breast

IPA: brˈɛst

(anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
(anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
The front or forward part of anything.
(mining) The face of a coal working.
(mining) The front of a furnace.
(obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
(swimming) The breaststroke.

(transitive, often figurative) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
To reach the top (of a hill).
(transitive, cooking) To debreast.

Examples of "breast" in Sentences

But the hopeful spirit in my breast is all undimm'd and strong.
On her breast is a space port, in her eyes people swim and sail.
Moreover, the breast is the most sensitive organ to ionizing radiation.
No one wants to use the word "breast" as they gather around the kitchen table trying to piece together a eulogy.
Now not everybody is a candidate for what we call breast conservation, that is just doing a lumpectomy and radiation.
He did, however, defend the breast cover: This cover story was not about tissue engineering, it was about *breast* tissue engineering.
The lethal explosives called PETN are inserted inside plastic shapes during the operation, before the breast is then sewn up, he added.
But it really just -- I feel laughing at the term breast tape -- but it's just really wasn't enough, enough to signify this policy shift.
So he had determined, if he did not get hold of the three thousand that would pay his debt to Katerina Ivanovna, and so remove from his breast, from _that spot on his breast_, the shame he carried upon it, that weighed on his conscience.