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Breast meaning

What does “breast” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“breast” is a noun and verb with 7 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen.

breast

noun

  1. the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

    “he beat his breast in anger”

    Synonymschest

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

    Synonymsbosomknockerboobtittitty

  3. meat carved from the breast of a fowl

    Synonymswhite meat

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

verb

  1. meet at breast level

    “The runner breasted the tape”

  2. reach the summit (of a mountain)

    “They breasted the mountain”

    “Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”

    Synonymssummit

  3. confront bodily

    “breast the storm”

    Synonymsfront

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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