to breast

Definition von to breast im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast
Would you like breast or wing?.; The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts
She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.; A section of clothing covering the breast area; The ventral portion of an animal's thorax
The robin has a red breast.; Either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men
Tanya's breasts grew alarmingly during pregnancy.; The chest, or front of the human thorax
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.; {n} a part of the body, conscience, the heart; mune; {i} chest; one of a pair of milk secreting organs in female humans; similar organ in some female mammals; similar undeveloped organ in human males; bosom, heart, soul; A woman's breasts are the two soft, round parts on her chest that can produce milk to feed a baby. She wears a low-cut dress which reveals her breasts As my newborn cuddled at my breast, her tiny fingers stroked my skin. + -breasted -breasted She was slim and muscular and full-breasted; confront bodily; "breast the storm"; {f} face bravely, confront; come abreast of; stand before or against; A person's breast is the upper part of his or her chest. He struck his breast in a dramatic gesture; Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat; either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman; The breast of a shirt, jacket, or coat is the part which covers the top part of the chest. He reached into his breast pocket for his cigar case; A torus; A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird's breast; The face of a coal working; The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse; Either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a womans chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men; The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart; either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman meat carved from the breast of a fowl reach the summit; "They breasted the mountain"; Front part of the chest; meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape"; To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves; meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape; The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; ones heart or innermost thoughts; The front of a furnace; A bird's breast is the front part of its body. The cock's breast is tinged with chestnut. + -breasted -breasted flocks of red-breasted parrots; You can refer to piece of meat that is cut from the front of a bird or lamb as breast. a chicken breast with vegetables. breast of lamb. see also double-breasted, single-breasted; the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger"; To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face; meat carved from the breast of a fowl; The ventral portion of an animals thorax; reach the summit; "They breasted the mountain"; the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger" either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman meat carved from the breast of a fowl reach the summit; "They breasted the mountain" meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape; Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill; The power of singing; a musical voice; so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast; front of a post mill