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Meaning of blister

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  blister
      n 1: a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance
           does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
      2: (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
      3: (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
         [syn: {blister}, {bulla}, {bleb}]
      v 1: get blistered; "Her feet blistered during the long hike"
           [syn: {blister}, {vesicate}]
      2: subject to harsh criticism; "The Senator blistered the
         administration in his speech on Friday"; "the professor
         scaled the students"; "your invectives scorched the
         community" [syn: {blister}, {scald}, {whip}]
      3: cause blisters to form on; "the tight shoes and perspiration
         blistered her feet"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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