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breast
n. chest; one of a pair of milk secreting organs in female humans; similar organ in some female mammals; similar undeveloped organ in human males; bosom, heart, soul
 
v. face bravely, confront; come abreast of; stand before or against


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Breast
The term breast refers to the upper ventral region of an animal’s torso, particularly that of mammals, including human beings. The breasts of a female mammal’s body contain the mammary glands, which secrete milk used to feed infants. This article deals with the human breast; for other animals, see udder and mammary gland.
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Breast
Breast the front of the chest, especially its modified glandular structure, the mamma ; see also mammary gland, under gland. [more]Breast - Community and Resources

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breast
Noun
1. the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger"
(hypernym) body part
(hyponym) bosom
(part-holonym) thorax, chest, pectus
2. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
(synonym) bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty
(hypernym) mammary gland, mamma
(part-holonym) adult female body, woman's body
(part-meronym) lactiferous duct
3. meat carved from the breast of a fowl
(synonym) white meat
(hypernym) helping, portion, serving
(part-holonym) chicken, poulet, volaille
Verb
1. meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape"
(hypernym) converge, meet
2. reach the summit; "They breasted the mountain"
(hypernym) reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
3. confront bodily; "breast the storm"
(synonym) front
(hypernym) confront, face


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Breast
(v. t.)
To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
  
 
(n.)
The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart.
  
 
(n.)
The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast.
  
 
(n.)
The front of a furnace.
  
 
(n.)
The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.
  
 
(n.)
The face of a coal working.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
A torus.
  

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