breast in English dictionary

  • breast

    Meanings and definitions of "breast"

    • Either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.
    • The chest, or front of the human thorax.
    • A section of clothing covering the breast area.
    • The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
    • The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
    • A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast.
    • (transitive) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.
    • noun
      Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.
    • noun
      The chest, or front of the human thorax.
    • noun
      A section of clothing covering the breast area.
    • noun
      The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
    • noun
      The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
    • noun
      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.
    • noun
      The front or forward part of anything.
    • noun
      (mining)
      The face of a coal working.
    • noun
      (mining)
      The front of a furnace.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The power of singing; a musical voice.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.
    • female organ
    • chest
    • section of clothing covering the breast area
    • seat of emotions
    • animal's thorax
    • cut of poultry
    • to meet full on
    • The fleshy organ on the chest of a sexually mature human female containing mammary glands.
    • The portion of the body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax.
    • 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
    • noun
      (nautical) a mooring line that keeps the ship close to pier.
    • noun
      the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger"
    • noun
      the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
    • verb
      confront bodily; "breast the storm"
    • verb
      meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape"
    • verb
      reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"

    Synonyms of "breast" in English dictionary

    body part, gain, face are the top synonyms of "breast" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of breast

    • breast ( plural  breasts)
    • lp  liczba pojedyncza breast, lm  liczba mnoga breasts
    • breast ( third-person singular simple present breasts, present participle breasting, simple past and past participle breasted)
    • breast (plural breasts)
    • breast (third-person singular simple present breasts, present participle breasting, simple past and past participle breasted)
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