Bust: meaning, definitions and examples
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bust
[ bʌst ]
criminal
A police operation in which a group of officers seek to make many arrests for illegal activity.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- The police conducted a bust on the drug ring last night.
- The bust resulted in the arrest of several suspects.
sculpture
A sculpture representing a person's head, shoulders, and chest.
Synonyms
Examples of usage
- The artist created a beautiful bust of Beethoven.
- The museum displayed a collection of famous busts.
Translations
Translations of the word "bust" in other languages:
🇵🇹 busto
- falência
- peitos
🇮🇳 प्रतिमा
- दिवालिया होना
- स्तन
🇩🇪 Büste
- Pleite
- Brüste
🇮🇩 patung dada
- kebangkrutan
- payudara
🇺🇦 бюст
- банкрутство
- груди
🇵🇱 popiersie
- bankructwo
- piersi
🇯🇵 胸像 (きょうぞう)
- 破産 (はさん)
- 胸 (むね)
🇫🇷 buste
- faillite
- seins
🇪🇸 busto
- quiebra
- pechos
🇹🇷 büst
- iflas
- göğüsler
🇰🇷 흉상 (hyungsang)
- 파산 (pasan)
- 가슴 (gaseum)
🇸🇦 تمثال نصفي
- إفلاس
- ثدي
🇨🇿 busta
- bankrot
- prsa
🇸🇰 busta
- bankrot
- prsia
🇨🇳 胸像 (xiōngxiàng)
- 破产 (pòchǎn)
- 胸部 (xiōngbù)
🇸🇮 doprsni kip
- stečaj
- prsi
🇮🇸 brjóstmynd
- gjaldþrot
- brjóst
🇰🇿 бюст
- банкроттық
- кеуде
🇬🇪 ბიუსტი
- გაკოტრება
- მკერდი
🇦🇿 büst
- iflas
- döş
🇲🇽 busto
- quiebra
- pechos
Word origin
The word 'bust' has a diverse history with origins in both Germanic and Latin languages. In Old High German, 'būst' meant 'box' or 'cask', while in Latin, 'bustum' referred to a place where bodies were burned. Over time, 'bust' evolved to have various meanings, including a sculpture of a person's head, a police operation, and a financial failure. The word has been used in English since the 17th century in its current forms.