bosom
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bos·om
(bo͝oz′əm, bo͞o′zəm)n.
1.
a. The chest of a human: He held the sleepy child to his bosom.
b. A woman's breast or breasts.
2. The part of a garment covering the chest or breasts.
3. The security and closeness likened to being held in a warm familial embrace: We welcomed the stranger into the bosom of our family.
4. The chest considered as the source of emotion.
adj.
Beloved; intimate: a bosom friend.
[Middle English, from Old English bōsm.]
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bosom
(ˈbʊzəm)n
1. (Anatomy) the chest or breast of a person, esp the female breasts
2. (Clothing & Fashion) the part of a woman's dress, coat, etc, that covers the chest
3. a protective centre or part: the bosom of the family.
4. the breast considered as the seat of emotions
5. (modifier) very dear; intimate: a bosom friend.
vb (tr)
6. to embrace
7. to conceal or carry in the bosom
[Old English bōsm; related to Old High German buosam]
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bos•om
(ˈbʊz əm, ˈbu zəm)n.
1. the breast of a human being: The father held the baby to his bosom.
2. the breasts of a woman.
3. the part of a garment that covers the breast.
4. the breast, conceived of as the center of feelings or emotions: Anger lay in her bosom.
5. something likened to the human breast: the bosom of the earth.
6. a state of enclosing intimacy: the bosom of the family.
adj. 7. intimate: a bosom friend.
v.t. 8. to take to the bosom.
9. to conceal.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English bōs(u)m]
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breast
– bust – bosom1. 'breast'
A woman's breasts are the two soft, round pieces of flesh on her chest that can produce milk to feed a baby.
...a beggar girl with a baby at her breast.
...women with small breasts.
2. 'bust'
A woman's breasts can be referred to as her bust, especially when you are talking about their size. Note that bust refers to both breasts together. You do not talk about a woman's 'busts'.
She has a very large bust.
Bust is also used to talk about the measurement around the top part of a woman's body at the level of her breasts.
'Bust 34' means that the garment is a size 12.
3. 'bosom'
A woman's breasts can also be referred to as her bosom /'bʊzəm/. This is an old-fashioned or literary word.
...hugging the cat to her bosom.
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bosom
Past participle: bosomed
Gerund: bosoming
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| Noun | 1. | bosom - the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret" archaicism, archaism - the use of an archaic expression |
| 2. | bosom - a person's breast or chest | |
| 3. | bosom - cloth that covers the chest or breasts cloth covering - a covering made of cloth garment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" | |
| 4. | bosom - a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" adoption, acceptance, acceptation, espousal - the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception; "its adoption by society"; "the proposal found wide acceptance" | |
| 5. |  bosom - the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" | |
| 6. |  bosom - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a womanadult female body, woman's body - the body of an adult woman lactiferous duct - ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple mammary gland, mamma - milk-secreting organ of female mammals ring of color, areola - small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite | |
| Verb | 1. | bosom - hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters" |
| 2. | bosom - squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him" clasp - hold firmly and tightly clinch - embrace amorously cuddle - hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth; "I cuddled the baby" |
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bosom
noun
1. breast, chest, front, bust, boobs (slang), tits (slang), teats, thorax, boobies (slang), titties (slang) On my bosom laid her weeping head.
2. midst, centre, heart, safety, protection, circle, shelter, refuge He went back to the snug bosom of his family.
3. heart, feelings, spirit, soul, emotions, sympathies, sentiments, affections Something gentle seemed to move in her bosom.
adjective
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bosom
nounverb
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Translations
حِضْنحَميمصَدْرُ المرأه، ثَدْيا المرأهقَلْب، صَميم
blízkýdůvěrnýlůnopoprsíprsa
barmbrysthjertevenskød
kebelkebelbarátmell
barmurbrjóstbrjóst; faîmurfaîmurnáinn vinur, trúnaîarvinur
krūtinėkrūtys
azoteģimenes loksintīmskrūtisloks
bosom
[ˈbʊzəm]A. N [of woman] → seno m, pecho m; [of garment] → pechera f
in the bosom of the family → en el seno de la familia
to take sb to one's bosom → acoger amorosamente a algn
in the bosom of the family → en el seno de la familia
to take sb to one's bosom → acoger amorosamente a algn
B. CPD bosom friend N → amigo/a m/f íntimo/a or entrañable
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
bosom
[ˈbʊzəm] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
bosom
n
(lit, fig, of person) → Busen m; to lay bare one’s bosom to somebody (fig liter) → jdm sein Herz erschließen (liter), → jdm sein Innerstes offenbaren (liter)
(of dress) → Brustteil m
adj attr friend etc → Busen-
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
bosom
(ˈbuzəm) noun1. a woman's breasts. She has a large bosom.
2. the chest. She held him tenderly to her bosom.
3. the innermost part. in the bosom of his family.
adjective intimate; close. a bosom friend.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
bosom
n. seno, pecho.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012