Dictionary

Something that is mandatory or required.

Example: If you'll be out all day, a map is a must.

(modal auxiliary, defective) To do with certainty; indicates that the speaker is certain that the subject will have executed the predicate.

Example: If it has rained all day, it must be very wet outside.

(modal auxiliary, defective) To do as a requirement; indicates that the sentence subject is required as an imperative or directive to execute the sentence predicate, with failure to do so resulting in a negative consequence.

Example: This door handle must be rotated fully.

(modal auxiliary, defective) said about something that is very likely, probable, or certain to be true

Example: The children must be asleep by now.

The property of being stale or musty.

Something that exhibits the property of being stale or musty.

Fruit juice that will ferment or has fermented, usually from grapes.

To make musty.

To become musty.

A time during which male elephants exhibit increased levels of sexual activity and aggressiveness (also spelled musth).

An elephant in this sexual and aggressive state.