Noun: breast brest- Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- bosom - The front of the body from the neck to the abdomen
"he beat his breast in anger"; - chest - Meat carved from the breast of a fowl
- white meat - The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
Verb: breast brest- Meet at breast level
"The runner breasted the tape" - Reach the summit (of a mountain)
"They breasted the mountain"; - summit - Confront bodily
"breast the storm"; - front
Derived forms: breasts, breasted, breasting Type of: arrive at, attain, confront, converge, external body part, face, gain, helping, hit, make, mamma, mammary gland, meet, portion, reach, serving Part of: adult female body, chest, chicken, pectus, poulet, thorax, turkey, volaille [archaic], woman's body Encyclopedia: Breast |