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I was on vacation with my family when I got the scripts for 'Wanderlust' and I was trying to work on the audition while I was on vacation. I remember a big gust of wind blew the entire script into the pool, so I had to dry it with a hairdryer.
Kathryn Hahn

Meaning of "gust" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GUST

From Old Norse gustr; related to gjōsa to gush.
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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 GUST

gust  [ɡʌst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Gust is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb gust in English.

WHAT DOES GUST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Gust

Gust may refer to: ▪ Gust, short blast of wind ▪ Gust Corporation, Japanese, game software...

Definition of gust in the English dictionary

The first definition of gust in the dictionary is a sudden blast of wind. Other definition of gust is a sudden rush of smoke, sound, etc. Gust is also an outburst of emotion.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO GUST

PRESENT

Present
I gust
you gust
he/she/it gusts
we gust
you gust
they gust
Present continuous
I am gusting
you are gusting
he/she/it is gusting
we are gusting
you are gusting
they are gusting
Present perfect
I have gusted
you have gusted
he/she/it has gusted
we have gusted
you have gusted
they have gusted
Present perfect continuous
I have been gusting
you have been gusting
he/she/it has been gusting
we have been gusting
you have been gusting
they have been gusting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I gusted
you gusted
he/she/it gusted
we gusted
you gusted
they gusted
Past continuous
I was gusting
you were gusting
he/she/it was gusting
we were gusting
you were gusting
they were gusting
Past perfect
I had gusted
you had gusted
he/she/it had gusted
we had gusted
you had gusted
they had gusted
Past perfect continuous
I had been gusting
you had been gusting
he/she/it had been gusting
we had been gusting
you had been gusting
they had been gusting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will gust
you will gust
he/she/it will gust
we will gust
you will gust
they will gust
Future continuous
I will be gusting
you will be gusting
he/she/it will be gusting
we will be gusting
you will be gusting
they will be gusting
Future perfect
I will have gusted
you will have gusted
he/she/it will have gusted
we will have gusted
you will have gusted
they will have gusted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been gusting
you will have been gusting
he/she/it will have been gusting
we will have been gusting
you will have been gusting
they will have been gusting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would gust
you would gust
he/she/it would gust
we would gust
you would gust
they would gust
Conditional continuous
I would be gusting
you would be gusting
he/she/it would be gusting
we would be gusting
you would be gusting
they would be gusting
Conditional perfect
I would have gust
you would have gust
he/she/it would have gust
we would have gust
you would have gust
they would have gust
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been gusting
you would have been gusting
he/she/it would have been gusting
we would have been gusting
you would have been gusting
they would have been gusting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you gust
we let´s gust
you gust
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to gust
Past participle
gusted
Present Participle
gusting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUST


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUST

gussy up
gustable
gustation
gustative
gustatorily
gustatory
Gustavo A. Madero
Gustavus Adolphus
Gustavus I
Gustavus II
Gustavus VI
gustful
gustie
gustier
gustiest
gustily
gustiness
gustless
gusto
gusty

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUST

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 gust in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GUST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «gust» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of gust
blast · blow · breeze · burst · eruption · explosion · fit · flurry · gale · outburst · paroxysm · puff · rush · squall · storm · surge

Translation of «gust» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUST

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

Translator English - Chinese

阵风
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ráfaga
570 millions of speakers

English

gust
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

झोंका
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

هَبَّة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

порыв
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rajada de vento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঝাপটা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bourrasque
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Gust
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Windstoß
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

突風
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돌풍
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gust
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cơn gió mạnh đột ngột
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பலமான காற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

झोंका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bora
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

folata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

poryw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шквал
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rafală
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ριπή ανέμου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vlaag
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vindil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vindkast
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of gust

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUST»

The term «gust» is very widely used and occupies the 19.511 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «gust» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «gust» 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 gust

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5 QUOTES WITH «GUST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word gust.
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Kathryn Hahn
I was on vacation with my family when I got the scripts for 'Wanderlust' and I was trying to work on the audition while I was on vacation. I remember a big gust of wind blew the entire script into the pool, so I had to dry it with a hairdryer.
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Amity Shlaes
Disillusionment can come as fast as a gust, but building faith that the government won't inflate again is like building a new sailboat, a project of years.
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Cat Stevens
There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.
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Cat Stevens
'Peace Train' is a song I wrote, the message of which continues to breeze thunderously through the hearts of millions. There is a powerful need for people to feel that gust of hope rise up again.
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Shaun White
The hardest thing about skateboarding is consistency: The slightest flick of your foot or gust of wind can send your board flying, so it's really anybody's game out there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUST»

Discover the use of gust in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to gust and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gust Front
With the help of some alien technology, the humans on two worlds had fought back the ravening Posleen hordes, and now the survivors of Barwhon and Diess Expeditionary Forces take time to regroup and renew themselves, while on Earth they ...
John Ringo, 2001
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Gust loads on aircraft: concepts and applications
This book provides an authoritative and practical presentation of the determination of gust loads on airplanes, especially continuous turbulence gust loads.
Frederic M. Hoblit, 1988
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Gust: Poems
On the one hand, "gust" sonically suggests "ghost," and wind is a metaphor for inspiration and the Holy Spirit. On the other hand, "gust" suggests urge and pleasure, especially of the gastronomic variety, thus evoking the body.
Greg Alan Brownderville, 2011
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Wind Design of Fabric Structures: Determination of Gust ...
This thesis describes a method used to determine gust factors for fabric structures and uses the proposed method to calculate gust factors for certain basic shapes of structures.
Neha Sivaprasad, 2006
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A Gust for Paradise: Milton's Eden and the Visual Arts
It considers poems, visual images, and music concerned with divine and human creativity and interprets these works as salutary examples for the creation of the arts and the preservation of the earth.
Diane Kelsey McColley, 1993
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Analysis of effects of spanwise variations of gust velocity ...
Consideration of spanwise variation of gusts has indicated design parameters (gain and natural frequency of flap servosystem and vane location) that give substantial reduction of the lift due to gusts.
L. Keith Barker, Gene W. Sparrow, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1971
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Author of the Gust: Book One of the Antelope
It's a great big open world, and the sea calls out with promises of adventure. Endless opportunities and boundless wealth seem to linger just beyond the horizon. But for some, that's still too far.
Rick Austinson, 2010
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Effects of gust velocity spatial distributions on ...
The effects of spanwise distribution of longitudinal and vertical components of gust velocity and longitudinal distribution of the lateral component on the lateral-directional response of a hovering VTOL aircraft are analyzed.
Robert L. Swaim, Alonzo J. Connors, 1967
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Gust's Maze
Anyway, the dog had the best part of it,” Gust snorted “You told me that beast would be indoors.” “Sorry for not being perfect; it is better if you move along before I pass you off as the new village snowman,” Gust said, while glancing at the pile of ...
Marcia Andrade, 2011
10
Adventures in Fantasy: Lessons and Activities in Narrative ...
With prompts, rubrics, and reader response forms on reproducible worksheets, the book provides instructions for helping students: Generate story ideas Craft compelling characters Develop a plotline rich with complications Bring the story to ...
John Gust, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term gust is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wind gust takes out tree and power in northwest Rochester
Rochester Public Utilities said a wind gust took the tree down, toppling power lines and blocking traffic. No one was hurt, but about 376 ... «KTTC, Jul 15»
2
CRASH LANDING: Sudden gust of wind blamed for aircraft accident
The 2002 Jabiru aircraft had touched down on the main wheels when a gust lifted the right wing and caused the nose to drop, according to the ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Jul 15»
3
Terrifying moment teens peer over edge of a 300ft high cliff just one …
Peering over the edge of this 300ft high clifftop these children are a gust of wind away from a terrifying death. The reckless youngsters were ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Gust Of Wind filling the sails of a rare double
IT has been 50 years since a filly won the ATC Oaks-Melbourne Cup double in the same year but John Sargent believes says Gust Of Wind is showing all the ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
5
A New Solution For Degenerative Disc Disease
Dr. Troy Gust decided to try a new procedure on Stirling. Instead of fusing the damaged disc, like surgeons usually do, Gust replaced the ... «KELOLAND TV, Jul 15»
6
Wind gust caused June plane crash in Great Bear Wilderness
WILDERNESS -- The National Transportation Safety Board says a wind gust pushed a single-engine Cessna off the end of a wilderness airstrip ... «The Spokesman Review, Jul 15»
7
Helicopter pilot: Wind gust caused May crash
(WOOD) — A pilot says a strong gust of wind caused him to lose control of his helicopter and crash into a tree southeast of Grand Rapids in ... «WOODTV.com, Jul 15»
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Gust's Upcoming PlayStation RPG 'Yoru no Nai Kuni' Snags a New …
Gust has just released a new trailer for their upcoming PlayStation action RPG, Yoru no Nai Kuni (A Land Without Night). Although the project ... «Hardcore Gamer, Jul 15»
9
Princess Charlotte christening: Camilla has 'Marilyn Monroe …
The Duchess of Cornwall got caught out by a freak gust of wind as she turned up to celebrate the special occasion at the Church of St Mary ... «Irish Mirror, Jul 15»
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Marilyn moment: Elizabeth Olsen flashes her pants as she falls …
SHE'S one of the most stylish actresses in the business, but even Elizabeth Olsen isn't immune to a rogue gust of wind. By Annie Price. «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»

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