bosom
The breast or chest of a humanThe breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
» Tom and I are bosom buddies.
Мы с Томом — закадычные друзья.
Meaning
7 senses(dated)The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
Busen
грудьgrudʹ, па́зухаpázuxa
грудиhrudy, пазухаpazuxa
a person's breast or chest
The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
A breast, one of a woman's breasts
cloth that covers the chest or breasts
Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
A depression round the eye of a millstone.
Examples
27 sentencesTom and I are bosom buddies.
ruМы с Томом — закадычные друзья.
He and I are bosom friends.
deEr und ich sind Sandkastenfreunde.
I will keep it in my bosom.
ruЯ буду хранить это в тайне.
deIch werde es für mich behalten.
She held the child to her bosom.
She kept the secret in her bosom.
ruОна хранила этот секрет глубоко в сердце.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English bosom, bosum, from Old English bōsm, from Proto-West Germanic *bōsm, fFrom Middle English bosom, bosum, from Old English bōsm, from Proto-West Germanic *bōsm, from Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (“to swell, bend, curve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bossem, Bousem (“bosom”), West Frisian boezem (“bosom”), Dutch boezem (“bosom”), German Busen (“bosom”). Related also to Albanian buzë (“lip”), Greek βυζί (vyzí, “breast”), Romanian buză (“lip”), Irish bus (“lip”), and Latin bucca (“cheek”).
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