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Found 5 hits - Term: gust, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gust \gust\ gu^st, n. icel. gustr a cool breeze. cf.
   gush.
   1. a sudden squall; a violent blast of wind; a sudden and
      brief rushing or driving of the wind.
      1913 webster

            snow, and hail, stormy gust and flaw. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. a sudden violent burst of passion. --bacon.
      1913 webster
see also:
gush 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gust \gust\, n. l. gustus; cf. it.  sp. gusto. root46.
   1913 webster
   1. the sense or pleasure of tasting; relish; gusto.
      1913 webster

            an ox will relish the tender flesh of kids with as
            much gust and appetite.               --jer. taylor.
      1913 webster

   2. gratification of any kind, particularly that which is
      exquisitely relished; enjoyment.
      1913 webster

            destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust. --pope.
      1913 webster

   3. intellectual taste; fancy.
      1913 webster

            a choice of it may be made according to the gust and
            manner of the ancients. --dryden.
      1913 webster

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gust \gust\, v. t. cf. l. gustare, it. gustare, sp. gustar. see
   gust a relish.
   to taste; to have a relish for. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
gust 
[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0
gust
     n : a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by
         the gust" syn: blast, blow
see also:
blast blow 
[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
133 moby thesaurus words for "gust":
   access, affection, aftertaste, alacrity, animation, anxiety,
   anxiousness, appetite, aroma, attribute, avidity, avidness, badge,
   bitter, blast, blaze, blow, brand, breathless impatience, breeze,
   burst, cachet, cast, character, characteristic, cheerful readiness,
   configuration, convulsion, crush, cut, cyclone, differentia,
   differential, distinctive feature, eagerness, earmark, elan,
   eruption, explosion, feature, figure, fit, flare-up, flavor, flaw,
   flurry, fondness, forwardness, gale, gusto, hallmark, hurricane,
   idiocrasy, idiosyncrasy, impatience, impress, impression, increase,
   index, individualism, infatuation, irruption, keen desire,
   keenness, keynote, life, likes, liking, lineaments, liveliness,
   love, mannerism, mark, marking, mold, nature, odor, outbreak,
   outburst, palate, paroxysm, particularity, passion, peculiarity,
   promptness, property, puff, quality, quickness, quirk, readiness,
   relish, sally, salt, sapidity, sapor, savor, savoriness, scud,
   seal, seizure, shape, singularity, smack, sour, spasm, specialty,
   spirit, stamp, stomach, storm, surge, sweet, taint, tang, taste,
   tempest, token, tongue, tooth, tornado, trait, trick, upheaval,
   verve, vitality, vivacity, weakness, whirlwind, wind, wind gust,
   zest, zestfulness





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