ADJ
ample, big, full, heavy, large | little, small | bare, naked | firm, pert, pointed | round, shapely | sagging
BREAST + NOUN
cancer | screening | milk
PHRASES
put a baby to the breast | take the breast
PHRASES
beat your breast, hold/clutch sb/sth to your breast
She clutched her baby to her breast while waiting for the doctor.
noun
Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
Tanya’s breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.
Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect posture.
The chest, or front of the human thorax.
The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon.
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
By the time he reached the War Memorial damp had soaked through the breasts of his shirt.
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.
He has a loyal breast.
The ventral portion of an animal’s thorax.
The robin has a red breast.
verb
To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
[…]when the court, very much to the credit of their candour and firmness, breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.
To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence).
He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
Vera Nugent, a brisk woman of the world, with a fondness for vivid clothing and a Spanish air which went oddly with it, took the trouble one fine day to tackle her brother. “Look here, Jimmy," she said as they breasted a mountain pass, “are you quite sure what you are up to with these people?”
To debreast.
Breast the birds; wash and dry well. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place the birds in a roasting pan.
Often followed by of: to be honest about something; to confess.
He preſſed him earneſtly to make a clean breaſt, and tell him all he knew of [Colin Roy Campbell of] Glenure's murder. To which Breck [i.e., Alan Breck Stewart] anſwered with an oa
Alternative form of hope springs eternal.
Tanya’s breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.
WiktionaryBiblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firm breasts, round thighs, an erect postur
Wiktionary‘She has big breasts’, Chuck said. ‘Who? Patty? Oh yes.’ Hentman nodded. ‘Well, it’s that operation they give in Hollywood and New York. It’s more the rage now than the dilation, and she’s had that do
Wiktionary[…]when the court, very much to the credit of their candour and firmness, breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.
WiktionaryHe breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
WiktionaryVera Nugent, a brisk woman of the world, with a fondness for vivid clothing and a Spanish air which went oddly with it, took the trouble one fine day to tackle her brother. “Look here, Jimmy," she sai
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