What does breast mean?
Definitions for breast
brɛstbreast
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word breast.
Princeton's WordNet
breast, chestnoun
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
"he beat his breast in anger"
breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, tittynoun
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
breast, white meatnoun
meat carved from the breast of a fowl
breastverb
the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
breastverb
meet at breast level
"The runner breasted the tape"
summit, breastverb
reach the summit (of a mountain)
"They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
front, breastverb
confront bodily
"breast the storm"
Wiktionary
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.
breastnoun
The chest, or front of the human thorax.
breastnoun
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
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.
breastnoun
The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
The robin has a red breast.
breastnoun
A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird's breast.
Would you like breast or wing?
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
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
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
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
Breastnoun
the face of a coal working
Breastnoun
the front of a furnace
Breastnoun
the seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart
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
Breastverb
to meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves
Breastnoun
a torus
Freebase
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
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
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
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, 2020breast
Female mammary glands.
The female breast secretes milk when a woman is pregnant.
Submitted by MaryC on February 3, 2020
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Entomology
Breast
the under surface of thorax or sternum.
British National Corpus
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'breast' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4839
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'breast' in Nouns Frequency: #1406
Anagrams for breast »
barest, baster, bestar, Tarbes
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of breast in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of breast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of breast in a Sentence
He had told me that he had touched some of the girls, like, when they were sleeping, like, on the breast, like, over their clothes. They didn’t wake up.
The fetal brain is still developing after birth -- and since alcohol passes into breast milk, the baby is still at risk, this is something we would not advocate today.
I was most impressed by the significant reduction in the receptor negative breast cancer with adherence to the Mediterranean diet, this study is an important contribution to the efforts being studied to prevent (estrogen-receptor, progesterone-receptor)-negative breast cancer which is known to be more aggressive and higher risk of recurrence.
Mammography is the best tool in determining if a woman has breast cancer.
One factor that could contribute to the increase is this desire for symmetry, another factor is probably the Angelina Jolie effect. She was diagnosed with the BRCA-1 cancer gene that mutation that causes breast cancer, and she had a double mastectomy, so that was covered widely in the media.
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- borsAfrikaans
- ثدي, صدرArabic
- кекеAvaric
- döş, məməAzerbaijani
- грудзіBelarusian
- гърди, гръд, гърда, гръден кош, противопоставям сеBulgarian
- স্তনBengali
- bronn, bruchedBreton
- pitCatalan, Valencian
- susuChamorro
- hruď, prs, ňadroCzech
- brystDanish
- Gänsebrust, Brust, Fasanenbrust, Geflügelbrust, Hammelbrust, Hühnchenbrust, Schweinsbrust, Entenbrust, -brust, HähnchenbrustGerman
- noEwe
- στήθος, στέρνο, καρδιά, μαστόςGreek
- mamoEsperanto
- teta, pecho, corazón, pechuga, senoSpanish
- rindEstonian
- papo, bular, papar, titi, ugatzBasque
- پستان, سینهPersian
- rintamus, rinta, miehusta, rintakehä, sydän, rinnus, ponnistellaFinnish
- bringa, bróstFaroese
- poitrine, blanc, poitrail, seinFrench
- boarstWestern Frisian
- cíoch, brollach, broinne, uchtIrish
- broilleach, uchd, cìochScottish Gaelic
- titiGuaraní
- છાતીGujarati
- keeManx
- ציצי, חזה, לב, שדHebrew
- स्तन, छातीHindi
- senHaitian Creole
- mell, kebelHungarian
- դոշ, կուրծքArmenian
- payudara, susuIndonesian
- mamoIdo
- bobblingur, bringa, brjóstIcelandic
- senoItalian
- 胸, にゅうぼう, 乳房Japanese
- ძუძუGeorgian
- кеуде, емшекKazakh
- ដើមទ្រូង, ដោះ, ថនា, សុដន់Khmer
- ಮೊಲೆ, ಸ್ತನKannada
- 乳房, 가슴, 유방Korean
- سنگ, çiçik, مهمک, دڵKurdish
- көкүрөк, эмчекKyrgyz
- mamma, pectusLatin
- ຕູ້, ຊວງLao
- krūtisLithuanian
- krūtsLatvian
- гради, града, дојкаMacedonian
- മുല, സ്തനംMalayalam
- мээмMongolian
- tetek, payudara, susu, dadaMalay
- tas-sider, siderMaltese
- နို့, ရင်, ရင်ဘတ်Burmese
- pupp, brystNorwegian
- स्तनNepali
- borst, borststukDutch
- pupp, brystNorwegian Nynorsk
- bryst, bringeNorwegian
- -be’Navajo, Navaho
- pitreOccitan
- biust, pierśPolish
- peito, peitos, seio, coraçãoPortuguese
- pet, pèzRomansh
- piept, sânRomanian
- грудь, пе́рси, дойка, сиська, сердце, ти́тьки, буфер, грудка, грудиRussian
- कुचSanskrit
- sinuSardinian
- čižžiNorthern Sami
- груди, prsa, сиса, sisa, прса, grudiSerbo-Croatian
- prsiaSlovak
- dojka, prsiSlovene
- gjiAlbanian
- bröst, bringaSwedish
- மார்பகம்Tamil
- స్తనము, చన్ను, రొమ్ముTelugu
- пистон, синаTajik
- เต้านมThai
- määme, göwüs, emjekTurkmen
- susoTagalog
- meme, göğüsTurkish
- ими, түш, күкрәкTatar
- يېلىنUyghur, Uighur
- грудь, грудиUkrainian
- پستان, چهاتيUrdu
- bagʻir, emchakUzbek
- vúVietnamese
- gokablötot, koturablötot, dindunablötot, blöt, fasanablötot, pijunablötot, pijunülablötot, -blötotVolapük
- pwetreneWalloon
- ibeleXhosa
- ברוסטYiddish
- ibeleZulu
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