How Severe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blister as a verb comes from the same image of making a little 'bubble' on skin or on paint. So to blister is to form or cause those raised, fluid-filled bumps.