breast

/brɛst/

/brɛst/

Other forms: breasts; breasted; breasting

Definitions of breast

1. noun

   either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
   synonyms: boob, bosom, knocker, tit, titty

   type of:

   mamma, mammary gland

   milk-secreting organ of female mammals
2. noun

   the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
   “he beat his breast in anger”

   synonyms: chest

   types:

   bosom

   a person's breast or chest

   type of:

   external body part

   any body part visible externally
3. noun

   the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
   type of:

   external body part

   any body part visible externally
4. noun

   meat carved from the breast of a fowl
   synonyms: white meat

   type of:

   helping, portion, serving

   an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal
5. verb

   meet at breast level
   “The runner breasted the tape”

   type of:

   converge, meet

   be adjacent or come together
6. verb

   reach the summit (of a mountain)
   “They breasted the mountain”

   synonyms: summit

   type of:

   arrive at, attain, gain, hit, make, reach

   reach a destination, either real or abstract
7. verb

   confront bodily
   “breast the storm”

   synonyms: front

   type of:

   confront, face

   oppose, as in hostility or a competition