bosom Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
    • his bosom was bursting with the secret
  2. noun a person's breast or chest
  3. noun cloth that covers the chest or breasts
  4. noun a close affectionate and protective acceptance
    embrace.
    • his willing embrace of new ideas
    • in the bosom of the family
  5. noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
    heart.
    • in your heart you know it is true
    • her story would melt your bosom
  6. noun either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
    titty; tit; knocker; breast; boob.
  7. verb hide in one's bosom
    • She bosomed his letters
  8. verb squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
    squeeze; hug; embrace.
    • Hug me, please
    • They embraced
    • He hugged her close to him

WordNet

Bos"om noun
Etymology
AS. bsm; akin to D. bozem, Fries. bsm, OHG. puosum, G. busen, and prob. E. bough.
Definitions
  1. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
    You must prepare your bosom for his knife. Shak.
  2. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; seet thoughts.
    Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know Wherefore they do it. Shak.
    If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom. Job xxxi. 33.
  3. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
    Within the bosom of that church. Hooker.
  4. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. "The bosom of the ocean." Addison.
  5. The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom.
    He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. Ex. iv. 6.
  6. Inclination; desire. Obs. Shak.
  7. A depression round the eye of a millstone. Knight.
Bos"om adjective
Definitions
  1. Of or pertaining to the bosom.
  2. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
Bos"om transitive verb
Wordforms
p & past participle Bosomed present participle & verbal noun Bosoming
Definitions
  1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
    Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome. Shak.
  2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
    To happy convents bosomed deep in vines. Pope.

Webster 1913