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1. (n.) breast
either of the pair of mammae occurring on the chest of human beings and other primates, esp. of the female after pubertal development.
2. breast
the outer, front part of the body from neck to midsection; chest.
3. breast
the bosom conceived of as the center of emotion.
4. breast
a projection from a wall, as part of a chimney.
5. breast
any surface or part resembling or likened to the human breast.
6. (v.t.) breast
to meet or oppose boldly; confront:
to breast hostile criticism.
7. breast
to contend with or advance against:
The ship breasted the turbulent seas.
8. breast
to climb or climb over (a mountain, obstacle, etc.).
Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE brēost; c. OS briost, ON brjōst)
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| Definition of 'BREAST' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) breast, chest
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
"he beat his breast in anger"
2. (noun) breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
3. (noun) breast, white meat
meat carved from the breast of a fowl
4. (verb) breast
the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
5. (verb) breast
meet at breast level
"The runner breasted the tape"
6. (verb) summit, breast
reach the summit (of a mountain)
"They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
7. (verb) front, breast
confront bodily
"breast the storm"
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1. (noun) breast
one of two body parts on a woman's chest
***a girl with small breasts
2. breast
***a piece of meat from the front of a bird's body
chicken/turkey breast
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| Definition of 'BREAST' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) BREAST
the fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse
2. (noun) BREAST
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
3. (noun) BREAST
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
4. (noun) BREAST
the face of a coal working
5. (noun) BREAST
the front of a furnace
6. (noun) BREAST
the seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart
7. (noun) BREAST
the power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast
8. (noun) BREAST
a torus
9. (verb) BREAST
to meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves
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| Definition of 'BREAST' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. BREAST
In humans, one of the paired regions in the anterior portion of the THORAX. The breasts consist of the MAMMARY GLANDS, the SKIN, the MUSCLES, the ADIPOSE TISSUE, and the CONNECTIVE TISSUES.
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Sense: either of a woman's two milk-producing glands on the front of the upper body.
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 Afrikaans: bors |
 Arabic: ثدي المرأه |
 Bulgarian: гърда |
 Brazilian: peito |
 Czech: prs |
 German: die Brust |
 Danish: bryst |
 Greek: μαστός |
 Spanish: pecho, seno, mama |
 Estonian: rind |
 Farsi: پستان |
 Finnish: rinta |
 French: sein |
 Hebrew: שָׁד |
 Hindi: स्तन |
 Croatian: dojke |
 Hungarian: mell |
 Indonesian: payudara |
 Icelandic: konubrjóst |
 Italian: seno, mammella |
 Japanese: 乳房 |
 Korean: 유방 |
 Lithuanian: krūtis |
 Latvian: krūts |
 Malay: buah dada |
 Dutch: borst |
 Norwegian: bryst |
 Polish: pierś |
 Persian: پستان |
 Pashto: تی |
 Portuguese: peito |
 Romanian: sân |
 Russian: грудная железа |
 Slovak: prsník, ňadro |
 Slovenian: dojka, prsi |
 Serbian: grudi |
 Swedish: bröst |
 Thai: เต้านมผู้หญิง |
 Turkish: meme |
 Taiwanese: 乳房 |
 Ukrainian: грудна залоза |
 Urdu: چھاتیاں |
 Vietnamese: vú |
 Chinese: 乳房 |
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