Breast meanings. All definitions of Breast

noun breast anything that resembles a breast in shape or position 3

noun breast a source of nourishment 3

noun breast the source of human emotions 3

noun breast the part of a garment that covers the breast 3

noun breast a projection from the side of a wall, esp that formed by a chimney 3

noun breast the face being worked at the end of a tunnel 3

verb breast to confront boldly; face 3

verb breast to oppose with the breast or meet at breast level 3

verb breast to come alongside of 3

verb breast to reach the summit of 3

noun breast either of two milk-secreting glands protruding from the upper, front part of a woman's body 3

noun breast a corresponding gland in a female primate 3

noun breast a corresponding undeveloped gland in the male 3

noun breast figuratively, a source of nourishment 3

noun breast the front part of a person's chest 3

noun breast the corresponding part of some animals, as a bird or lamb 3

noun breast the part of a garment, etc. that is over the breast 3

noun breast the breast regarded as the center of emotions 3

noun breast anything likened to the breast 3

noun breast the face that is being worked at the end of an excavation or tunnel 3

verb transitive breast to oppose the breast to; face 3

verb transitive breast to face or meet firmly; move forward against 3

countable noun breast A woman's breasts are the two soft, round parts on her chest that can produce milk to feed a baby. 3

countable noun breast A person's breast is the upper part of his or her chest. 3

countable noun breast The breast is often considered to be the part of your body where your emotions are. 3

countable noun breast A bird's breast is the front part of its body. 3

singular noun breast The breast of a shirt, jacket, or coat is the part which covers the top part of the chest. 3

variable noun breast You can refer to piece of meat that is cut from the front of a bird or lamb as breast. 3

noun breast the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest 3

noun breast either of the two soft fleshy milk-secreting glands on the chest in sexually mature human females 3

noun breast a similar organ in certain other mammals 3

noun breast Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest. 1

noun breast Zoology. the corresponding part in quadrupeds. 1

noun breast either of the pair of mammae occurring on the chest in humans and having a discrete areola around the nipple, especially the mammae of the female after puberty, which are enlarged and softened by hormonally influenced mammary-gland development and fat deposition and which secrete milk after the birth of a child: the breasts of males normally remain rudimentary. 1

noun breast the part of a garment that covers the chest. 1

noun breast the bosom conceived of as the center of emotion: What anger lay in his breast when he made that speech? 1

noun breast a projection from a wall, as part of a chimney. 1

noun breast any surface or part resembling or likened to the human breast. 1

noun breast Mining. the face or heading at which the work is going on. 1

noun breast Metallurgy. the front of an open-hearth furnace. the clay surrounding the taphole of a cupola. 1

noun breast Nautical. breast line. a rounded bow. 1

verb with object breast to meet or oppose boldly; confront: As a controversial public figure he has breasted much hostile criticism. 1

verb with object breast to contend with or advance against: The ship breasted the turbulent seas. 1

verb with object breast to climb or climb over (a mountain, obstacle, etc.). 1

verb with object breast to overcome, succeed against. 1

verb with object breast to come alongside or abreast of. 1

idioms breast beat one's breast, to display one's grief, remorse, etc., in a loud and demonstrative manner. 1

idioms breast make a clean breast of, to confess everything (of which one is guilty): You'll feel better if you make a clean breast of it. 1

noun breast woman's mammary organ 1

noun breast person's chest 1

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