English Explanatory Dictionary

breast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The chest, or front of the human thorax.
  3. A section of clothing covering the breast area.
  4. The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.
  5. The ventral portion of an animal’s thorax.
  6. A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
  7. The front or forward part of anything.
  8. The upper surface of a landform or body of water.
  9. The face of a coal working.
  10. The front of a furnace.
  11. The power of singing; a musical voice.
  12. The breaststroke.
verb
  1. To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
  2. To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence).
  3. To debreast.

Pronunciation

brĕst /bɹɛst/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-breast.wav en-us-breast.ogg /bɹest/ /bɾɛst/

Word forms

breast breasts brest breasting breasted

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *breustą Proto-West Germanic *breust Old English brēost Middle English brest English breast From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.

Synonyms

chest heart soul white meat brisket

Antonyms

thigh wing dark meat

Derived words

abreast bare one's breast beat one's breast bluebreast Breastapo breast augmentation breastaurant breastband breastbeam breast-beating breast bone breastbone breast boobily breast cancer breast cleavage breast down breast drill breast envy breastfast breast-fed breast-feed breast feed breastfeed breastfeeder breast feeding breastfeeding breast flattening breastflesh breast form breastful breast-girdle breast-girth breast girth breastgirth breasthook breasticle breastie breast implant breast ironing breastknot breastless breastlift breastlike breast line breastling breast milk breastmilk breast mint breast one's cards breast pad breast pang breastpin breastplate breastplough breast pocket breastpoint breast pump breastrail breast reduction breastroke

Translations

Armenian: դոշ Chinese Mandarin: 胸甲 Dutch: borst Finnish: rinta French: poitrine French: poitrail Greek: στήθος Hungarian: mell Icelandic: bringa Irish: ucht Northern Kurdish: sîng Northern Kurdish: bersîng Northern Kurdish: berçîsk Macedonian: гради Norwegian Bokmål: bryst Portuguese: peito Russian: грудь Spanish: pechuga Swedish: bröst Tamil: மார்பு
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