breast
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
breast (plural breasts)
- Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.
- Tanya's breasts grew alarmingly during pregnancy.
- The chest, or front of the human thorax.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
- The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
- A section of clothing covering the breast area.
- The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
- She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.
- Shakespeare
- He has a loyal breast.
- The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
- The robin has a red breast.
- A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
- Would you like breast or wing?
- The front or forward part of anything.
- a chimney breast; a plough breast
- Milton
- Mountains on whose barren breast / The labouring clouds do often rest.
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2015 April 7, Jeff Howell, “The secret of longer lasting tiles [print version: How to avoid cracking up, 4 April 2015, p. P7]”[1], The Daily Telegraph (Property), archived from the original on 22 April 2015:
- If you burn wood on its own, the flue gases are cooler than from a coal fire. This can result in tars condensing out within the parging and brickwork of the flue, sometimes causing brown or yellow staining on upstairs chimney breasts.
- (mining) The face of a coal working.
- (mining) The front of a furnace.
- (obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
- Shakespeare
- By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast.
- Shakespeare
Synonyms[edit]
- (female organs): See also Wikisaurus:breasts
- (chest): chest
- (seat of emotions): heart, soul
- (cut of poultry): white meat
- (cut of meat): brisket
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
female organ
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chest
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section of clothing covering the breast area
seat of emotions
animal's thorax
choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals
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Verb[edit]
breast (third-person singular simple present breasts, present participle breasting, simple past and past participle breasted)
- (transitive) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.
- He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
- Wirt
- The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.
Translations[edit]
to meet full on
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