breast : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity
  braless; topless.
  
  • topless waitresses
  • a topless cabaret

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• noun cancer of the breast; one of the most common malignancies in women in the US
  

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• noun a portable drill with a plate that is pressed against the chest to force the drill point into the work
  

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• a portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work.

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• noun nourishing at the breast
  nursing.
  

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• noun an implant for cosmetic purposes to replace a breast that has been surgically removed
  

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• noun a cut of lamb including the breastbone and attached muscles dressed as meat
  poitrine d'agneau.
  

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• noun usually stuffed and roasted
  

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• . See Angina pectoris, under Angina.

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• noun a pocket inside of a man's coat
  

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• adverb up to the breast
  breast-deep.
  
  • we were standing breast-high in the water

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Breast"-deep` adjective

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1. Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.

   See him breast-deep in earth, and famish him. Shak.

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• adjective (of an infant) fed milk from the mother's breast
  

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• adverb up to the breast
  breast-deep.
  
  • we were standing breast-high in the water

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Breast"-high` adjective

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1. High as the breast.

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• noun abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets
  chicken breast.
  

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• adjective satellite having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets
  chicken-breasted.
  

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Chick"en-breast`ed adjective

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1. Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.

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• noun walls that project out from the wall of a room and surround the chimney base
  

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Chim"ney-breast` noun

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1. (Arch.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.

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• noun the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
  fibrocystic breast disease; cystic mastitis; cystic breast disease.
  

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• adjective (of clothing) fastened by lapping one edge of the front well over the other usually with a double row of buttons
  
  • double-breasted jacket
  • double-breasted suit

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Dou"ble-breast`ed adjective

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1. Folding or lapping over on the breast, with a row of buttons and buttonholes on each side; as, a double-breasted coat.

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• noun a jacket having fronts that overlap enough for two separate rows of buttons
  

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• noun a suit with a double-breasted jacket
  

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• noun the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
  fibrocystic breast disease; cystic mastitis; cystic breast disease.
  

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• noun the presence of one or more cysts in a breast
  fibrocystic breast disease; cystic mastitis; cystic breast disease.
  

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• verb admit or acknowledge a wrongdoing or error
  fess up; own up.
  
  • the writer of the anonymous letter owned up after they identified his handwriting

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• noun abnormal protrusion of the breastbone caused by rickets
  chicken breast.
  

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• adjective satellite having a chest deformity marked by a projecting breastbone caused by infantile rickets
  chicken-breasted.
  

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Pi"geon-breast`ed adjective

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1. Having a breast like a pigeon, -- the sternum being so prominent as to constitute a deformity; chicken-breasted.

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• noun widely distributed merganser of America and Europe
  Mergus serrator.
  

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• noun bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests
  Sitta canadensis.
  

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• noun western North American sapsucker
  Sphyrapicus varius ruber.
  

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• noun a dowitcher with a red breast
  Limnodromus scolopaceus.
  

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• adjective (of clothing) closing with a narrow overlap and fastened with a single row of buttons
  
  • a single-breasted jacket

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Sin"gle-breast`ed adjective

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1. Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.

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• noun a jacket having fronts that overlap only enough for a single row of buttons
  

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• noun a suit having a single-breasted jacket
  

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Sweet"-breast`ed adjective

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1. Having a sweet, musical voice, as the nightingale. Cf. Breast, n., 6. Obs.

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• to cut the face of it on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.

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• to disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession.

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• noun bluish-grey nuthatch with black head and white breast; of eastern North America
  Sitta carolinensis.
  

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• noun common in Russia and Siberia
  Emberiza aureola.
  

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• noun American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
  Icteria virens.
  

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