breast

Definition of Breast in English :

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Noun

1. breast, chest

the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

Example Sentences:
'he beat his breast in anger'

chest

2. boob, bosom, breast, knocker, tit, titty

either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

3. breast, white meat

meat carved from the breast of a fowl

white meat

4. breast

the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest

Verb

5. breast

meet at breast level

Example Sentences:
'The runner breasted the tape'

6. breast, summit

reach the summit (of a mountain)

Example Sentences:
'They breasted the mountain'
'Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit'

summit

7. breast, front

confront bodily

Example Sentences:
'breast the storm'

front

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Breast

see synonyms of breast

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

▶ Related 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

9. mining

the face being worked at the end of a tunnel

10. beat one's breast

11. make a clean breast of

verb (transitive)

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

Breast

see synonyms of breast

noun

either of two milk-secreting glands protruding from the upper, front part of a woman's body

a corresponding gland in a female primate

a corresponding undeveloped gland in the male

figuratively, a source of nourishment

the front part of a person's chest

the corresponding part of some animals, as a bird or lamb

the part of a garment, etc. that is over the breast

the breast regarded as the center of emotions

anything likened to the breast

the breast of the sea

9. Mining

the face that is being worked at the end of an excavation or tunnel

verb transitive

10.

to oppose the breast to; face

11.

to face or meet firmly; move forward against

Breast

see synonyms of breast

a. Either of two milk-secreting, glandular organs on the chest of a woman; the female mammary gland.

b. A corresponding rudimentary gland in a human male, especially when enlarged by exposure to estrogen or appearing to be enlarged by overlying body fat.

a. The superior ventral surface of the human body, extending from the neck to the abdomen.

b. A corresponding part in other animals.

c. A cut of meat taken from this part of an animal, especially from poultry.

d. The part of a garment that covers the chest.

e. The seat of affection and emotion: "Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast" (Shakespeare).

3. Something likened to the human breast, as in being in round or broad: the breast of a hill; the breast of the sea.

4. The face of a mine or tunnel.

5. Sports Breaststroke.

tr.v. breast·ed, breast·ing, breasts

1. To go to the top of; ascend: "He breasted a rise and looked down. He was at the head of a small valley" (Ken Follett).

2. To move forward or advance through or across: breasted the current; breasted the crowd.

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