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breast
[ brest ]
noun
- Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
- Zoology. the corresponding part in quadrupeds.
- either of the pair of mammae occurring on the chest in humans and having a discrete areola around the nipple, especially the mammae of the female after puberty, which are enlarged and softened by hormonally influenced mammary-gland development and fat deposition and which secrete milk after the birth of a child: the breasts of males normally remain rudimentary.
- the part of a garment that covers the chest.
- the bosom conceived of as the center of emotion:
What anger lay in his breast when he made that speech?
- a projection from a wall, as part of a chimney.
- any surface or part resembling or likened to the human breast.
- Mining. the face or heading at which the work is going on.
- Metallurgy.
- the front of an open-hearth furnace.
- the clay surrounding the taphole of a cupola.
- Nautical.
- a rounded bow.
verb (used with object)
- to meet or oppose boldly; confront:
As a controversial public figure he has breasted much hostile criticism.
- to contend with or advance against:
The ship breasted the turbulent seas.
- to climb or climb over (a mountain, obstacle, etc.).
- to overcome, succeed against.
- to come alongside or abreast of.
verb phrase
- Nautical.
- to thrust (a vessel) sideways from a wharf.
- to keep (a vessel) away from a wharf by means of timbers.
- Nautical. to bind (an object, as a boatswain's chair) securely under a projection, as the flare of a bow.
breast
/ 产谤蓻蝉迟 /
noun
- the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest
- either of the two soft fleshy milk-secreting glands on the chest in sexually mature human females adjective mammary
- a similar organ in certain other mammals
- anything that resembles a breast in shape or position
the breast of the hill
- a source of nourishment
the city took the victims to its breast
- the source of human emotions
- the part of a garment that covers the breast
- a projection from the side of a wall, esp that formed by a chimney
- mining the face being worked at the end of a tunnel
- beat one's breastto display guilt and remorse publicly or ostentatiously
- make a clean breast ofto make a confession of
verb
- to confront boldly; face
breast the storm
- to oppose with the breast or meet at breast level
breasting the waves
- to come alongside of
breast the ship
- to reach the summit of
breasting the mountain top
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 产谤别补蝉迟顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of breast1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of breast1
Idioms and Phrases
- beat one's breast, to display one's grief, remorse, etc., in a loud and demonstrative manner.
- make a clean breast of, to confess everything (of which one is guilty):
You'll feel better if you make a clean breast of it.
More idioms and phrases containing breast
see keep abreast of ; make a clean breast of .Example Sentences
Similar to how I cook chicken breast in the air fryer, my primary goal is texture: crispness, browning, crunch.
Male health workers should be allowed to perform breast screening examinations to help relieve staff shortages, say experts.
You write about some traumatic things in the book, like your medical assault as a teenager and your recent breast cancer diagnosis.
Knowles also opens up in her book about being diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer in her left breast, after doctors discovered two tumours.
I was told I had an 88% chance of developing breast cancer, which led to me having a double mastectomy and breast reconstruction aged 31.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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