bust
/bʌst/noun
उच्चारण बस्ट
आवक्ष प्रतिमा
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a stone or metal model of a person's head, shoulders and chest
आवक्ष प्रतिमा
- a bust of Swami Vivekananda
- A marble bust of the founder stands in the entrance hall of the college.
- A bronze bust of the poet stands in the library garden.
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- The museum bought a marble bust from the eighteenth century.
- The sculptor carved a bust of the retiring principal.
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[C] informal
an occasion when the police go into a place in order to arrest people
छापा
- a drugs bust
- Police carried out a bust at the warehouse and seized a large quantity of illegal goods.
- Officers prepared for the bust at dawn.
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- The police bust led to several arrests in the city.
- News of the bust spread quickly through the neighbourhood.
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[not before noun] informal
(of a business) unable to continue because of losing money; broken
दिवालिया; टूटा हुआ
- The company went bust.
- Many small shops went bust after the new shopping mall opened.
- The restaurant went bust within a year of opening.
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- Falling prices could send the farmers bust.
- After the lockdown, the travel firm was close to going bust.
Synonyms bankrupt broke insolvent ruined broken
Opposite solvent prosperous
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
bust (noun, statue)
A bust is a sculpture of the head, shoulders and chest. Use a bust of someone: a bust of Gandhi.
Bust सिर, कंधों और छाती की मूर्ति है। 'A bust of someone' पैटर्न आता है: a bust of Gandhi।
- A bust of Tagore stands in the library.
- The sculptor made a bronze bust of the principal.
go bust / be bust (adjective)
Bust describes a business that has failed through lack of money. The usual verbs are go bust and be bust, not go busted.
Bust उस व्यवसाय का वर्णन करता है जो धन की कमी से विफल हुआ है। सामान्य रूप 'go bust' और 'be bust' हैं, 'go busted' नहीं।
- The small bookshop went bust last year.
- The firm is bust and cannot pay salaries.
bust (noun, police raid)
In the sense of a police raid the noun is informal: a drugs bust. The verb bust means to raid or arrest.
पुलिस छापे के अर्थ में यह noun informal है: a drugs bust। Verb 'bust' का अर्थ छापा मारना या गिरफ़्तार करना है।
- The police made a big bust at the border.
- The gang was busted by the police.
bust (verb, informal break)
The verb bust is informal for break. It is irregular: bust, bust, bust. It is related to but different from burst.
Verb 'bust' का अर्थ तोड़ना है और यह informal है। इसके रूप bust, bust, bust हैं। यह 'burst' से अलग है।
- He busted his phone screen.
- The dam is about to bust.
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adjective + bust
bronzemarblestonelife-sizesmall
- A marble bust of the founder stood in the hall.
verb + bust
sculptunveilplacedisplaycarve
- They unveiled a bust of the poet.
business + bust
gobedeclarefacedrive
- The company went bust after three years.
police + bust
drugfake-notesmugglingillegalmajor
- The drugs bust was reported in all the newspapers.
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- The sculptor carved a bust of the freedom fighter.
मूर्तिकार ने स्वतंत्रता सेनानी की प्रतिमा तराशी।
- Many small shops went bust during the lockdown.
लॉकडाउन के दौरान कई छोटी दुकानें दिवालिया हो गईं।
- The police busted a gang that printed fake notes.
पुलिस ने नकली नोट छापने वाले गिरोह का भंडाफोड़ किया।
- A bronze bust of the teacher was placed in the school.
अध्यापक की कांस्य प्रतिमा विद्यालय में लगाई गई।
- Radhika's father warned that the venture might go bust.
राधिका के पिता ने चेतावनी दी कि यह उद्यम डूब सकता है।
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✗ The company went busted last year.
✓ The company went bust last year.
The idiom is go bust; bust here is an adjective, not a past participle.
मुहावरा 'go bust' है; यहाँ 'bust' adjective है, past participle नहीं।
✗ The tyre bursted on the highway.
✓ The tyre burst on the highway.
Burst is an irregular verb with the same form in all tenses.
'Burst' अनियमित क्रिया है जिसका रूप सभी tense में समान रहता है।
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep apart bust (a sculpture of the head and shoulders) and statue (a full figure).
Bust (सिर और कंधों की प्रतिमा) और statue (पूरी आकृति) को अलग रखिए।
Keep the bankrupt words together: bust, bankrupt, insolvent (unable to pay debts), broke (informal), penniless.
दिवालियेपन के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: bust, bankrupt, insolvent (कर्ज़ चुकाने में असमर्थ), broke (अनौपचारिक), penniless।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Go bust (become bankrupt), boom and bust (a cycle of growth and collapse in the economy).
Idioms अक्सर पूछे जाते हैं: go bust (दिवालिया होना), boom and bust (अर्थव्यवस्था में वृद्धि और पतन का चक्र)।
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One-word substitution
A sculpture of the head and shoulders is a bust; a full figure a statue; a model of a person made to be burned in protest an effigy.
सिर और कंधों की मूर्ति bust; पूरी आकृति statue; विरोध में जलाने के लिए बनाया गया पुतला effigy।