1. Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
   "The baby latched onto her bosom to feed";
   - breast
    
2. A person's breast or chest
   "The mother held the baby close to her bosom"
    
3. The locus of feelings and intuitions
   "deep in his bosom he knew the truth";
   - heart
    
4. A close affectionate and protective acceptance
   "in the bosom of the family";
   - embrace
    
5. Cloth that covers the chest or breasts
   "She adjusted the bosom of her dress before the photograph"
    
6. [archaic] The chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
   "his bosom was bursting with the secret"

1. Intimate, close, cherished
   "They were bosom friends since childhood", "His bosom companion of many years"

1. Hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
   "She bosomed her child close";
   - embrace, hug, squeeze
    
2. Hide in one's bosom
   "She bosomed his letters"

Derived forms: bosoms, bosoming, bosomed

See also: close, intimate

Type of: acceptance, acceptation, adoption, breast, chest, clasp, cloth covering, conceal, concealment, espousal, hide, hunch, intuition, mamma, mammary gland, privacy, privateness, secrecy, suspicion

Part of: adult female body, garment, woman's body

Encyclopedia: Bosom, Richard