must

Definitions

1. Something that is mandatory, required or recommended.
   auxiliary, defective, modal
2. The property of being stale or musty.
   auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable
3. Alternative spelling of musth.
   alt-of, alternative, auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable
4. To be required or obliged to go: "I must from hence" (Shakespeare).
5. Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty.
   auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable
6. Something that is absolutely required or indispensable: Promptness on the job is a must. Comfortable boots are a must when going on a hike.
7. Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.
   auxiliary, countable, defective, modal, uncountable
8. The quality or condition of being stale or musty.
9. The unfermented or fermenting juice expressed from fruit, especially grapes.
10. Musk.
11. the juice of grapes or other fruit during fermentation.
12. mold; moldiness; mustiness.
13. musth.
14. To be required or compelled to do:need.
15. something necessary, essential, or not to be missed. This new tent is a must for the serious camper. moet, noodsaaklikheid ضَرورَه، شَيء حَيَوي задължително нещо necessidade nezbytnost das Muß nødvendighed απαραίτητο πράγμα algo imprescindible vältimatu asi ضرورى välttämättömyys chose indispensable חובה अनिवार्य nepobitna potreba kötelező (dolog) keharusan e-ð nauðsynlegt must, (cosa indispensabile) 絶対必要なもの (절대로) 필요한 것 būtinybė, privalomas daiktas nepieciešamība; neatliekama vajadzība mesti v...

Equivalents

Examples

“If you're trekking all day, a map is a must.”

“"There are no musts in my life - I'm free, white, and twenty-one."”

“No sweet grape lies hidden here in the shade of its vine-leaves, No fermenting must fills and o'erflows the deep vats.”

“No animal in the world is so dangerous as an elephant in must.”

“Early one morning the sub-inspector at a police station the other end⟳ of the town rang me up on the 'phone and said that an elephant was ravaging the bazaar. Would I please⟳ come⟳ and do something about it? […] It was not, of course, a wild elephant, but a tame one which had gone "must". It had been chained up, as tame elephants always are when their attack of "must" is due, but on the previous night it had broken its chain and escaped.”

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