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    BUST

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    An occasion for excessive eating or drinkingplay

    Example:

    they went on a bust that lasted three days

    Synonyms:

    binge; bout; bust; tear

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("bust" is a kind of...):

    revel; revelry (unrestrained merrymaking)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bust"):

    piss-up (vulgar expression for a bout of heavy drinking)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A sculpture of the head and shoulders of a personplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("bust" is a kind of...):

    sculpture (a three-dimensional work of plastic art)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    The chest of a womanplay

    Synonyms:

    bust; female chest

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting body parts

    Hypernyms ("bust" is a kind of...):

    chest; pectus; thorax (the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates)

    Holonyms ("bust" is a part of...):

    female body (the body of a female human being)

    Derivation:

    busty ((of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    A complete failureplay

    Example:

    the play was a dismal flop

    Synonyms:

    bust; fizzle; flop

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural events

    Hypernyms ("bust" is a kind of...):

    failure (an event that does not accomplish its intended purpose)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bust"):

    bomb; dud; turkey (an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual)

    Derivation:

    bust (ruin completely)

     II. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Lacking fundsplay

    Example:

    'skint' is a British slang term

    Synonyms:

    broke; bust; skint; stone-broke; stony-broke

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    poor (having little money or few possessions)

     III. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they bust  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it busts  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: bust  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation/busted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: bust  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation/busted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: busting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Break open or apart suddenly and forcefullyplay

    Example:

    The dam burst

    Synonyms:

    burst; bust

    Classified under:

    Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

    Hypernyms (to "bust" is one way to...):

    break; come apart; fall apart; separate; split up (become separated into pieces or fragments)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bust"):

    shatter (break into many pieces)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Go to piecesplay

    Example:

    The old chair finally fell apart completely

    Synonyms:

    break; bust; fall apart; wear; wear out

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "bust" is one way to...):

    crumble; decay; dilapidate (fall into decay or ruin)

    Verb group:

    break; bust (ruin completely)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bust"):

    fray; frazzle (wear away by rubbing)

    Sentence frame:

    Something ----s

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Ruin completelyplay

    Example:

    He busted my radio!

    Synonyms:

    break; bust

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "bust" is one way to...):

    destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)

    Cause:

    break; bust; fall apart; wear; wear out (go to pieces)

    Verb group:

    break; bust; fall apart; wear; wear out (go to pieces)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bust"):

    break down (cause to fall or collapse)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Also:

    bust up (smash or break forcefully)

    Derivation:

    bust (a complete failure)

    buster (a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    Separate or cause to separate abruptlyplay

    Example:

    tear the paper

    Synonyms:

    bust; rupture; snap; tear

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "bust" is one way to...):

    disunite; divide; part; separate (force, take, or pull apart)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bust"):

    lacerate (cut or tear irregularly)

    pull; rend; rip; rive (tear or be torn violently)

    rip up; shred; tear up (tear into shreds)

    Sentence frames:

    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

    Sense 5

    Meaning:

    Search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack onplay

    Example:

    The police raided the crack house

    Synonyms:

    bust; raid

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "bust" is one way to...):

    assail; attack (launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    Tall, fine bust, sloping shoulders; long, graceful neck: olive complexion, dark and clear; noble features; eyes rather like Mr. Rochester's: large and black, and as brilliant as her jewels.

    (Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

    And hanging the antique broad-brim on a bust of Plato, Jo read her letters.

    (Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

    The cast was taken in two moulds from each side of the face, and then these two profiles of plaster of Paris were joined together to make the complete bust.

    (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Beyond and above spread an expanse of sky, dark blue as at twilight: rising into the sky was a woman's shape to the bust, portrayed in tints as dusk and soft as I could combine.

    (Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

    The dim, dusty room, with the busts staring down from the tall bookcases, the cozy chairs, the globes, and best of all, the wilderness of books in which she could wander where she liked, made the library a region of bliss to her.

    (Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

    “That won’t do, my dear Watson,” said Holmes, shaking his head, “for no amount of idée fixe would enable your interesting monomaniac to find out where these busts were situated.”

    (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    Recall the august yet harmonious lineaments, the Grecian neck and bust; let the round and dazzling arm be visible, and the delicate hand; omit neither diamond ring nor gold bracelet; portray faithfully the attire, aerial lace and glistening satin, graceful scarf and golden rose; call it 'Blanche, an accomplished lady of rank.'

    (Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

    Returning from one of Mozart's grand operas, splendidly performed at the Royal Theatre, he looked over his own, played a few of the best parts, sat staring at the busts of Mendelssohn, Beethoven, and Bach, who stared benignly back again.

    (Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

    When finished, the busts were put on a table in the passage to dry, and afterwards stored.

    (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    On the other hand, this Morse Hudson is the purveyor of busts in that part of London, and these three were the only ones which had been in his shop for years.

    (The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)


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