Breast
[brest] or [brɛst]
Definition
(noun.) the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest.
(noun.) the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; 'he beat his breast in anger'.
(noun.) either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman.
(noun.) meat carved from the breast of a fowl.
(verb.) meet at breast level; 'The runner breasted the tape'.
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Definition
(n.) The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.
(n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat.
(n.) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill.
(n.) The face of a coal working.
(n.) The front of a furnace.
(n.) The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart.
(n.) The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast.
(v. t.) To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
(n.) A torus.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Bosom.[2]. Heart, conscience, seat of the affections.[3]. Mamma, teat, dug, udder.
v. a. Face, stem, withstand, oppose, resist, bare the breast against.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BOSOM]
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Definition
n. the forepart of the human body between the neck and the belly: one of the two mammary glands in women forming soft protuberances on the chest: the corresponding part of any animal: (fig.) conscience disposition affections.—v.t. to bear the breast against: to oppose manfully: to mount.—n. Breast′-bone the bone running down the middle of the breast to which the first seven ribs are attached.—adv. Breast′-deep deep as up to the breast.—adj. Breast′ed having a breast.—adv. Breast′-high high as the breast—ns. Breast′-knot a knot of ribbons worn on the breast; Breast′pin an ornamental pin for the breast; Breast′plate a plate or piece of armour for the breast: (B.) an embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high-priest bearing twelve precious stones each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel; Breast′-plough a kind of spade for cutting turf with a cross-bar against which the breast is pressed; Breast′rail the upper rail of a breastwork; Breast′summer Bres′summer a summer or beam supporting the whole front of a building in the same way as a lintel supports the portion over an opening; Breast′-wall a retaining wall; Breast′-wheel a water-wheel which is turned by water delivered upon it at about half its height; Breast′work a hastily constructed earthwork.—To make a clean breast of to make a full confession.
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Examples
- There was a cry and a rush to rescue, but the right hand which all this while had lain hidden in Moore's breast, reappearing, held out a pistol. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Sewed into my gown,' with her hand upon her breast, 'is just enough to lay me in the grave. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He has a watch and a chain and a ring and a breast-pin and a handsome suit of clothes. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- He put them, one by one, in the breast of his inner coat, counted out the money for them, and deliberately left the shop. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Janey fell upon his neck and pressed him to her purple flannel breast. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- If you have a suspicion in your own breast, keep that suspicion in your own breast. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I even promised that I would hide my uncouth sentiments in my own breast. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Then, a score of others ran into the midst of these, beating their breasts, tearing their hair, and screaming, Foulon alive! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- She could feel them just in front of her, it was as if she had the electric pulse from their breasts running into her hands. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- They both sat in the sun, laughing and crossing their arms on their breasts. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Yet never, even in the recent history of Haarlem, had an attack been received by more dauntless breasts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Foulon who told my baby it might suck grass, when these breasts were dry with want! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It brought both parties fame, and created a fountain of commiseration for them in sentimental breasts that is running yet. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We forgot that Malcolm and Macduff were mere human beings, acted upon by such simple passions as warmed our own breasts. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Here Mr. Casaubon paused, removed one hand from his back and thrust it between the buttons of his single-breasted coat. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Four pigeon-breasted retainers in plain clothes stand in line in the hall. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He wore a pair of plaid trousers, and a large, rough, double-breasted waistcoat; out of doors, he carried a thick stick with a big top. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I breasted the surges, and flung them from me, as I would the opposing front and sharpened claws of a lion about to enfang my bosom. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- They were off at six in the morning, dressed up in old single-breasted coats, which once had been red, and came back to dinner at six. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I wanted to feel the thoughts whose force he seemed breasting and resisting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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