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Antonyms for breast

Grammar : Noun
Spell : brest
Phonetic Transcription : brɛst

Definition of breast

Origin :
  • Old English breost "breast, bosom; mind, thought, disposition," from Proto-Germanic *breustam "breast" (cf. Old Saxon briost, Old Frisian briast, Old Norse brjost, Dutch borst, German brust, Gothic brusts), perhaps literally "swelling" and from PIE root *bhreus- "to swell, sprout" (cf. Middle Irish bruasach "having a broad, strong chest," Old Irish bruinne "breast"). The spelling conforms to the Scottish and northern England dialectal pronunciation. Figurative sense of "seat of the emotions" was in Old English.
  • noun front of upper body
  • noun feelings, conscience
Example sentences :
  • Methought anon you saw me go down with three pikes in my breast.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Her cries and pleadings were being smothered down on his breast.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • The coverlet dropped from her breast; her hand was suspended with stiff fingers.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Then with astonishing clearness he saw her hand resting against her breast.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • She hid her face on his breast against his tickly coat, and cried.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • He had leaned back in the chair and gathered his hat close to his breast, crushing it.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • No, her head was fallen, and he saw the gleam of her hand at her breast.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • They left it on her breast, in the coffin, and it went with that guilty woman to the tomb.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • But a sudden unaccustomed gust of affection swirled in the breast of the lad.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • Into the breast pocket of his coat he dived and brought up a wallet.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Synonyms for breast

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