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Antonyms for bust

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : buhst
Phonetic Transcription : bʌst


Definition of bust

Origin :
  • 1690s, "sculpture of upper torso and head," from French buste (16c.), from Italian busto "upper body," from Latin bustum "funeral monument, tomb," originally "funeral pyre, place where corpses are burned," perhaps shortened from ambustum, neuter of ambustus "burned around," past participle of amburere "burn around, scorch," from ambi- "around" + urere "to burn." Or perhaps from Old Latin boro, the early form of classical Latin uro "to burn." Sense development in Italian is probably from Etruscan custom of keeping dead person's ashes in an urn shaped like the person when alive. Meaning "bosom" is by 1884.
  • noun chest of human
  • noun arrest for illegal action
  • verb ruin, impoverish
  • verb arrest for illegal action
  • verb physically break
Example sentences :
  • Some called him Tom Sawyer the Traveler, and that just swelled him up fit to bust.
  • Extract from : « Tom Sawyer Abroad » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • When she took off her vail, she displayed a bust of the most attractive beauty.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Then I undertook the bust of my young sister Rgina, who had, alas!
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • It is a bust half life-size, showing the two hands and the forearms.
  • Extract from : « Albert Durer » by T. Sturge Moore
  • Posed for his bust while suffering with a bad attack of dyspepsia.
  • Extract from : « Who Was Who: 5000 B. C. to Date » by Anonymous
  • The waist, the bust, the delicate arms, the whole appearance is feminine!
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • I'd like for one thing to have a bust of her mother in my study—that would be so inspiring.
  • Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
  • There was only a bust by Mahoudeau, said he, good enough, but of no importance.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • I've got to swear or bust, and 'long's you're aboard I can't swear.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I'd rather she wouldn't; she might bust a blood vessel or somethin'.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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