Sekirov Dictionary

bosom

/ˈbʊz(ə)m/

noun 7
verb 4
adjective 1
forms 3
phrases 3

noun7

(old-fashioned) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).
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A breast, one of a woman's breasts
- I dont [sic] know that her bosoms were fuller than usual. — 1833
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The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.
- … Mr Toodle … was refreshing himself with tea in the bosom of his family. — 1846
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Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
- The appointed place was on the edge of a deep, rocky ravine, down in whose dark bosom brawled and foamed a little mountain torrent. — 1864
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The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.
- my poor dear duke[…], in consequence of the excitement created in his august bosom by her frantic violence and grief, had a fit in which I very nigh lost him. — 1844
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The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
- And he put his hand into his bosome: and when hee tooke it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snowe. — 1611
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A depression round the eye of a millstone.
- The bosom of the mill-stone is a central depression, and the staff is adjustable to test the symmetry of the concavity. — 1884

verb4

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To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- Bosom up my counsel, You’ll find it wholesome. — 1612
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To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
- Just above the recess the cliff bosomed out with a full swell for some two or three feet, effectually preventing any one’s looking down into the nest from above […] — 1869
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To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
- Thus one by one they mount, and spreading wide, The transverse wings extend on either side, And, lightly bosomed by the gentle gale, She seems a moving pyramid of ail. — 1855
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To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- To happy Convents bosom’d deep in Vines, Where slumber Abbots, purple as their Wines — 1741

adjective1

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In a very close relationship.
- bosom buddies

forms

bosomed · bosoming · bosoms

Phrases with bosom

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