bust adj : lacking funds; "`skint' is a British slang term" [syn: broke, skint, stone-broke, stony-broke] n
1. a complete failure; "the play was a dismal flop" [syn: flop]
2. a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
3. an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days" [syn: tear, binge, bout] v
4. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!" [syn: break] [ant: repair]
5. search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on; "The police raided the crack house" [syn: raid]
6. separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper" [syn: tear, rupture, snap]
7. go to pieces; "The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely" [syn: break, wear, wear out, fall apart]
8. break open or apart suddenly and forcefully; "The dam burst" [syn: burst]

Bust \Bust\ (b[u^]st), n. [F. buste, fr. It. busto; cf. LL. busta, bustula, box, of the same origin as E. box a case; cf., for the change of meaning, E. chest. See Bushel.]
1. A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast. Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust The faithless column, and the crumbling bust. --Pope.
2. The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.

A Statue is a model of somebody or something, usually of a person or sometimes an animal. It is a sculpture. Several kinds of material can be used to make a statue, e.g. stone, bronze, clay, or wood. Statues are often at least life-size (the same size as the real person), but often they are much bigger, especially statues in the open air. Statues are often made to remember an important person (such as the statue of Alfred the Great), or to remember an event or an idea (such as the Statue of Liberty).

Usually there is some writing on a statue to say who the person is. This writing is called an epigraph. The statue may be standing on a base. This base is called a "plinth".

A bust is a statue of the head, shoulders and upper body of a person.

A colossus is an enormous statue.

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