Two organs on the front of a female human's chest
“Lucky that my breasts are small and humble, so you don't confuse them with mountains.”
Plural for the source of human emotions
“Something big and sad is happening, and I can feel it in my breast and in my head, but I know not what it is, or where it is, but I can feel it and I know it is there.”
Plural for the central or innermost part of something
“The lowering sky was like a force bearing down on the breast of the city, and the wind, deathlike, did not stir.”
Plural for the front surface of a person's or animal's body between the neck and the stomach
To stand out bravely against
“Speedwell declared his vessel unfit to breast the ocean.”
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