breast meaning and definition

BREAST noun

Definition of breast (noun)

1. the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
   • "he beat his breast in anger"
   • synonyms: chest
2. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
   • synonyms: boob, bosom, knocker, tit, titty
3. meat carved from the breast of a fowl
   • synonyms: white meat
4. the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest

BREAST verb

Definition of breast (verb)

1. meet at breast level
   • "The runner breasted the tape"
2. reach the summit (of a mountain)
   • "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
   • synonyms: summit
3. confront bodily
   • "breast the storm"
   • synonyms: front