breast

1. (figuratively, often, transitive)To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.

   meet at breast level

2. (transitive)To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence).

   He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.

3. (transitive)To debreast.

1. Mary died of breast cancer.

   Мері померла від раку грудей. — deniko

   ruМария умерла от рака груди. — Selena777

   deMaria starb an Brustkrebs. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. Did you know men can get breast cancer?

   ruТы знал, что у мужчин может быть рак груди? — Wezel

   deWusstest du, dass Männer Brustkrebs bekommen können? — samueldora

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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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• breast upTo cut the face of (a hedge) on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.
• breast downTo use a process of sequential drilling and blasting in building tunnels for mining, subways, etc.