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noun
1.
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.
2.
Zoology. the corresponding part in quadrupeds.
3.
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.
4.
the part of a garment that covers the chest.
5.
the bosom conceived of as the center of emotion: What anger lay in his breast when he made that speech?
verb (used with object)
11.
to meet or oppose boldly; confront: As a controversial public figure he has breasted much hostile criticism.
12.
to contend with or advance against: The ship breasted the turbulent seas.
13.
to climb or climb over (a mountain, obstacle, etc.).
14.
to overcome, succeed against.
15.
to come alongside or abreast of.
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16.
breast in, Nautical. to bind (an object, as a boatswain's chair) securely under a projection, as the flare of a bow.
17.
Idioms breast off, Nautical.
a.
to thrust (a vessel) sideways from a wharf.
b.
to keep (a vessel) away from a wharf by means of timbers.
18.
beat one's breast, to display one's grief, remorse, etc., in a loud and demonstrative manner.
19.
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.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English brest, Old English brēost; cognate with Old Norse brjōst; akin to German Brust, Gothic brusts, Dutch borst
before 1000; Middle English brest, Old English brēost; cognate with Old Norse brjōst; akin to German Brust, Gothic brusts, Dutch borst
Related forms
breast·less, adjective
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breast (brɛst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest |
| 2. | adjective mammary either of the two soft fleshy milk-secreting glands on the chest in sexually mature human females |
| 3. | a similar organ in certain other mammals |
| 4. | anything that resembles a breast in shape or position: the breast of the hill |
| 5. | a source of nourishment: the city took the victims to its breast |
| 6. | the source of human emotions |
| 7. | the part of a garment that covers the breast |
| 8. | a projection from the side of a wall, esp that formed by a chimney |
| 9. | mining the face being worked at the end of a tunnel |
| 10. | beat one's breast to display guilt and remorse publicly or ostentatiously |
| 11. | make a clean breast of to make a confession of |
| —vb | |
| 12. | to confront boldly; face: breast the storm |
| 13. | to oppose with the breast or meet at breast level: breasting the waves |
| 14. | to come alongside of: breast the ship |
| 15. | to reach the summit of: breasting the mountain top |
| [Old English brēost; related to Old Norse brjōst, Old High German brust, Dutch borst, Swedish bräss, Old Irish brū belly, body] | |
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Word Origin & History
breast
O.E. breost "breast, bosom; mind, thought, disposition," from P.Gmc. *breustam "breast" (cf. O.S. briost, O.Fris. briast, O.N. brjost, Du. borst, Ger. brust, Goth. brusts), perhaps lit. "swelling" and from PIE base *bhreus- "to swell, sprout" (cf. M.Ir. bruasach "having a broad, strong chest," O.Ir.
bruinne "breast"). The spelling conforms to the Scottish and northern England dialectal pronunciation. Figurative sense of "seat of the emotions" was in O.E.
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Medical Dictionary
breast (brěst)
n.
Either of two milk-secreting, glandular organs on the chest of a woman; mammary gland; mamma.
A corresponding rudimentary gland in the male.
The superior ventral surface of the human body, extending from the neck to the abdomen.
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