blister

Noun

• (pathology) an elevation of the skin filled with serous fluid

• (botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

• a flaw on a surface resulting when an applied substance does not adhere (as an air bubble in a coat of paint)

Verb

• cause blisters to form on
  • the tight shoes and perspiration blistered her feet
    

• subject to harsh criticism
  • The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday
    
  • the professor scaled the students
    
  • your invectives scorched the community
    

• get blistered
  • Her feet blistered during the long hike
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bulla , bleb , scald , whip , vesicate