Meaning & Definition of Breast in English
English⟶
Breast
/brɛst/
noun
1. The front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
- "He beat his breast in anger"
synonym:
- breast,
- chest
2. Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
synonym:
- breast,
- bosom,
- knocker,
- boob,
- tit,
- titty
3. Meat carved from the breast of a fowl
synonym:
- breast,
- white meat
4. The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
synonym:
- breast
verb
1. Meet at breast level
- "The runner breasted the tape"
synonym:
- breast
2. Reach the summit (of a mountain)
- "They breasted the mountain"
- "Many mountaineers go up mt. everest but not all summit"
synonym:
- summit,
- breast
3. Confront bodily
- "Breast the storm"
synonym:
- front,
- breast
Examples of using
Tom made a clean breast of the whole matter.
She has breast cancer.
She pressed the child to her breast.