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breasted

1

[ bres-tid ]

adjective

  1. having a breast.
  2. having a specified kind of breast (usually used in combination):

    narrow-breasted.



Breasted

2

[ bres-tid ]

noun

  1. James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of breasted1

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1300; breast, -ed 3

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Example Sentences

In just 33 years, the numbers of yellow-breasted buntings dropped by 84 percent.

He dresses tackily, in double breasted blazers, two-tone dress shirts, and gold ties.

I got them for that, and because of that, I started getting scripts that would say, “full-breasted” or “large-breasted.”

Everyone knows who Femen is, so the bare-breasted demonstrations are clearly working.

Then she purred, “John, if you wear a double-breasted jacket, you must always keep it buttoned.”

Ministers of a certain persuasion often seem to have a predilection for double-breasted suits, as well as three-piece ones.

Synallaxis erythrothorax Sclater: Rufous-breasted Spinetail.

Undress: Short blue jacket with round collar, single-breasted—six buttons in front, and three on each cuff.

The horse breasted the flood with difficulty, but he bore us all across one at a time, seated behind the farmer.

Gasping for breath and crunching for foothold the sidewalk people breasted the gritty cold.

A speckle-breasted thrush perched on a corner of the grey wall and poured his heart out.

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