| blister | | |
| n. (state) | 1. blister | a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint). |
| ~ flaw, fault, defect | an imperfection in an object or machine.; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" |
| n. (plant) | 2. blister | (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin. |
| ~ phytology, botany | the branch of biology that studies plants. |
| ~ plant process, enation | a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ. |
| n. (body) | 3. bleb, blister, bulla | (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid. |
| ~ vesicle, cyst | a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid). |
| ~ pathology | the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases. |
| ~ water blister | blister containing a nonpurulent clear watery content. |
| ~ blood blister | blister containing blood or bloody serum usually caused by an injury. |
| ~ pustule | a small inflamed elevation of skin containing pus; a blister filled with pus. |
| v. (change) | 4. blister, vesicate | get blistered.; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" |
| ~ swell up, tumesce, intumesce, tumefy, swell | expand abnormally.; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" |
| ~ blister | cause blisters to form on.; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet" |
| v. (communication) | 5. blister, scald, whip | subject to harsh criticism.; "The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the community" |
| ~ lash out, attack, assail, assault, snipe, round | attack in speech or writing.; "The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker" |
| v. (change) | 6. blister | cause blisters to form on.; "the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| ~ blister, vesicate | get blistered.; "Her feet blistered during the long hike" |
| bundle | | |
| n. (group) | 1. bundle, package, packet, parcel | a collection of things wrapped or boxed together. |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| ~ wisp | a small bundle of straw or hay. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. bundle, sheaf | a package of several things tied together for carrying or storing. |
| ~ bale | a large bundle bound for storage or transport. |
| ~ faggot, fagot | a bundle of sticks and branches bound together. |
| ~ pack | a bundle (especially one carried on the back). |
| ~ parcel, package | a wrapped container. |
| ~ swag | a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman. |
| n. (possession) | 3. big bucks, big money, bundle, megabucks, pile | a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit).; "she made a bundle selling real estate"; "they sank megabucks into their new house" |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
| ~ money | wealth reckoned in terms of money.; "all his money is in real estate" |
| v. (contact) | 4. bundle, bundle up, roll up | make into a bundle.; "he bundled up his few possessions" |
| ~ pack | arrange in a container.; "pack the books into the boxes" |
| v. (contact) | 5. bunch, bunch up, bundle, clump, cluster | gather or cause to gather into a cluster.; "She bunched her fingers into a fist" |
| ~ form | assume a form or shape.; "the water formed little beads" |
| ~ agglomerate | form into one cluster. |
| v. (contact) | 6. bundle, compact, pack, wad | compress into a wad.; "wad paper into the box" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ compact, pack | have the property of being packable or of compacting easily.; "This powder compacts easily"; "Such odd-shaped items do not pack well" |
| ~ puddle | work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud. |
| v. (body) | 7. bundle, practice bundling | sleep fully clothed in the same bed with one's betrothed. |
| ~ catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber | be asleep. |
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