Bosom
['bʊz(ə)m] or ['bʊzəm]
Definition
(noun.) cloth that covers the chest or breasts.
(noun.) a person's breast or chest.
(noun.) the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; 'his bosom was bursting with the secret'.
(verb.) hide in one's bosom; 'She bosomed his letters'.
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Definition
(n.) The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
(n.) The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.
(n.) Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
(n.) Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth.
(n.) The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom.
(n.) Inclination; desire.
(n.) A depression round the eye of a millstone.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the bosom.
(a.) Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
(v. t.) To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
(v. t.) To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Breast.
Editor: Paula
Definition
n. the breast of a human being or the part of the dress which covers it: (fig.) the seat of the passions and feelings: the heart: embrace enclosure as within the arms: any close or secret receptacle.—adj. (in composition) confidential: intimate.—v.t. to enclose in the bosom.—Abraham's bosom the abode of the blessed dead.—To take to one's bosom to marry: to make an intimate friend of.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
For a young woman to dream that her bosom is wounded, foretells that some affliction is threatening her. To see it soiled or shrunken, she will have a great disappointment in love and many rivals will vex her. If it is white and full she is soon to be possessed of fortune. If her lover is slyly observing it through her sheer corsage, she is about to come under the soft persuasive influence of a too ardent wooer.
Typist: Marcus
Examples
- I clutched the leg of the table again immediately, and pressed it to my bosom as if it had been the companion of my youth and friend of my soul. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The fact is, my young friend,' said Mr. Stiggins solemnly, 'he has an obderrate bosom. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Riviere's visit, and his intention had been to bury the incident in his bosom. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- She held her to her bosom; she cradled her in her arms; she rocked her softly, as if lulling a young child to sleep. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I saw her stooping over her, and putting money in her bosom. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The bosom moving in Society with the jewels displayed upon it, attracted general admiration. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Once my heart sat lightly in my bosom; all the beauty of the world was doubly beautiful, irradiated by the sun-light shed from my own soul. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We will not wring the public bosom, with the delineation of such suffering! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Black was the river as a torrent of ink; lights glanced on it from the piles of building round, ships rocked on its bosom. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- You may be certain;' in the energy of her love she took him to her bosom as if he were a child; 'that I will not reproach you. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He slowly laid his face down upon her bosom, drew his arms closer round her neck, and with one parting sob began the world. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She stopped in the act of putting the note in her bosom, and, with her hands yet at her neck, looked terrified at Madame Defarge. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I see Her with a child upon her bosom, who bears my name. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Mrs Merdle laughed, and conveyed to Mr Dorrit an idea that the Bosom flushed--which was one of her best effects. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- She stood watching the motion on the bosom of the water, as if fascinated. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We shall sit with lighter bosoms on the hearth, to see the ashes of our fires turn gray and cold. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Let us shut up the window in our bosoms and get back to the matter-of-fact world. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- It is impossible to conceive the disgust which this avowal awakened in the bosoms of the hearers. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- They took De Foe to their bosoms, instead of Euclid, and seemed to be on the whole more comforted by Goldsmith than by Cocker. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- But we must stem the tide of malice, and pour into the wounded bosoms of each other the balm of sisterly consolation. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Its remembrance rankles still in the bosoms of millions of the countrymen of those brave men who lost the day. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- That there was something kindred in their nature, something congenial in their souls, something mysteriously sympathetic in their bosoms, was evident. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There it was exhibited to select companies of female viewers, in whose gentle bosoms it awakened implacable feelings. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
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