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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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spathic
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ????? (spáth?, “any broad blade of metal or wood”). Cognates include spatula.
Adjective
spathic (comparative more spathic, superlative most spathic)
- (geology, mineralogy) Having good cleavage.
- (slang) Having attractive cleavage of the breasts.
- 1996 April 14, "Lingster" (username), "NEW: AMAZON ARTIFACT 7/8 (M/F cs ama. trans.)", in alt.amazon-women.admirers, Usenet
- Stephanie pressed Steve's 25-inch chest (64 cm) into the crevice between her own spathic, hypertrophied milk-producing organs.
- 2000 April 7, Alex Jay Berman, "Re: Cleavage", in misc.writing, Usenet:
- So? Any of you out there wanna demonstrate how spathic you are?
- 2003 September 26, "Captain Button" (username), "Re: Orogeny, erogeny wasn't Re: Slide rules", in rec.arts.sf.written and sci.geo.geology, Usenet:
- Didn't the Alfred Bester tribute in one of the Callahan's Bar stories use the old geologist's pun of describing a young woman as "spathic"?
- 2005 June 29, David McMillan, "Re: Sea Wasp is not happy with us", in rec.arts.sf.written, Usenet:
- It only makes up for the lack of spathic content if the tentacles are, ahem, 'Centaurian' in nature.
- 1996 April 14, "Lingster" (username), "NEW: AMAZON ARTIFACT 7/8 (M/F cs ama. trans.)", in alt.amazon-women.admirers, Usenet
Translations
Anagrams
- haptics, pathics
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