Definitions for breast
brɛstbreast

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

1. breast, chestnoun

   the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

   "he beat his breast in anger"

2. breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, tittynoun

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

3. breast, white meatnoun

   meat carved from the breast of a fowl

4. breastverb

   the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest

5. breastverb

   meet at breast level

   "The runner breasted the tape"

6. summit, breastverb

   reach the summit (of a mountain)

   "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"

7. front, breastverb

   confront bodily

   "breast the storm"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. breastnoun

   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.

   Etymology: From brest, from breost, from

2. breastnoun

   The chest, or front of the human thorax.

   Etymology: From brest, from breost, from

3. breastnoun

   A section of clothing covering the breast area.

   Etymology: From brest, from breost, from

4. breastnoun

   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.

   Etymology: From brest, from breost, from

5. breastnoun

   The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.

   The robin has a red breast.

   Etymology: From brest, from breost, from

6. breastnoun

   A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird's breast.

   Would you like breast or wing?

   Etymology: From brest, from breost, from

7. breastverb

   To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.

   He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.

   Etymology: From brest, from breost, from

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

1. Breastnoun

   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. Breastnoun

   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. Breastnoun

   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. Breastnoun

   the face of a coal working

5. Breastnoun

   the front of a furnace

6. Breastnoun

   the seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart

7. Breastnoun

   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. Breastverb

   to meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves

9. Breastnoun

   a torus

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Breast

   The breast is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, containing the mammary gland which in a female can secrete milk used to feed infants. Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. However, at puberty, female sex hormones, mainly estrogen, promote breast development which does not occur in men due to the higher amount of testosterone. As a result, women's breasts become far more prominent than those of men. During pregnancy, the breast is responsive to a complex interplay of hormones that cause tissue development and enlargement in order to produce milk. Three such hormones are estrogen, progesterone and prolactin, which cause glandular tissue in the breast and the uterus to change during the menstrual cycle. Each breast contains 15–20 lobes. The subcutaneous adipose tissue covering the lobes gives the breast its size and shape. Each lobe is composed of many lobules, at the end of which are sacs where milk is produced in response to hormonal signals.

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

1. Breast

   brest, n. the forepart of the human body between the neck and the belly: one of the two mammary glands in women, forming soft protuberances on the chest: the corresponding part of any animal: (fig.) conscience, disposition, affections.—v.t. to bear the breast against: to oppose manfully: to mount.—n. Breast′-bone, the bone running down the middle of the breast, to which the first seven ribs are attached.—adv. Breast′-deep, deep, as up to the breast.—adj. Breast′ed, having a breast.—adv. Breast′-high, high as the breast—ns. Breast′-knot, a knot of ribbons worn on the breast; Breast′pin, an ornamental pin for the breast; Breast′plate, a plate or piece of armour for the breast: (B.) an embroidered square of linen worn on the breast of the Jewish high-priest, bearing twelve precious stones, each inscribed with the name of one of the tribes of Israel; Breast′-plough, a kind of spade for cutting turf, with a cross-bar against which the breast is pressed; Breast′rail, the upper rail of a breastwork; Breast′summer, Bres′summer, a summer or beam supporting the whole front of a building in the same way as a lintel supports the portion over an opening; Breast′-wall, a retaining wall; Breast′-wheel, a water-wheel which is turned by water delivered upon it at about half its height; Breast′work, a hastily constructed earthwork.—To make a clean breast of, to make a full confession. [A.S. bréost; Ger. brust, Dut. borst.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

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

1. breast

   A element of a human body from the neck to the waist.

   Both males and females have breast, the difference is the female breast secretes milk.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 3, 2020  

2. breast

   Female mammary glands.

   The female breast secretes milk when a woman is pregnant.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 3, 2020  

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1. breast

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Entomology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Breast

   the under surface of thorax or sternum.

Matched Categories

1. • Confront
   • Helping
   • Mamma
   • Meet

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'breast' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4839

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'breast' in Nouns Frequency: #1406

Anagrams for breast »

1. barest, baster, bestar, Tarbes

How to pronounce breast?

1. Alex

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   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of breast in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of breast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of breast in a Sentence

1. Chief Executive Pascal Soriot:

   It's early days but if this works we believe we could end up treating up to 40 percent of patients with ovarian or breast cancer and, importantly, we also have very strong pre clinical results in lung cancer, we are not only first but we are going to be first and alone for a time in DDR because there is nobody else that has this portfolio ... we will have something quite unique.

2. William Congreve, The Mourning Bride, Act 1 Scene 1:

   Music has charms to soothe the savage breast To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

3. Homer:

   But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.

4. Adrienne Rich:

   As her sons have seen her: the mother in patriarchy: controlling, erotic, castrating, heart-suffering, guilt-ridden, and guilt-provoking; a marble brow, a huge breast, an avid cave; between her legs snakes, swamp-grass, or teeth; on her lap a helpless infant or a martyred son. She exists for one purpose: to bear and nourish the son.

5. Pindar:

   I hate the miser, whose unsocial breast Locks from the world his useless stores. Wealth by the bounteous only is enjoyed, Whose treasures, in diffusive good employed, The rich return of fame and friends procure, And ?gainst a sad reverse a safe retreat secure.

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