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English

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A woman's breasts

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishbrest, fromOld Englishbrēost, fromProto-West Germanic*breust, fromProto-Germanic*breustą, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰrews-(“to swell”). CompareWest Frisianboarst,Danishbryst,Swedishbröst; cf. alsoDutchborst,GermanBrust.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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breast (pluralbreasts)

  2. (anatomy) Either of the twoorgans on thefront of afemalehuman'schest, whichcontain themammary glands; also theanalogous organs inmales.
    Tanya’sbreasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.
    • 1961,Harry E. Wedeck,Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page219:
      Biblical criteria of sexual seductiveness include a white skin, black hair, or henna-dyed, scarlet lips, a prominent nose, rosy temples, long straight neck, firmbreasts, round thighs, an erect posture.
    • 1964,Philip K. Dick, “TWELVE”, inClans of the Alphane Moon, United States:Ace Books,→OCLC; republished London:HarperCollinsPublishers,1996,→ISBN, page173:
      ‘She has bigbreasts’, 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 done, too.’
    • 2023 July 21, Amanda Musa, “The FDA approved the US’ first over-the-counter birth control pill. What happens next?”, inCNN‎[1]:
      Amies Oelschlager said in a statement that oral contraceptives that contain estrogen may cause side effects such as headaches, nausea, andbreast tenderness.
  3. (anatomy) Thechest, or front of the human thorax.
  4. A section of clothing covering the breast area.
    • 1956,Anthony Burgess,Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published1972, page45:
      By the time he reached the War Memorial damp had soaked through thebreasts of his shirt.
  5. The figurative seat of theemotions,feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.
    She kindled hope in thebreast of all who heard her.
  6. Theventral portion of an animal’sthorax.
    The robin has a redbreast.
  7. A choice cut ofpoultry, especiallychicken orturkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast ofmutton,veal,pork.
    Would you likebreast or wing?
  9. The front or forward part of anything.
    chimneybreast
    ploughbreast
    • 2015 April 7, Jeff Howell, “The secret of longer lasting tiles [print version: How to avoid cracking up, 4 April 2015, p. P7]”, inThe Daily Telegraph (Property)‎[2], archived fromthe original on22 April 2015:
      If you burn wood on its own, the flue gases are cooler than from a coal fire. This can result in tars condensing out within the parging and brickwork of the flue, sometimes causing brown or yellow staining on upstairs chimneybreasts.
  10. Theuppersurface of alandform orbody of water.
  11. (mining) The face of a coal working.
  12. (mining) The front of a furnace.
  13. (obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
  14. (swimming) Thebreaststroke.

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Translations

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milk-producing organ
chest
section of clothing covering the breast area
seat of emotions
animal's thorax
choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals
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Verb

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breast (third-person singular simple presentbreasts,present participlebreasting,simple past and past participlebreasted)

  1. (transitive, often figurative) Topush against with thebreast; tomeetfull on,oppose,face.
    • 1817, William Wirt,Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry‎[3], page22:
      […]when the court, very much to the credit of their candour and firmness,breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.
  2. (transitive) To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence).
    Hebreasted the hill and saw the town before him.
    • 1916, Maurice Hewlett,Love and Lucy‎[4], page247:
      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 theybreasted a mountain pass, “are you quite sure what you are up to with these people?”
    • 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, inRailway Magazine, page 8:
      With the sea below us grey and storm swept, and the coast line vague in the driving rain, we forged our way up the bank tobreast the summit at 37 m.p.h.
    • 1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, inTrains Illustrated, page178:
      But this was excelled by the remarkable feat ofIron Duke, on the second run, in accelerating from a dead start at Miller's Dale up 1 in 90 to no less than 53 m.p.h. beforebreasting the summit at Peak Forest.
  3. (transitive, cooking) Todebreast.
    • 2005,Texas Judicial Cookbook: Hello There!:
      Breast the birds; wash and dry well. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place the birds in a roasting pan.

Translations

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to meet full on

Anagrams

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Etymology

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Frombeir as(“carry off”); the-t isexcrescent (comparearíst fromarís).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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breast

  1. Expresses disapproval or contempt(generally followed by adisjunctive pronoun)
    Breast thú! ―Up yours!
    Breast seo! ―Screw this!
    Breast í! ―The hell with her!

References

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  1. ^Quiggin, E. C. (1906),A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press,§ 386, page129

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