Definitions for bosom
ˈbʊz əm, ˈbu zəmbo·som

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bosomnoun

   the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept

   "his bosom was bursting with the secret"

2. bosomnoun

   a person's breast or chest

3. bosomnoun

   cloth that covers the chest or breasts

4. embrace, bosomnoun

   a close affectionate and protective acceptance

   "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"

5. heart, bosomnoun

   the locus of feelings and intuitions

   "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"

6. breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, tittyverb

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

7. bosomverb

   hide in one's bosom

   "She bosomed his letters"

8. embrace, hug, bosom, squeezeverb

   squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

   "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bosomnoun

   The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).

2. bosomnoun

   The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.

3. bosomnoun

   The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.

4. bosomnoun

   The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.

5. bosomnoun

   A woman's breasts.

6. bosomadjective

   In a very close relationship.

   bosom buddies

7. Etymology: bosm. Cognate with Dutch boezem, German Busen.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bosom

   in composition, implies intimacy; confidence; a fondness.

   No more that thane Cawder shall deceive
   Our bosom-int’rest; go, pronounce his death. Macbeth.

   This Antonio,
   Being the bosom-lover of my lord,
   Must needs be like my lord. William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice.

   Those domestick traitors, bosom-thieves,
   Whom custom hath call’d wives; the readiest helps
   To betray the heady husbands, rob the easy. Ben Jonson, Catiline.

   He sent for his bosom-friends, with whom he most confidently consulted, and shewed the paper to them; the contents whereof he could not conceive. Edward Hyde.

   The fourth privilege of friendship is that which is here specified in the text, a communication of secrets. A bosom-secret, and a bosom-friend, are usually put together. South.

   She who was a bosom-friend, of her royal mistress, he calls an insolent woman, the worst of her sex. Joseph Addison, Whig Exam.

2. BOSOMnoun

   Etymology: bosme, bosom, Saxon.

   1. The embrace of the arms holding any thing to the breast.2. The breast; the heart.

   Our good old friend,
   Lay comforts to your bosom; and bestow
   Your needful counsel to our businesses. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   3. The inclosure.

   Unto laws thus made and received by a whole church, they which live within the bosom of that church, must not think it a matter indifferent, either to yield, or not to yield, obedience. Richard Hooker, b. ii.

   4. The folds of the dress that cover the breast.

   Put now thy hand into thy bosom; and he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold his hand was leprous as snow. Exodus, iv. 6.

   5. The tender affections; kindness; favour.

   Whose age has charms in it, whose title more,
   To pluck the common bosoms on his side. William Shakespeare, K. Lear.

   To whom the great Creator thus reply’d:
   O Son, in whom my soul hath chief delight;
   Son of my bosom, Son who art alone
   My word, my wisdom, and effectual might. Par. Lost, b. iii.

   6. Inclination; desire.

   If you can pace your wisdom
   In that good path that I could with it go,
   You shall have your bosom on this wretch. William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure.

3. To Bosomverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To inclose in the bosom.

   Bosom up my counsel;
   You’ll find it wholesome. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   I do not think my sister so to seek,
   Or so unprincipl’d in virtue’s book,
   And the sweet peace that bosoms goodness ever. John Milton.

   2. To conceal in privacy.

   The groves, the fountains, and the flow’rs,
   That open now their choicest bosom’d smells,
   Reserv’d for night, and kept for thee in store. Par. Lost, b. v.

   Towers and battlements it sees,
   Bosom’d high in tufted trees,
   Where perhaps some beauty lies,
   The cynosure of neighbouring eyes. John Milton.

   To happy convents, bosom’d deep in vines,
   Where slumber abbots, purple as their wines. Alexander Pope.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bosom

   The breast is one of two prominences located on the upper ventral region of a primate's torso. Both females and males develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. In females, it serves as the mammary gland, which produces and secretes milk to feed infants. Subcutaneous fat covers and envelops a network of ducts that converge on the nipple, and these tissues give the breast its size and shape. At the ends of the ducts are lobules, or clusters of alveoli, where milk is produced and stored in response to hormonal signals. During pregnancy, the breast responds to a complex interaction of hormones, including estrogens, progesterone, and prolactin, that mediate the completion of its development, namely lobuloalveolar maturation, in preparation of lactation and breastfeeding. Humans are the only animals with permanent breasts. At puberty, estrogens, in conjunction with growth hormone, cause permanent breast growth in female humans. This happens only to a much lesser extent in other primates—breast development in other primates generally only occurs with pregnancy. Along with their major function in providing nutrition for infants, female breasts have social and sexual characteristics. Breasts have been featured in ancient and modern sculpture, art, and photography. They can figure prominently in the perception of a woman's body and sexual attractiveness. A number of cultures associate breasts with sexuality and tend to regard bare breasts in public as immodest or indecent. Breasts, especially the nipples, are an erogenous zone.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bosomnoun

   the breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them

2. Bosomnoun

   the breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts

3. Bosomnoun

   embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold

4. Bosomnoun

   any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth

5. Bosomnoun

   the part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom

6. Bosomnoun

   inclination; desire

7. Bosomnoun

   a depression round the eye of a millstone

8. Bosomadjective

   of or pertaining to the bosom

9. Bosomadjective

   intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend

10. Bosomverb

    to inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish

11. Bosomverb

    to conceal; to hide from view; to embosom

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Bosom

   bōōz′um, n. the breast of a human being, or the part of the dress which covers it: (fig.) the seat of the passions and feelings: the heart: embrace, enclosure, as within the arms: any close or secret receptacle.—adj. (in composition) confidential: intimate.—v.t. to enclose in the bosom.—Abraham's bosom, the abode of the blessed dead.—To take to one's bosom, to marry: to make an intimate friend of. [A.S. bósm; Ger. busen.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. bosom

   love, care, closeness and protection.

   The dog was thus rescued and went to the bosom of his family, forever.

   
   

   Submitted by anonymous on April 27, 2019  

Matched Categories

1. • Adoption
   • Breast
   • Cloth Covering
   • Hide
   • Intuition
   • Privacy

Anagrams for bosom »

1. booms

2. moobs

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of bosom in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of bosom in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of bosom in a Sentence

1. Joseph Addison:

   If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

2. Albert Einstein:

   Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.

3. Metastasio:

   We are like vessels tossed on the bosom of the deep; our passions are the winds that sweep us impetuously forward; each pleasure is a rock; the whole life is a wide ocean. Reason is the pilot to guide us, but often allows itself to be led astray by the storms of pride.

4. Martial:

   I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.

5. William Shakespeare:

   The gaudy, blabbing, and remorseful day Is crept into the bosom of the sea.

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