bosom
To enclose or carry in the bosomTo enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
Meaning
4 sensesTo enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
hide in one's bosom
(intransitive)To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
(transitive)To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
Examples
27 sentencesTom and I are bosom buddies.
ruМы с Томом — закадычные друзья. — odexed
He and I are bosom friends.
deEr und ich sind Sandkastenfreunde. — xtofu80
I will keep it in my bosom.
ruЯ буду хранить это в тайне. — sharptoothed
deIch werde es für mich behalten. — Tamy
She held the child to her bosom.
She kept the secret in her bosom.
ruОна хранила этот секрет глубоко в сердце. — Hellerick
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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Forms
bosoms, bosoming, bosomed, bosomedSynonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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