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Etymology
Old English breost|br�ost, from Germanic.

Pronunciation
IPA|/br�st/
audio|en-us-breast.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�st|-�st

Noun
en-noun

1. Either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.

#:Tanya's breasts grew alarmingly during pregnancy.

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

#: The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast,
#: For he heard the loud bassoon.
#: � Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

1. A section of clothing covering the breast area.
2. 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.

1. The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.

#: The robin has a red breast.

1. A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird�s breast.

#:Would you like breast or wing?

Synonyms
See WikiSaurus:breasts

Translations
trans-top|female organ
Albanian: gji
Armenian: Õ¯Õ¸Ö�Ö�Õ®Ö� (kurtsq), Õ¯Ö�Õ®Ö�Õ¡Õ£Õ¥Õ²Õ± (krtsqageghdz)
Apache:
:Chiricahua: -be�
:Western Apache|Western: -be�
Arabic: ARchar|صدر unicode|(�adr) m
Basque: bular, titi, ugatz, papar, papo
Breton: bronn f
Bulgarian: г��да (g�rda) f
Catalan: pit m
Chinese traditional/simplified: 乳�, 乳� (r� fáng)
Crimean Tatar: em�ek
Croatian: grudi f|p
Czech: prsa, �adra
Dutch: borst f
Danish: bryst n
Estonian: rind
Finnish: rinta
French: sein m
German: Brust f
Guaraní: titi
Hawaiian: ū, waiū
Hebrew: ש� (shad) m, צ�צ� (tzytzi) m
Hungarian: mell
Icelandic: brjóst n, bobblingur m (vulgar)
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Irish: cíoch f, brollach m
Italian: seno m
Japanese: � (��, mune|muné), 乳� (���, chibusa; or �����, nyūb�)
Korean: �방 (yubang)
Kurdish: KUchar|����ک
Malayalam: മ�ല (mula), സ��തന� (sthanam)
Meryam Mir: nano
Navajo: -be�
Norwegian: t-|no|bryst|n
Persian: FAchar|پستا� (pestân)
Pitjantjatjara: ipi, mimi
Polish: pier� f, biust m
Portuguese: peito m
Romanian: piept m|f
Russian: г��д� (grud�) f
Serbian: sisa, grud
Spanish: pecho m, seno m, teta f
Swahili: titi, matiti pl (noun 5/6)
Swedish: bröst n
Tagalog: suso
Telugu: �న�న� (channu), స�తనమ� (stanamu)
Torres Strait Creole: susu
Turkish: gö�üs
Urdu: URchar|پستا� (pestân), (mammay)
Vietnamese: vú
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trans-top|chest
Armenian: Õ¯Õ¸Ö�Ö�Õ®Ö� (kurtsq)
Breton: bruched m
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��, �� (xi�ng bù)
Crimean Tatar: kökrek
Dutch: borst f
Finnish: rinta, rintakehä
French: poitrine f
Hebrew: ��� (khaze) m
Icelandic: bringa f, brjóst f
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Korean: KOchar|�� (gaseum)
Kurdish: KUchar|س�گ
Norwegian: t-|no|bryst|n
Russian: г��д� (grud�) f
Spanish: pecho m
Swedish: bröst n
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trans-top|section of clothing covering the breast area
Dutch: borst f
Finnish: rinnus, rintamus, miehusta
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Kurdish: KUchar|س�گ
Norwegian: t-|no|bryst|n
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trans-top|seat of emotions
Chinese tradtional/simplified: ��, �� (sī xi�ng)
Finnish: rinta, sydän
French: poitrine f
Hebrew: �� (lev) m
Icelandic: brjóst f
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Kurdish: KUchar|دڵ
Norwegian: t-|no|bryst|n
Russian: �е�д�е (s'érdce) n
Spanish: corazón m
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trans-top|animal's thorax
Chinese traditional/simplified: ��, �� (xi�ng ji�)
Dutch: borst f
Finnish: rinta
French: poitrine f, poitrail m
Norwegian: t-|no|bryst|n
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Russian: г��д� (grud�) f
Spanish: pechuga f
Swedish: bröst n
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trans-top|cut of poultry
Dutch: borst f, borststuk n
Finnish: rinta
French: blanc m
Icelandic: bringa f
Kurdish: KUchar|س�گ
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Norwegian: t-|no|bringe|c
Russian: г��дка (grúdka) f
Spanish: pechuga f
Swedish: bröst c
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Translations to be checked
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trans-top|Translations to be categorized
ttbc|Bulgarian: г��ден ко� (gr�den koš) m, б��� (bjust) m
ttbc|Romanian: sân f,tâţ� f:sâni, tâţe p
ttbc|Swahili: maziwa pl (noun 6) (2)
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Verb
en-verb

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

#: He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.

Translations
trans-top|to meet full on
Finnish: ponnistella
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Related terms
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breastbone
breaststroke
abreast
redbreast
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breast cancer
breast feeding, breastfeeding
breast milk, breastmilk
breastwork

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• 2007-12-30 15:34 - Chloejr - checked chinese translation

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