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breast

Definition

  • noun: either one of the two soft parts on a woman's chest that produce milk when she has a baby
  • noun: either of the pair of mammary glands extending from the front of the chest in pubescent and adult human females and some other mammals
  • verb: to push against or move through (something) with your chest forward
  • verb: to contend with resolutely
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: confront, mamma, teat

Examples

  • I decided to 'make a clean breast of' it/things and admit that I was to blame.

  • I was at the race's finish line to see the winner 'breast' the tape.

  • mothers who 'breast-feed' [='nurse, suckle'] their infants

Movie quotes

  • (..) Yes. You are beautiful, Susie Salmon. - Forget it. - This is obscene! Are you listening to me? There are no breasts on this anatomy model. There are no eyes or mouth either, but we were told to draw in the face. Well, your unnecessary anatomical additions (..)
    2009 The Lovely Bones