bosom

Examples

• All

• I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy bosom turned all golden in the sunset.

• Anger rests in the bosom of fools, the Bible tells us!

  Blog text (1)

• To think that you my bosom friend...

  Africa Screams (1949)

• "If I am right, Father, then let my bosom burn within me.

  Fiction book (1990)

• But one day, my father wondered, "My darling, where has your bosom gone?"

  Fiction book (2002)

• Nature shows art, that through thy bosom makes me see thy heart.

  Return with Honor (1999)

• "For unto you at last she flies and in your fragrant bosom dies.

  Fiction book (1993)

• The Old Man lay in the bosom of his boyhood, crouched in a dark concrete chamber far underground.

  Fiction book (1990)

• "But she was heavily veiled," exclaimed her bosom friend Lady Fitzaskerly when Mrs. Mildmay had unburdened herself of her righteous anger.

  Fiction book (1999)

• As she grieved, she found solace in the words that resonated deep in her bosom.

Synonyms

H

heart

vsbosom

∞ 1.8

The center of a person's feelings, like love or courage

uses the chest image instead of the inner organ to show feelings

C

chest

vsbosom

∞ 1.0

The front part of the body between the neck and stomach that holds the heart and lungs

frames the upper front body as the poetic seat of deep feelings

B

breast

vsbosom

379 1.0

The front of the body between the neck and belly

expresses emotional inner feeling tied to that same front body area

C

cor

vsbosom

• Archaic

1 9.9

An old or literary word for the heart as the center of feeling

refers to the chest as the place of deep feelings in poetry

Idioms

I

in the bosom of

• Literature

3 6.9

A safe place at the center where you feel loved and protected

B

bird in the bosom

• Archaic

9.7

A thing someone keeps in their heart that brings comfort

N

to nourish a viper in one's bosom

• Literature

9.9

Help or trust someone who later harms you

Compounds

B

bosom of Abraham

• Literature

9.9

A place in heaven where good people rest in peace after death

B

bosom of a jacket

7.5

The inside of a jacket where you keep small things

A

Abraham's bosom

• Archaic

9.9

A peaceful place where the souls of good people rest after death in the Bible

How Informal

bubby

• Offensive

1 9.9

bosom

• Literature

13 8.4

bust

19 5.1

breast

706 1.0

mammary gland

• Specialized

3 4.1

Surface Forms

Etymology