Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - bust
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1. n. 1 a the human chest, esp. that of a woman; the bosom. b the circumference of the body at bust level (a 36-inch bust). 2 a sculpture of a person's head, shoulders, and chest. Etymology: F buste f. It. busto, of unkn. orig. 2. v., n., & adj. --v. (past and past part. busted or bust) colloq. 1 tr. & intr. burst, break. 2 tr. esp. US reduce (a soldier etc.) to a lower rank; dismiss. 3 tr. esp. US a raid, search. b arrest. --n. 1 a sudden failure; a bankruptcy. 2 a police raid. 3 a drinking-bout. 4 esp. US a punch; a hit. 5 a worthless thing. 6 a bad hand at cards. --adj. (also busted) 1 broken, burst, collapsed. 2 bankrupt. Phrases and idioms bust up 1 bring or come to collapse; explode. 2 (of esp. a married couple) separate. bust-up n. 1 a quarrel. 2 a collapse; an explosion. go bust become bankrupt; fail. Etymology: orig. a (dial.) pronunc. of BURST
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I. noun Etymology: French ~e, from Italian ~o, from Latin ~um tomb Date: 1645 a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast, the upper part of the human torso between neck and waist, II. verb (~ed; also ~; ~ing) Etymology: alteration of burst Date: 1806 transitive verb 1. to break or smash especially with force, to bring an end to ; break up , to ruin financially, exhaust, wear out, to give a hard time to, tame , demote, 4. slang arrest , raid , hit, slug, intransitive verb to go broke, 2. burst , break down, 3. to lose at cards by exceeding a limit (as the count of 21 in blackjack), to fail to complete a straight or flush in poker, III. noun Date: 1840 1. spree, a hearty drinking session , 2. a complete failure ; flop, a business depression, punch, sock, 4. slang a police raid, arrest 2, IV. adjective or ~ed Date: 1837 bankrupt, broke ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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