chest

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/t͡ʃɛst/

noun 6verb 4name 1

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

broad, manly, massive, muscular, muscled, powerful, strong | narrow, puny

flat

The doctor examined the patient's flat chest and listened carefully with a stethoscope.

bare, naked | hairy, hairless | bad, weak, wheezy | lower, upper

VERB + CHEST

clutch (at)

She clutched at her chest when she heard the shocking news about the accident.

thump

She thumped her chest proudly after winning the swimming competition.

CHEST + VERB

expand, heave, rise and fall

puff (out/up), swell

Her chest swelled with pride when her daughter graduated from university.

tighten

My chest tightened as I waited for the test results to arrive.

ache

My chest ached for days after I carried those heavy boxes up the stairs.

CHEST + NOUN

PREP

in the/your ~

He felt a sharp pain in his chest when he climbed the stairs too quickly.

on the/your ~

She felt her heart pounding on her chest as she waited for the test results.

to the/your ~

The child held the teddy bear tightly to her chest as she fell asleep.

Definitions

noun

A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

The clothes are kept in a chest.

But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].

A coffin.

The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

You can take the money from the chest.

A chest of drawers.

The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.

Holonyms: torso, trunk < body

She had a sudden pain in her chest.

verb

To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net.

To deposit in a chest.

To place in a coffin.

To handle, deal with.

Children being loud and annoying in public is a small price to pay for living and participating in society. Everyone goes through this cycle and you too were once that child. We can’t just lock them indoors. Chest it, sorry.

noun

Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — furniture with drawers for keeping clothes

noun — the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphra

thorax
pectus

noun — the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

breast

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

keep one's cards close to one's chest

To avoid revealing one's thoughts, circumstances, or plans.

Balthus has always kept his cards close to his chest. When I asked him if Summertime was a transcription of Poussin's Echo and Narcissus—a variant of his lost copy—he did not reply

put hair on someone's chest

To make a person (especially a male) stronger or more masculine or mature.

When Lonnie Bushey was 6 he started drinking with his father who told him it would put hair on his chest and make him a man.

get off one's chest

To relieve oneself psychologically or emotionally by speaking to someone.

I wanna tell you things and show you all the rest / Broadcast my emotions on the radio and take them off my chest / I hope you're listening / Are you? Are you?

get the dirty water off one's chest

To get sexual satisfaction, especially after a period of abstinence.

'You've got to get the dirty water off your chest some time.'

with one's chest

With total confidence.

Finally a friendship we can stan with our chests 🫶🏾 #LoveIsland

Example Bank

The clothes are kept in a chest.

Wiktionary

You can take the money from the chest.

Wiktionary

Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net.

Wiktionary

I'd like you to have a chest X-ray.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, chest is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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