Breast Definition

brĕst
breasted, breasting, breasts
noun
breasts
Either of two milk-secreting glands protruding from the upper, front part of a woman's body.
Webster's New World
A corresponding gland in a female primate.
Webster's New World
A corresponding undeveloped gland in the male.
Webster's New World
The superior ventral surface of the human body, extending from the neck to the abdomen.
American Heritage Medicine
Figuratively, a source of nourishment.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
breasted, breasting, breasts
To oppose the breast to; face.
Webster's New World
To go to the top of; ascend.
American Heritage
To face or meet firmly; move forward against.
Webster's New World
To confront or deal with resolutely.
Breasted a storm of criticism.
American Heritage

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

He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
idiom
beat one's breast
  • to make an exaggerated display of one's feelings of guilt, remorse, etc.
Webster's New World
make a clean breast of
  • to confess (guilt, etc.) fully
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Breast

Noun

Singular:
breast
Plural:
breasts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Breast

  • beat one's breast
  • make a clean breast of

Origin of Breast

  • From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-Germanic *breustą.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English brest from Old English brēost

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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