blister
noun
1. a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
Definition categories: state, defect, fault, flaw
2. (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
Definition categories: plant, enation
3. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
Definition categories: body, cyst, vesicle
Sentences with blister as a noun:
- blister card
- blister pack
verb
1. get blistered
- Her feet blistered during the long hike
Similar word(s): vesicate
Definition categories: change, intumesce, swell, tumefy, tumesce
2. subject to harsh criticism
- The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday
Definition categories: communication, assail, assault, attack, round, snipe
3. cause blisters to form on
- the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet