Definition von bust
Wortformen:plural, 3rd person singular present
tense busts
, present participle busting
, past tense, past participle busted
language note: The form bust is used as the present tense of the verb, and can also be used as the past tense
and past participle.
1. Verb
2. Verb [usually passive]
If someone is busted, the police arrest them.
[informal] They were busted for possession of cannabis. [be VERB-ed]
3. Verb
[informal]
...police success in busting UK-based drug factories. [VERB noun]
4. Adjektiv
5.
6. zählbares Substantiv
A bust is a statue of the head and shoulders of a person.
...a bronze bust of the Queen. [+ of]
7. zählbares Substantiv
Good posture also helps your bust look bigger.
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Substantiv
1.
a piece of sculpture representing the head, shoulders, and upper chest of a human body
2.
the human bosom; esp., the breasts of a woman
SIMILAR WORDS: breast
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Wortherkunft von bust
Informal
Verb transitiv
1.
to burst or break
2.
to make penniless or bankrupt
3. US
to demote in rank
5. US
to hit
6. US
to arrest
7.
to make a raid (sense 2) on
Verb intransitiv
8.
to burst or break
9.
to become penniless or bankrupt
Substantiv
12. US
a punch
14. US
an arrest
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Adjektiv
Wortherkunft von bust
Substantiv
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Wortherkunft von bust
Substantiv
8.
a raid, search, or arrest by the police
9. mainly US
a punch; hit
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Wortherkunft von bust
Häufigkeit
bust in Finance
(bʌst)Wortformen:(regular plural) busts
Substantiv
(Finance: Economics)
boom Finance ministries have cut taxes and boosted public spending, which has prevented
the biggest financial bust since the 1930s from triggering an economic catastrophe.
The bust was induced through the decline of lending standards during the boom and the inevitable
bankruptcies that induce contraction of bank credit.
A bust is a decrease in economic activity with declining growth and falling prices.
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But it looks a busted flush already. The Sun (2016)Now we know they are a busted flush. The Sun (2012)We are busting a gut to get it here because we need it. Times, Sunday Times (2010)But it was busted by police after complaints from neighbours. The Sun (2006)
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Britisches Englisch: bust
/bʌst/ NOUN
A bust is a statue of someone's head and shoulders.
...a bronze bust of the Queen.
- Amerikanisches Englisch: bust
- Arabisch: تـِمْثال نِصْفي
- Brasilianisches Portugiesisch: busto
- Chinesisch: 胸像
- Kroatisch: bista
- Tschechisch: bysta
- Dänisch: buste
- Niederländisch: boezem
- Europäisches Spanisch: busto
- Finnisch: povi
- Französisch: buste
- Deutsch: Büste
- Griechisch: μπούστο
- Italienisch: busto
- Japanisch: バスト
- Koreanisch: 여성의 가슴
- Norwegisch: byste
- Polnisch: popiersie
- Europäisches Portugiesisch: busto
- Rumänisch: bust
- Russisch: бюст
- Spanisch: busto
- Schwedisch: byst
- Thai: รูปปั้นครึ่งตัว
- Türkisch: büst
- Ukrainisch: бюст
- Vietnamesisch: tượng bán thân
Britisches Englisch: bust VERB
If you bust something, you break it or damage it so badly that it cannot be used.
They will have to bust the door to get him out.
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