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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BREAST, n. brest.
1. The soft, protuberant body, adhering to the thorax, which, in females, furnishes milk for infants.
His breasts are full of milk. Job
21:24.
2. The fore part of the thorax, or the fore part of the human body between the neck and the belly.
3. The part of a breast which answers to the breast in man. This, in quadrupeds, is between the fore legs, below the neck.
4. Figuratively, the heart; the conscience; the disposition of the mind; the affections;the seat of the affections and passions.
5. Formerly,the power of singing.
BREAST, v.t. brest. To meet in front; to oppose breast to breast.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger" [syn: breast, chest]
2: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman [syn: breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty]
3: meat carved from the breast of a fowl [syn: breast, white meat]
4: the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest v
1: meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape"
2: reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit" [syn: summit, breast]
3: confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: front, breast]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English brest, from Old English br?ost; akin to Old High German brust breast, Old Irish brú belly, Russian bryukho Date: before 12th century 1. either of the pair of mammary glands extending from the front of the chest in pubescent and adult human females and some other mammals; also either of the analogous but rudimentary organs of the male chest especially when enlarged 2. a. the fore or ventral part of the body between the neck and the abdomen b. the part of an article of clothing covering the breast 3. the seat of emotion and thought ; bosom 4. a. something (as a front, swelling, or curving part) resembling a breast b. face 6 • breasted adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1599 1. to contend with resolutely ; confront <breasting the waves> 2. chiefly British climb, ascend 3. to thrust the chest against <the sprinter breasted the tape>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a either of two milk-secreting organs on the upper front of a woman's body. b the corresponding usu. rudimentary part of a man's body. 2 a the upper front part of a human body; the chest. b the corresponding part of an animal. 3 the part of a garment that covers the breast. 4 the breast as a source of nourishment or emotion. --v.tr. 1 face, meet in full opposition (breast the wind). 2 contend with (breast it out against difficulties). 3 reach the top of (a hill). Phrases and idioms: breast-feed (past and past part. -fed) feed (a baby) from the breast. breast-high as high as the breast; submerged to the breast. breast-pin a brooch etc. worn on the breast. breast-stroke a stroke made while swimming on the breast by extending arms forward and sweeping them back in unison. breast the tape see TAPE. make a clean breast of confess fully. Derivatives: breasted adj. (also in comb.). breastless adj. Etymology: OE breost f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Breast Breast (br[e^]st), n. [OE. brest, breost, As. bre['o]st; akin to Icel. brj[=o]st, Sw. br["o]st, Dan. bryst, Goth. brusts, OS. briost, D. borst, G. brust.] 1. 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. 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. My brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother. --Cant. viii. 1. 3. 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. Mountains on whose barren breast The laboring clouds do often rest. --Milton. 4. (Mining) (a) The face of a coal working. (b) The front of a furnace. 5. The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart. He has a loyal breast. --Shak. 6. The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast. [Obs.] By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast. --Shak. Breast drill, a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work. Breast pang. See Angina pectoris, under Angina. To make a clean breast, to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Breast Breast, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Breasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breasting.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Brest Brest, Breast Breast, n. (Arch.) A torus. [Obs.]

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(breasts) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A woman's breasts are the two soft, round parts on her chest that can produce milk to feed a baby. She wears a low-cut dress which reveals her breasts... As my newborn cuddled at my breast, her tiny fingers stroked my skin. N-COUNT: oft poss N • -breasted She was slim and muscular and full-breasted. COMB in ADJ 2. A person's breast is the upper part of his or her chest. (LITERARY) He struck his breast in a dramatic gesture. N-COUNT: poss N 3. A bird's breast is the front part of its body. The cock's breast is tinged with chestnut. N-COUNT • -breasted ...flocks of red-breasted parrots. COMB in ADJ 4. The breast of a shirt, jacket, or coat is the part which covers the top part of the chest. He reached into his breast pocket for his cigar case. N-SING: the N 5. You can refer to piece of meat that is cut from the front of a bird or lamb as breast. ...a chicken breast with vegetables. ...breast of lamb. N-VAR 6. see also double-breasted, single-breasted

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

brest: Signifying the front view of the bust in humans and the corresponding portion of the body in animals. chazeh, occurs in Ex 29:26,27; Le 7:30,31,34; 8:29; 10:14,15; Nu 6:20; 18:18; and chadhi, in Da 2:32. shadh or shodh = "breast" in the sense of pap of a woman or animal (Job 24:9; So 8:1,8,10; Isa 60:16; La 4:3). Only one word occurs with this signification in the New Testament: stethos = "bosom," "chest" (Lu 18:13; 23:48; Joh 13:25; 21:20).

See WAVE OFFERING.

Figurative: "The breasts of virginity," pressed and bruised (Eze 23:3,8 the King James Version), indicative of Ezekiel's belief that Israel practiced idolatry in Egypt (compare Eze 20:8). "To tear (pluck off) thy breasts" (Eze 23:34) denotes the anguish of the people in parting with their beloved sin (compare Ho 2:2). "Its breast of silver" (Da 2:32) is possibly expressive of the humanity and wealth of the Medo-Persian empire.

Frank E. Hirsch

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Bosom, thorax, chest. 2. Heart, conscience, affections. 3. Pap, mammary organ, mamma, udder, dug. II. v. a. Face, stem, withstand, oppose, resist, bear the breast against.

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