Bust - English meaning

noun

A round, soft form of bread that is usually smaller than a loaf

Usage examples:

A soft white bap

noun

A short-range tubular rocket launcher used against tanks.

Usage examples:

We got basic training with rifles, pistols, bazookas, machine guns, hand grenades and hand-to-hand …

noun

A long, tube-shaped gun, fired from the shoulder, that is used to shoot missiles at military vehicles

noun

A stupid person.

Usage examples:

But you do rather wonder whether she won't get tired of someone who is either a tongue-tied booby o…

noun

A woman's breast.

Usage examples:

It was, like, enhancing nothing and i couldn't even get my boobies played with anymore.

noun

A type of seabird similar to a gannet

noun

An embarrassing mistake.

Usage examples:

The boob was spotted by a security expert at the show

verb

Make an embarrassing mistake.

Usage examples:

We found that we had boobed and the booking was for the previous week

noun

A woman's breast.

Usage examples:

Her tummy is trim, her legs long (for obvious reasons), her boobs big, and her butt nice and round.

noun

A woman's chest or breasts.

Usage examples:

Her ample bosom

adjective

(of a friend) very close or intimate.

Usage examples:

The two girls had become bosom friends

noun

A woman’s breasts or the front of a person’s chest, esp. when thought of as the center of human feelings

Usage examples:

He felt safe in the bosom of his family.

verb

Separate or cause to separate into pieces as a result of a blow, shock, or strain.

Usage examples:

The branch broke with a loud snap

noun

An interruption of continuity or uniformity.

Usage examples:

The magazine has been published without a break since 1950

noun

Former term for breaking cart.

noun

Either of the two soft, protruding organs on the upper front of a woman's body which secrete milk after childbirth.

Usage examples:

Caroline crossed her arms over her breasts

verb

Face and move forwards against or through (something).

Usage examples:

I watched him breast the wave

noun

Either of the two soft, rounded parts of a woman’s chest that can produce milk after she has a baby

Usage examples:

[ u ] would you prefer breast of chicken?

plural noun

A woman's breasts.

Usage examples:

I mean, i'm a lady, and, consequently, i'm not too surprised by the sight of another lady's bristol…

noun

(in jewish use) one's grandmother.

Usage examples:

As a child, i remember my bubbie singing yiddish songs

verb

Break open or apart suddenly and violently, especially as a result of an impact or internal pressure.

Usage examples:

One of the balloons burst

noun

An instance of breaking or splitting as a result of internal pressure or puncturing; an explosion.

Usage examples:

The mortar bursts were further away than before

noun

The action of carving.

Usage examples:

After 1922 he concentrated solely on sculpture, becoming influential in disseminating the modern te…

verb

Cut (a hard material) in order to produce an object, design, or inscription.

Usage examples:

The wood was carved with runes

noun

A decorative object made from esp. wood or stone, or the art of making patterns in or objects from these materials

noun

A winter melon of a variety with a wrinkled yellow rind and sweet flesh.

Usage examples:

‘excuse me,’ i say to the disenchanted attendant, ‘where can i find casaba melons, rye bread, and l…

noun

A fool.

Usage examples:

What a bunch of charlies

noun

The front surface of a person's or animal's body between the neck and the stomach.

Usage examples:

She crossed her arms across her chest

verb

Propel (the ball) by means of one's chest.

Usage examples:

He chested the ball down

noun

A line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart.

Usage examples:

A hairline crack down the middle of the glass

verb

Break or cause to break without a complete separation of the parts.

Usage examples:

The ice all over the bog had cracked

adjective

Very good or skilful.

Usage examples:

He is a crack shot

verb

(of a vehicle) collide violently with an obstacle or another vehicle.

Usage examples:

A racing car had crashed, wrecking a safety barrier

noun

A violent collision, typically of one vehicle with another or with an object.

Usage examples:

A car crash

adjective

Done rapidly or urgently and involving a concentrated effort.

Usage examples:

A crash course in italian

abbreviation

(in genealogies) daughter.

Usage examples:

Henry m. georgina 1957, 1s 2d

contraction

Had.

Usage examples:

They'd already gone

noun

The fourth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Each half resembles a uppercase letter d, so the two parts of the cyclotron are known as dees.

verb

Break up into small parts as the result of impact or decay.

Usage examples:

Our shoes had to last until they disintegrated on our feet

verb

To become weaker or be destroyed by breaking into small pieces

Usage examples:

The spacecraft disintegrated as it entered the earth’s atmosphere.

verb

Separate or be separated into parts.

Usage examples:

Consumer magazines can be divided into a number of categories

noun

A difference or disagreement between two groups, typically producing tension.

Usage examples:

There was still a profound cultural divide between the parties

verb

To separate into parts or groups, or to cause something to separate in such a way

Usage examples:

[ t ] divide the cake into six equal parts., [ i ] the votes divided equally for and against the pr…

noun

A sculpture or model of a person.

Usage examples:

A tomb effigy of eleanor of aquitaine

noun

A model of a person

verb

Be unsuccessful in achieving one's goal.

Usage examples:

He failed in his attempt to secure election

noun

A mark which is not high enough to pass an examination or test.

Usage examples:

A fail grade

noun

A person who manufactures articles of cast metal; the owner or operator of a foundry.

Usage examples:

An iron founder

noun

A person who establishes an institution or settlement.

Usage examples:

He was the founder of modern costa rica

verb

(of a ship) fill with water and sink.

Usage examples:

Six drowned when the yacht foundered off the cornish coast

noun

The cracking or breaking of a hard object or material.

Usage examples:

Ground movements could cause fracture of the pipe

verb

Break or cause to break.

Usage examples:

The stone has fractured

verb

To crack or break something, esp. a bone

Usage examples:

[ t ] she fractured her skull in the accident., [ i ] this mineral fractures along straight lines.,…

noun

A small part broken off or separated from something.

Usage examples:

Small fragments of pottery

verb

Break or cause to break into fragments.

Usage examples:

Lough erne fragmented into a series of lakes

noun

A small piece or part, esp. one that is broken off of something

Usage examples:

A bone fragment, a fragment of indian pottery, she read a fragment of the story.

noun

The earth.

Usage examples:

Goods from all over the globe

verb

Form (something) into a globe.

Usage examples:

There, in miniature, the world was globed like a fruit

phrasal verb

Go under, "the raft sank and its occupants drowned"

phrasal verb

(of a business) to fail financially

Usage examples:

Nothing could be done to keep the bank from going under.

phrasal verb

If a company goes under, it becomes bankrupt

Usage examples:

The company will go under unless new financing can be put in place soon.

noun

The upper part of the human body, or the front or upper part of the body of an animal, typically separated from the rest of the body by a neck, and containing the brain, mouth, and sense organs.

Usage examples:

Whatever comes into my head

adjective

Chief; principal.

Usage examples:

The head waiter

verb

Be in the leading position on.

Usage examples:

The st george's day procession was headed by the mayor

noun

A siren or steam whistle, especially one used as a signal for work to begin or finish.

Usage examples:

I can remember when steam called the worker to his work; every factory had a steam whistle or hoote…

noun

A nose

noun

A cylindrical container with a handle and a lip, used for holding and pouring liquids.

Usage examples:

Place the lavender flowers in a wide jug and pour the cream over them.

verb

Stew or boil (a hare or rabbit) in a covered container.

Usage examples:

I remember still the rich, dense jugged hare i ate then, served from its own shining copper pot; 25…

noun

A large container for liquids that usually has a handle and a narrow opening at the top

noun

A metal or wooden object hinged to a door and rapped by visitors to attract attention and gain entry.

Usage examples:

Brighton lifted the brass knocker on the door, and let it drop.

noun

A metal object attached to the outside surface of a door in such a way that it can be hit against the door to make a noise, getting the attention of those inside

noun

A milk-secreting organ of female mammals (in humans, the breast).

Usage examples:

The breasts came to be understood as a sign of the anomalous nature of the human body, as other mam…

noun

The large round fruit of a plant of the gourd family, with sweet pulpy flesh and many seeds.

Usage examples:

A ripe melon will smell sweet

noun

A spherical object or shape.

Usage examples:

A pale orb of hazy reddish light

noun

A rapid surprise attack on an enemy by troops, aircraft, or other armed forces.

Usage examples:

A bombing raid

verb

Conduct a raid on.

Usage examples:

Officers raided thirty homes yesterday

abbreviation

Redundant array of independent (or inexpensive) disks, a system for providing greater capacity, faster access, and security against data corruption by spreading data across several disk drives.

verb

Tear (something) into pieces.

Usage examples:

Snapping teeth that would rend human flesh to shreds

verb

To break something violently; tear

verb

To tear or break something violently

Usage examples:

With one stroke of his sword, he rent his enemy's helmet in two., [ + adj ] firemen had to rend him…

verb

(especially of a pipe or container, or bodily part such as an organ or membrane) break or burst suddenly.

Usage examples:

If the main artery ruptures he could die

noun

An instance of breaking or bursting suddenly and completely.

Usage examples:

A small hairline crack could develop into a rupture

verb

To burst or break, or to cause something to burst or break

Usage examples:

[ i ] high winds caused the oil tank to rupture., there is a rupture in confidence in government.

noun

The art of making three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.

Usage examples:

The boundary between painting and sculpture is displaced

verb

The art of making two- or three-dimensional representative or abstract forms, especially by carving stone or wood or by casting metal or plaster.

Usage examples:

The boundary between painting and sculpture is displaced

noun

The art of creating objects out of material such as wood, clay, metal, or stone, or a work of art of this type

Usage examples:

[ c ] in the ruins they found ancient stone sculptures., picasso sculpted the "venus of lapigue.", …

verb

Try to find something by looking or otherwise seeking carefully and thoroughly.

Usage examples:

I searched among the rocks, but there was nothing

noun

An act of searching for someone or something.

Usage examples:

The police carried out a thorough search of the premises

verb

Look or seek

adjective

Forming or viewed as a unit apart or by itself.

Usage examples:

This raises two separate issues

verb

Cause to move or be apart.

Usage examples:

Both owners were trying to separate the dogs

plural noun

Individual items of clothing, such as skirts, jackets, or trousers, suitable for wearing in different combinations.

Usage examples:

Day wear consists of angular shaped separates that include wide-neck jumpers and half-mast trousers.

verb

Divide by cutting or slicing, especially suddenly and forcibly.

Usage examples:

The head was severed from the body

verb

Set or keep apart

verb

Break or cause to break suddenly and violently into pieces.

Usage examples:

Bullets riddled the bar top, glasses shattered, bottles exploded

verb

Shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited.

Usage examples:

They shivered in the damp foggy cold

noun

A momentary trembling movement.

Usage examples:

She gave a little shiver as the wind flicked at her bare arms

verb

Break into such splinters or fragments.

Usage examples:

The world seemed to shiver into a million splinters of prismatic colour

verb

Violently break (something) into pieces.

Usage examples:

The thief smashed a window to get into the car

noun

An act or sound of something smashing.

Usage examples:

He heard the smash of glass

adverb

With a sudden, violent shattering.

Usage examples:

They were together for an instant, and then smash it was all gone

verb

Break suddenly and completely, typically with a sharp cracking sound.

Usage examples:

Guitar strings kept snapping

noun

A sudden, sharp cracking sound or movement.

Usage examples:

She closed her purse with a snap

adjective

Done or taken on the spur of the moment, unexpectedly, or without notice.

Usage examples:

A snap decision

noun

A small, thin, sharp piece of wood, glass, or similar material broken off from a larger piece.

Usage examples:

A splinter of ice

verb

Break or cause to break into small sharp fragments.

Usage examples:

The soap box splintered

noun

A small, sharp, piece of wood, glass, or similar material that has broken off a larger piece

Usage examples:

She tried to ignore the splinter in her foot., the old tree cracked and splintered as it fell.

verb

Break or cause to break forcibly into parts, especially into halves or along the grain.

Usage examples:

The ice cracked and split

noun

A tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain.

Usage examples:

Splits appeared in the decaying planks

proper noun

A seaport on the coast of southern croatia; population 177,500 (est. 2009). founded as a roman colony in 78 bc, it contains the ruins of the palace of the emperor diocletian, built in about ad 300.

noun

A carved or cast figure of a person or animal, especially one that is life-size or larger.

Usage examples:

The sculptor antonio canova used classical statues as the basis for his figures of modern men and w…

noun

A large art object, often representing a person or an animal, that is made from a hard material, esp. stone or metal

verb

Pull (something) apart or to pieces with force.

Usage examples:

I tore up the letter

noun

A hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully.

Usage examples:

There was a tear in her dress

verb

(of the eye) produce tears.

Usage examples:

The freezing wind made her eyes tear

noun

A small songbird that searches acrobatically for insects among foliage and branches.

Usage examples:

This behavior is especially prevalent among chickadees and tits that scatter hoard food items in fo…

noun

A woman's breast.

noun

A common small bird found in the northern half of the world

Usage examples:

Why did you do that, you stupid great tit?

noun

Another term for tit2.

noun

A tit

noun

The trunk of the human body.

Usage examples:

The royal family are shown with elongated skulls and pear-shaped bodies with skinny torsos and arms…

noun

The main part of the human body without the head, arms, or legs