Thesaurus: blister

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1. n. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle.
2. n. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel.
3. n. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister.
4. v. i. To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on.
5. v. t. To raise a blister or blisters upon.
6. v. t. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister.
7. n. a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)
8. n. (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
9. n. (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid
10. v. get blistered
11. v. subject to harsh criticism
12. v. cause blisters to form on