A2verb · transitive · common

chest

chest · chests · chested · chesting

To hit with one's chestTo hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

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/t͡ʃɛst/

» I have a sharp pain in my chest.

Ich habe einen stechenden Schmerz in meiner Brust.

У меня острая боль в груди.

У мене різкий біль у грудях.

Meaning

4 senses

To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)
(transitive)To deposit in a chest.
(Africa, transitive)To handle, deal with.
(obsolete, transitive)To place in a coffin.

Examples

441 sentences

I have a sharp pain in my chest.
У мене різкий біль у грудях. — deniko
ruУ меня острая боль в груди. — marafon
deIch habe einen stechenden Schmerz in meiner Brust. — al_ex_an_der
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I have a pain in my chest.
У мене болять груди. — deniko
ruУ меня болит грудь. — corvard
deIch habe Schmerzen in der Brust. — Serienchiller
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He felt an acute pain in his chest.
Він відчув гострий біль у грудях. — shanghainese
ruОн почувствовал острую боль в груди. — Hellerick
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Tom was shot in the chest.
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Are you having any chest pain?
ruУ вас есть боли в груди? — sharptoothed
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Origin

From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; r

From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”), from Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”), from Latin cista (“chest, box”), from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”).

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