Meaning

12 senses
  1. 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.

    Tanya’s breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.

    Brust

    грудьgrudʹ, гру́диgrúdi, си́ськиsísʹki

    грудьhrudʹ, гру́диhrúdy

    either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

  2. The chest, or front of the human thorax.

    Brust, Brustkorb

    грудьgrudʹ, грудна́я кле́ткаgrudnája klétka, грудьgrudʹ

    гру́диhrúdy, грудна́ клі́ткаhrudná klítka

  3. A section of clothing covering the breast area.

    грудьgrudʹ

  4. The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.

    She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.

    Brust

    се́рдцеsérdce

  5. The ventral portion of an animal’s thorax.

    The robin has a red breast.

  6. 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.

    Would you like breast or wing?

    -brust, Entenbrust, Fasanenbrust

    гру́дкаgrúdka, груди́нкаgrudínka

    груди́нкаhrudýnka

  7. The front or forward part of anything.

    chimney breast

    plough breast

    the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen

  8. The upper surface of a landform or body of water.

  9. The face of a coal working.

  10. The front of a furnace.

  11. The breaststroke.

  12. (obsolete)The power of singing; a musical voice.

Examples

189 sentences
  1. Mary died of breast cancer.

    Мері померла від раку грудей.

    ruМария умерла от рака груди.

    deMaria starb an Brustkrebs.

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  2. Did you know men can get breast cancer?

    ruТы знал, что у мужчин может быть рак груди?

    deWusstest du, dass Männer Brustkrebs bekommen können?

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  3. You'd better make a clean breast of everything.

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  4. I don't think Tom knows how to do the breast stroke.

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  5. I don't think that Tom knows how to do the breast stroke.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
milk-producing organ:
chest:
choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals:
Русский
By meaning 4
milk-producing organ:
chest:
seat of emotions:
choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
milk-producing organ:
chest:
choice cut of meat from poultry or other animals:

Origin

From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from

From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.

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Forms

plural: breasts
Singularbreast
Pluralbreasts

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
chest:chestA2
seat of emotions:heartA1soulB1
cut of poultry:white meat
cut of meat:brisket
Close in meaning
  • the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen:chest
  • either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman:bosomknockerboobtittitty
  • meat carved from the breast of a fowl:white meat

Antonyms

3 antonyms
cut of poultry:thighB2wingB1dark meat

Word family

73 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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