| NOUN | body | breast, chest | the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen |
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| body | breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty | either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman | |
| food | breast, white meat | meat carved from the breast of a fowl | |
| animal | breast | the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest | |
| VERB | stative | breast | meet at breast level |
| motion | breast, summit | reach the summit (of a mountain) | |
| competition | breast, front | confront bodily |
| Sounds | breh'st | |
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| Rhymes | abreast ... zest: 76 rhymes with ehst... | |
| Meaning | The front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen. | |
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| Example | "he beat his breast in anger" | |
| Synonym | chest | |
| Part of | thorax, chest, pectus | The part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates |
| Narrower | bosom | A person's breast or chest |
| Broader | external body part | Any body part visible externally |
| Spanish | pecho, pechuga, seno | |
| Verbs | breast | meet at breast level |
| Meaning | Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman. | |
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| Synonyms | bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty | |
| Part of | adult female body, woman's body | The body of an adult woman |
| Parts | areola, ring of color | small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite |
| lactiferous duct | ducts of the mammary gland that carry milk to the nipple | |
| Broader | mammary gland, mamma | milk-secreting organ of female mammals |
| Spanish | busto, macoca, mama, mamas, melón, pechera, pecho, pechos, seno, senos, teta, tetas | |
| Catalan | bust, pit, pits, sina, teta | |
| Meaning | meat carved from the breast of a fowl. | |
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| Synonym | white meat | |
| Part of | chicken, poulet, volaille | The flesh of a chicken used for food |
| turkey | flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted | |
| Broader | helping, portion, serving | An individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal |
| Spanish | carne blanca, pechuga | |
| Meaning | The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest. | |
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| Broader | external body part | Any body part visible externally |
| Meaning | meet at breast level. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The runner breasted the tape" | |
| Broader | converge, meet | Be adjacent or come together |
| Spanish | mamar | |
| Nouns | breast | the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen |
| Meaning | reach the summit (of a mountain). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "They breasted the mountain" | |
| Synonym | summit | |
| Broader | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract |
| Spanish | alcanzar la cima, cumbre | |
| Meaning | confront bodily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "breast the storm" | |
| Synonym | front | |
| Broader | confront, face | Oppose, as in hostility or a competition |
| Spanish | afrontar, desafiar, enfrentarse | |
| Catalan | afrontar | |
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