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Definition of 'bust' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) bust
a representation of the upper part of the human figure, esp. the head and shoulders.

2.  bust
the chest or breast, esp. a woman's bosom.

3. (v.i.) bust
to burst.

4.  bust
to break or separate; split (usu. fol. by up).

5.  bust
to go bankrupt.

6.  bust
to collapse from the strain of making a supreme effort.

7. (v.t.) bust
Informal.

8.  bust
to burst.

9.  bust
to bankrupt; ruin financially.

10.  bust
to demote, esp. in military rank.

11.  bust
to tame; break:
to bust a bronco.

12.  bust
Slang.

13.  bust
to place under arrest.

14.  bust
to subject to a police raid.

15.  bust
Informal.

16.  bust
to hit.

17.  bust
to break:
I fell and busted my arm.

18.  bust
to damage or destroy (usu. fol. by up).

19. (n.) bust
a failure.

20.  bust
Informal. a hit; sock; punch.

21.  bust
a sudden economic decline; depression.

22.  bust
Slang.

23.  bust
an arrest.

24.  bust
a police raid.

25.  bust
Informal. a drinking spree; binge.

26. (adj.) bust
Informal. bankrupt; broke.

Etymology:  (1755–65; var. of burst , by loss of r before s, as in ass2, bass2, passel , etc.)

Definition of 'bust' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) flop, bust, fizzle
a complete failure
"the play was a dismal flop"

2. (noun) female chest, bust
the chest of a woman

3. (noun) bust
a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person

4. (adj) bust, tear, binge, bout
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
"they went on a bust that lasted three days"

5. (verb) broke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke
lacking funds
"`skint' is a British slang term"

6. (verb) break, bust
ruin completely
"He busted my radio!"

7. (verb) raid, bust
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
"The police raided the crack house"

8. (verb) tear, rupture, snap, bust
separate or cause to separate abruptly
"The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"

9. (verb) break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart
go to pieces
"The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"

10. (verb) burst, bust
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
"The dam burst"


Definition of 'bust' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) bust
to break
I busted my camera.

2.  bust
to arrest
He was busted for possession of drugs.

3. (noun) bust
a model of a head and shoulders
a bust of Beethoven

4.  bust
a woman's breasts
a woman with a large bust

5. (adverb) bust
go bust
to become bankrupt
a business that went bust


Definition of 'bust' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) bust
a piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast

2. (noun) bust
the portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body


Translation of 'bust' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a woman's chest
She has a very small bust.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: buuste Arabic flag Arabic: صَدْر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: женски бюст
Brazilian flag Brazilian: busto Czech flag Czech: prsa German flag German: die Büste
Danish flag Danish: buste Greek flag Greek: στήθος Spanish flag Spanish: busto, pecho
Estonian flag Estonian: rinnapartii, rinnad Farsi flag Farsi: پستان ها Finnish flag Finnish: povi
French flag French: poitrine Hebrew flag Hebrew: שָׁד Hindi flag Hindi: छाती
Croatian flag Croatian: prsa Hungarian flag Hungarian: mell Indonesian flag Indonesian: payudara
Italian flag Italian: seno Japanese flag Japanese: バスト Korean flag Korean: 여성의 가슴
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: krūtinė Latvian flag Latvian: (sievietes) krūtis Malay flag Malay: buah dada
Dutch flag Dutch: boezem Norwegian flag Norwegian: barm, brystmål Polish flag Polish: biust
Persian flag Persian: پستان ها Pashto flag Pashto: د ښځی سینه Portuguese flag Portuguese: peito
Romanian flag Romanian: piept Russian flag Russian: бюст Slovak flag Slovak: poprsie
Slovenian flag Slovenian: prsi Serbian flag Serbian: poprsje Swedish flag Swedish: bröst, barm, bystmått
Thai flag Thai: หน้าอก Turkish flag Turkish: göğüs Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 女人的胸部
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: груди, бюст Urdu flag Urdu: عورت کی چھاتی Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngực phụ nữ
Chinese flag Chinese: 妇女的胸部

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