BREAST, noun brest. 1. The soft, protuberant body, adhering to the thorax, which, in females, furnishes milk for infants. His breasts are full of milk. Job 21:24. 2. The fore part of the thorax, or the fore part of the human body between the neck and the belly. 3. The part of a breast which answers to the breast in man. This, in quadrupeds, is between the fore legs, below the neck. 4. Figuratively, the heart; the conscience; the disposition of the mind; the affections; the seat of the affections and passions. 5. Formerly, the power of singing. BREAST, verb transitive brest. To meet in front; to oppose breast to breast
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