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Definition: Meaning of, breast in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / brɛst /

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breast breasts
  1. [countable] woman's body one of the two round raised parts on a woman's chest that produce milk when she has a baby
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  2. chest [countable] written the part of your body between your neck and your stomach
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  3. bird [countable] the front part of a bird's body, below its neck
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  4. meat [uncountable] meat that comes from the front part of the body of a bird such as a chicken
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  5. clothes [countable usually singular] the part of a jacket, shirt etc that covers the top part of your chest
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  6. make a clean breast of it/things to admit that you have done something wrong
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  7. emotions [countable] literary where your feelings of sadness, love, anger, fear etc come from
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[transitive] [formal]
  1. to reach the top of a hill or slope
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  2. to push against something with your chest
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breast used in phrases

  • breast cancer (noun)
    1. cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US
  • breast drill (noun)
    1. a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work
  • breast feeding (noun)
    1. nourishing at the breast
  • breast implant (noun)
    1. an implant for cosmetic purposes to replace a breast that has been surgically removed
  • breast of lamb (noun)
    1. a cut of lamb including the breastbone and attached muscles dressed as meat
  • breast of veal (noun)
    1. usually stuffed and roasted
  • breast pocket (noun)
    1. a pocket inside of a man's coat
  • breast-deep (adverb)
    1. up to the breast
  • breast-fed (adjective)
    1. of an infant fed milk from the mother's breast
  • breast-feed (verb)
    1. if a woman breastfeeds, she feeds her baby with milk from her breast rather than from a bottle [↪  suckle, bottle-feed] [=  nurse]
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Pronunciation: ɪlɛkˈtrɒnɪk;ɛlɛkˈtrɒnɪk ˈvəʊltmiːtə;ˈvɒltmiːtə
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