BUST

Bust

A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, as well as a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. These forms recreate the likeness of an individual. These may be of any medium used for sculpture, such as marble, bronze, terracotta or wood.

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bust

Noun

  1. A sculptural portrayal of a person's head and shoulders
  2. The breasts and upper thorax of a woman

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The act of arresting someone for a crime, or raiding a suspected criminal operation:
    a narcotics bust
  2. A failed enterprise; a bomb.
  3. A player who is drafted at a high position and fails.
  4. A refutation of an opening, or of previously published analysis.

Verb

  1. To break something
  2. To arrest for a crime
  3. To catch someone in the act of doing something wrong, socially and morally inappropriate, or illegal, especially when being done in a sneaky or secretive state.
  4. An emphatic to do
  5. To reduce in rank.
  6. To lose all of one's chips.
  7. To exceed a score of 21.

Adjective

  1. without any money, broke


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