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Unless you burst into movies as a sex goddess, you're likely to play wives and mothers. I came into movies as a teenager in 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They' (1969) playing a pregnant waif from the Ozarks. I didn't get a chance to burst into movies in 'Body Heat.' My career isn't based on having a 23-inch waist and a big bust, though I do.
Bonnie Bedelia

Meaning of "bust" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUST

From French buste, from Italian busto a sculpture, of unknown origin.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BUST

bust  [bʌst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bust is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bust

Bust may refer to: ▪ Bust, depicting a person's head and shoulders ▪ Bust, a feminist pop culture magazine ▪ Bust, Bas-Rhin, a city in north-eastern France ▪ Lashkar Gah, a city in Afghanistan, also known as Bust or Bost ▪ Bust, a woman's breasts ▪ Boom and bust cycle in economics ▪ Going over 21 in blackjack...

Definition of bust in the English dictionary

The definition of bust in the dictionary is the chest of a human being, esp a woman's bosom. Other definition of bust is a sculpture of the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUST


adjust
əˈdʒʌst
antitrust
ˌæntɪˈtrʌst
august
ɔːˈɡʌst
crust
krʌst
disgust
dɪsˈɡʌst
distrust
dɪsˈtrʌst
dost
dʌst
dust
dʌst
entrust
ɪnˈtrʌst
gust
ɡʌst
just
dʒʌst
lust
lʌst
must
mʌst
robust
rəʊˈbʌst
rust
rʌst
stardust
ˈstɑːˌdʌst
thrust
θrʌst
trust
trʌst
unjust
ʌnˈdʒʌst
wanderlust
ˈwɒndəˌlʌst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUST

bussu
bust a gut
bust-up
bustard
busted
bustee
buster
buster collar
busti
bustic
busticate
bustier
bustiest
bustiness
bustle
bustler
bustline
bustling
bustlingly
busty

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUST

antirust
bite the dust
brain trust
charitable trust
cosmic dust
dry-as-dust
exhaust
Faust
frust
go bust
gold dust
holocaust
investment trust
locust
mistrust
National Trust
oust
Proust
roust
Saint-Just

Synonyms and antonyms of bust in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BUST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bust» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bust
arrest · bosom · break · burst · capture · carving · catch · chest · collar · cop · crack · fracture · front · head · lift · nab · nail · raid · rupture · sculpture · shatter · smash · snap · splinter · split

Translation of «bust» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUST

Find out the translation of bust to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bust from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bust» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

胸像
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

busto
570 millions of speakers

English

bust
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वक्ष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تـِمْثال نِصْفي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бюст
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

busto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বক্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

buste
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Payudara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Büste
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バスト
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

여성의 가슴
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dhadha
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tượng bán thân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மார்பளவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिवाळे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büst
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

busto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

popiersie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бюст
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bust
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπούστο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

borsbeeld
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

byst
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

byste
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bust

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUST»

The term «bust» is very widely used and occupies the 10.029 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bust» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bust» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bust

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10 QUOTES WITH «BUST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bust.
1
Bob Ainsworth
I got a tooth bust by somebody who decided they didn't like me and I thought the moustache hid a scar on my lip. It's true that people were told facial hair was not appreciated by the British public, but I just decided to keep the moustache.
2
Mukesh Ambani
You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product, but if your bottom line goes bust, then that's it.
3
Bonnie Bedelia
Unless you burst into movies as a sex goddess, you're likely to play wives and mothers. I came into movies as a teenager in 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They' (1969) playing a pregnant waif from the Ozarks. I didn't get a chance to burst into movies in 'Body Heat.' My career isn't based on having a 23-inch waist and a big bust, though I do.
4
Johnny Bench
There are three types of pitchers you have to deal with. Some, you just have to tell what town they're in, remind them where they are. Some, you remind them about mechanics, and some, you have to bust their tail. You have to make them your friend and have them trust you.
5
Josh Billings
The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
6
Camille Claudel
My countrymen have commissioned a bust of the Republic. It will be placed on the fountain of my native town.
7
Cy Coleman
I'm trying to get hold of them... the trouble is a lot of the companies that recorded and produced the albums went bust, so I don't know where to get the masters.
8
Jason Earles
There is a little chubby kid in me just waiting to bust out. I usually go running but am looking for a good gym.
9
Brad Falchuk
The East Coast, and certainly Boston, has a provincial quality to it that makes it harder to bust out and move up. Try to be too different and they'll pull you down.
10
Thom Filicia
When we first sort of break in or bust into the house, if you will, there's some tough love.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUST»

Discover the use of bust in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bust and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bust: Greece, the Euro and the Sovereign Debt Crisis
In Bust: Greece, the Euro, and the Sovereign Debt Crisis, leading market commentator Matthew Lynn blends financial history, politics, and current affairs to tell the story of how one nation rode the wave of economic prosperity and brought a ...
Matthew Lynn, 2010
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Bust: How I Gambled and Lost a Fortune, Brought Down a ...
A compulsive gambler recounts his childhood indoctrination into gambling, which led to lucrative early winnings before he reached the multi-million-dollar levels, short-lived successes that resulted in his introduction to underground games ...
Adam B. Resnick, 2008
3
Bust
5 [IMPORTANT / VALUABLE] LESSONS YOU CAN LEARN BY READING BUST: 1) When you hire someone to kill your wife, don’t hire a psychopath. 2) Don’t use Drano to get rid of a dead body. 3) Those locks on hotel room doors?
Ken Bruen, Jason Starr, 2011
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Subprime Mortgages: America's Latest Boom and Bust
In many ways, the optimists were correct, but now, less than fifteen years later, the subprime mortgage market is collapsing, threatening to take the rest of the housing sector along with it.Subprime Mortgages: America's Latest Boom and ...
Edward M. Gramlich, 2007
5
Boom and Bust: Financial Cycles and Human Prosperity
This wonderful reality would not exist in the absence of financial cycles. This book explains why.
Alex J. Pollock, 2010
6
Understanding the Crisis in Greece: From Boom to Bust
This book is essential reading for all interested in Greece's economy, political economy and European economics.
Prof. Michael Mitsopoulos, Prof Theodore Pelagidis, 2011
7
Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s
"This book represents some of the finest scholarship in the field.
Thomas Schatz, 1999
8
Boardwalk Bust
ATAC Briefing for Agents Frank and Joe Hardy MISSION: Investigate and put a halt to the recent rash of jewelry store robberies.
Franklin W. Dixon, 2010
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Bust: How the Courts Have Exposed the Rotten Heart of the ...
Dearbhail McDonald, the brilliant legal editor of the Irish Independent, has been following the high-stakes rows through the courts and, drawing upon her unmatched contacts, tells the often bizarre stories behind an extraordinary reversal ...
Dearbhail McDonald, 2010
10
Tuva Or Bust!: Richard Feynman's Last Journey
A close friend of physicist Richard Feynman chronicles his relationship with the scientist and describes their ten-year quest to reach the remote country of Tannu Tuva.
Ralph Leighton, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bust is used in the context of the following news items.
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Lawmaker slows effort to remove bust of Confederate general
(AP) — A Tennessee lawmaker says he plans to slow the effort to remove a bust of a Confederate general and Ku Klux Klan leader from the ... «Kingsport Times News, Jul 15»
2
Four Charged in Drug Bust
Authorities said they searched a home near Marshalls Creek Thursday and found eight guns, heroin, and roughly $5,000 cash. Investigators ... «wnep.com, Jul 15»
3
Large amount of marijuana uncovered in Rio Linda-area bust
Several people were taken into custody Monday in connection with a large-scale marijuana grow operation in the Rio Linda area, officials said. «KCRA Sacramento, Jul 15»
4
Washington cops bust suspect in ex-congressional intern's murder
Washington police on Monday caught a suspect in the July 4 murder of a former congressional intern. Jasper Spires, 18, was charged with ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
5
R7m cocaine bust at OR Tambo airport
Johannesburg - A bag containing cocaine with an estimated street value of R7 million has been seized at OR Tambo International Airport ... «News24, Jul 15»
6
How to Bust Your Binge
There's a scene in "Sex and the City" where Miranda comes home from a particularly rotten day, takes a distressing phone call and then whips ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
7
Chinese Brokerages: It's Boom or Bust
... cheap, the latest round of measures from Beijing to support the stock market has pretty much created a boom or bust situation for the group. «Barron's, Jul 15»
8
Hewitt drug bust results in 4 arrests
SWAT officials conducted a drug bust Monday morning in Hewitt, arresting four people near the 200 block of Neely Road in two traffic stops and ... «Waco Tribune-Herald, Jul 15»
9
VIDEO: Massive cannabis bust worth £1m carried out by cops
A raid on a warehouse in Kirkby today led to the biggest cannabis bust the area has seen in three decades, estimated to be worth over £1 ... «Mansfield Chad, Jul 15»
10
Weekend drug bust leads to 2 arrests, drugs and guns near Cullman …
A weekend drug busts landed two Cullman residents behind bars and to the seizing of drugs and firearms, police say. Michael Ruben Evans ... «AL.com, Jul 15»

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