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breast
Found in thesaurus: body part, mamma, mammary gland, serving, helping, portion, meet, converge, attain, gain, reach, make, arrive at, hit, confront, face
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breast
n.
chest; one of a pair of milk secreting organs in female humans; similar organ in some female mammals; similar undeveloped organ in human males; bosom, heart, soul
v.
face bravely, confront; come abreast of; stand before or against
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Breast
The breast is one of two prominences found on the upper ventral region of the torso of female and male primates. In females, it serves as the mammary gland, which produces and secretes milk and feeds infants. Both females and males develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. At puberty, estrogens, in conjunction with growth hormone, cause breast development. Males do not develop pronounced or physiologically matured breasts because their bodies produce lower levels of estrogens and higher levels of androgens, namely testosterone, which suppress the effects of estrogens in developing breast tissue. The breasts of females are typically far more prominent than those of males.
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breast
Noun
1. the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger"
(hypernym) body part
(hyponym) bosom
(part-holonym) thorax, chest, pectus
2. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
(synonym) bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty
(hypernym) mammary gland, mamma
(part-holonym) adult female body, woman's body
(part-meronym) lactiferous duct
3. meat carved from the breast of a fowl
(synonym) white meat
(hypernym) helping, portion, serving
(part-holonym) chicken, poulet, volaille
Verb
1. meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape"
(hypernym) converge, meet
2. reach the summit; "They breasted the mountain"
(hypernym) reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
3. confront bodily; "breast the storm"
(synonym) front
(hypernym) confront, face
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breast
n.
prs; hruď; prsa
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breast
Rzecz.
pierś; pierś; pierś
