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breast

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: breast

1
nv
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
meet at breast level
2
v
reach the summit (of a mountain)
3
v
confront bodily
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: breast
1

n either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

Synonyms:
boob, bosom, knocker, tit, titty
Type of:
mamma, mammary gland
milk-secreting organ of female mammals

n the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

“he beat his breast in anger”
Synonyms:
chest
Types:
bosom
a person's breast or chest
Type of:
external body part
any body part visible externally

n the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest

Type of:
external body part
any body part visible externally

n meat carved from the breast of a fowl

Synonyms:
white meat
Type of:
helping, portion, serving
an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal

v meet at breast level

“The runner breasted the tape”
Type of:
converge, meet
be adjacent or come together
2

v reach the summit (of a mountain)

“They breasted the mountain”
Synonyms:
summit
Type of:
arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach
reach a destination, either real or abstract
3

v confront bodily

breast the storm”
Synonyms:
front
Type of:
confront, face
oppose, as in hostility or a competition
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