American English pronunciation
How to pronounce breast
IPA transcription: [b'ɹɛst]
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Noun
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the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
“he beat his breast in anger”
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either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
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meat carved from the breast of a fowl
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the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
Verb
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confront bodily
“breast the storm”
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meet at breast level
“The runner breasted the tape”
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reach the summit (of a mountain)
“They breasted the mountain”
“Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit”
Usage examples
- She advocated for the availability of breast implants for reconstructive surgery.
- The old man wore a breastplate of heavy gold, covered with precious stones.
- The old man wore a breastplate of gold, and he knew about my past.
- Peewits, with their white breasts glistening, wheeled and screamed about them.
- Adult males are dull reddish brown with a brighter red throat and breast.
- She is best known to viewers as a champion for breast cancer survivors.
- Breast milk contains complex proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and other biologically active components.
- Five years later, his wife, Betty, died of breast cancer.
- The old man wore a breastplate of gold, and he knew about my past.
- For breast cancer it is often used together with docetaxel.