{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "brɛst" ], "imgurl": [ "/var/www/html/blab/dic/img/breast.jpg" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/breast.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/breast.mp3" }, { "lang": "Audio", "url": "" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(anatomy) Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.\nTanya's breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy." }, { "mean": "(anatomy) The chest, or front of the human thorax.\n1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner:\nThe Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, / For he heard the loud bassoon." }, { "mean": "A section of clothing covering the breast area.\n1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 45:By the time he reached the War Memorial damp had soaked through the breasts of his shirt." }, { "mean": "The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.\nShe kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.\n1613 (date written), William Shakespeare; , “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :He has a loyal breast.\n1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, : Thou best know'stWhat torment I did find thee in. Thy groansDid make wolves howl, and penetrate the breastsOf ever-angry bears— it was a tormentTo lay upon the damn'd, which SycoraxCould not again undo. It was mine art,When I arrived and heard thee, that made gapeThe pine and let thee out.\n1697, Congreve, The Mourning Bride, a Tragedy. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, Act I, page 1:Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, / To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak." }, { "mean": "The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.\nThe robin has a red breast." }, { "mean": "A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.\nWould you like breast or wing?" }, { "mean": "The front or forward part of anything.\nchimney breast\nplough breast\na. 1645, John Milton, “L’Allegro”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, , London: Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, , published 1646, →OCLC:Mountains on whose barren breast / The labouring clouds do often rest.\n2015 April 7, Jeff Howell, “The secret of longer lasting tiles ”, in The Daily Telegraph (Property)‎, archived from the original on 22 April 2015:If you burn wood on its own, the flue gases are cooler than from a coal fire. This can result in tars condensing out within the parging and brickwork of the flue, sometimes causing brown or yellow staining on upstairs chimney breasts." }, { "mean": "(mining) The face of a coal working." }, { "mean": "(mining) The front of a furnace." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.\nc. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies  (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast." }, { "mean": "(swimming) The breaststroke." } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive, often figurative) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.\n1817, William Wirt, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry‎, page 22: when the court, very much to the credit of their candour and firmness, breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer." }, { "mean": "To reach the top (of a hill).\nHe breasted the hill and saw the town before him.\n1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “\"The Aberdonian\" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:With the sea below us grey and storm swept, and the coast line vague in the driving rain, we forged our way up the bank to breast the summit at 37 m.p.h.\n1960 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 178:But this was excelled by the remarkable feat of Iron Duke, on the second run, in accelerating from a dead start at Miller's Dale up 1 in 90 to no less than 53 m.p.h. before breasting the summit at Peak Forest." }, { "mean": "(transitive, cooking) To debreast.\n2005, Texas Judicial Cookbook: Hello There!\nBreast the birds; wash and dry well. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. 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