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breast
[ brest ]
noun
- Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Zoology. the corresponding part in quadrupeds.
- either of the pair of mammae occurring on the chest in humans and having a discrete areola around the nipple, especially the mammae of the female after puberty, which are enlarged and softened by hormonally influenced mammary-gland development and fat deposition and which secrete milk after the birth of a child: the breasts of males normally remain rudimentary.
- the part of a garment that covers the chest.
- the bosom conceived of as the center of emotion:
What anger lay in his breast when he made that speech?
- a projection from a wall, as part of a chimney.
- any surface or part resembling or likened to the human breast.
- Mining. the face or heading at which the work is going on.
- Metallurgy.
- the front of an open-hearth furnace.
- the clay surrounding the taphole of a cupola.
- Nautical.
- a rounded bow.
verb (used with object)
- to meet or oppose boldly; confront:
As a controversial public figure he has breasted much hostile criticism.
- to contend with or advance against:
The ship breasted the turbulent seas.
- to climb or climb over (a mountain, obstacle, etc.).
- to overcome, succeed against.
- to come alongside or abreast of.
verb phrase
- Nautical.
- to thrust (a vessel) sideways from a wharf.
- to keep (a vessel) away from a wharf by means of timbers.
- Nautical. to bind (an object, as a boatswain's chair) securely under a projection, as the flare of a bow.
breast
/ ɛ /
noun
- the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest
- either of the two soft fleshy milk-secreting glands on the chest in sexually mature human females adjective mammary
- a similar organ in certain other mammals
- anything that resembles a breast in shape or position
the breast of the hill
- a source of nourishment
the city took the victims to its breast
- the source of human emotions
- the part of a garment that covers the breast
- a projection from the side of a wall, esp that formed by a chimney
- mining the face being worked at the end of a tunnel
- beat one's breastto display guilt and remorse publicly or ostentatiously
- make a clean breast ofto make a confession of
verb
- to confront boldly; face
breast the storm
- to oppose with the breast or meet at breast level
breasting the waves
- to come alongside of
breast the ship
- to reach the summit of
breasting the mountain top
Other 51Թ Forms
- l adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of breast1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of breast1
Idioms and Phrases
- beat one's breast, to display one's grief, remorse, etc., in a loud and demonstrative manner.
- make a clean breast of, to confess everything (of which one is guilty):
You'll feel better if you make a clean breast of it.
More idioms and phrases containing breast
see keep abreast of ; make a clean breast of .Example Sentences
Kirsten White, 33, a talent acquisition specialist from Sheffield, had a breast reduction and uplift after losing weight with a gastric sleeve.
Dublin City Council is running a pilot scheme for a week in May after complaints of people groping the sculpture's breasts.
The drugs and alcohol minister stepped back from her duties last summer after announcing she had secondary breast cancer.
Thousands of women who suffered at the hands of the disgraced breast surgeon Ian Paterson may never get their stories heard, the sister of one of his victims fears.
If my mom were alive today, hormone therapy would not be an option for her because she had breast cancer.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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