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breast
English
Alternative forms
- brest (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English brest, from Old English br?ost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breust?, from Proto-Indo-European *b?rews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.
Pronunciation
- enPR: br?st, IPA(key): /b??st/
- Rhymes: -?st
- Homophone: Brest
Noun
breast (plural breasts)
- (anatomy) 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.
- (anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
- The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon.
- 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:
- A section of clothing covering the breast area.
- The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- […] Thou best know'st
- What torment I did find thee in. Thy groans
- Did make wolves howl, and penetrate the breasts
- Of ever-angry bears— it was a torment
- To lay upon the damn'd, which Sycorax
- Could not again undo. It was mine art,
- When I arrived and heard thee, that made gape
- The pine and let thee out.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene ii[1]:
- The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
- 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.
- The front or forward part of anything.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- Mountains on whose barren breast / The labouring clouds do often rest.
- 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro
- (mining) The face of a coal working.
- (mining) The front of a furnace.
- (obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II scene iii[3]:
- By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast.
- c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act II scene iii[3]:
- (swimming) the breaststroke
Synonyms
- (female organs): See also Thesaurus:breasts
- (chest): chest
- (seat of emotions): heart, soul
- (cut of poultry): white meat
- (cut of meat): brisket
Antonyms
- (cut of poultry): thigh, wing, dark meat
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
breast (third-person singular simple present breasts, present participle breasting, simple past and past participle breasted)
- (transitive, often figuratively) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
- To reach the top (of a hill).
- (transitive, cooking) To debreast.
- 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.
- 2005, Texas Judicial Cookbook: Hello There!
Translations
Anagrams
- Baster, Be star, Sterba, Tarbes, abrest, barest, baster, bestar, rebats, tabers
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breastwheel
English
Etymology
breast +? wheel
Noun
breastwheel (plural breastwheels)
- A water wheel where the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.
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