to breast

Examples

• All

• Bernardo was highly insulted, saying something about not being stuck twice by a large-toothed, chicken-breasted Englishwoman who wanted only to keep him on a leash.

  Fiction book (1991)

• He wore pointy-toed shoes, liked pointy-breasted women and dark-skinned young men, and he drove a Cadillac Seville.

  Fiction book (2001)

• All were breasted except Lee, but none of them had babies.

  Fiction book (1994)

• I was the typical farm boy, complete with ankle-high brogans, drawl, and a double-breasted suit in a single-breasted era.

  Fiction book (1991)

• He called the red-breasted robin a "ruddock"; the sweetly singing thrush a "gladsome mavis."

  Fiction book (1992)

• As the climber reached the final steps, she finally managed to breast the summit and take in the breathtaking view.

• The athlete struggled but managed to breast the steep hill during the final lap of the race.

• With one last push, they breasted the crest of the mountain, exhilarated by the achievement.

Synonyms

T

to top

vsto breast

46 1.5

To reach the highest point or part of something

focuses on reaching a summit or moving over edges rather than forming or covering parts

S

to summit

vsto breast

5 6.2

To reach the top of a mountain

also includes moving over the highest part of objects rather than only reaching high ground

S

to surmount

vsto breast

1 6.8

To reach the top of a hill or mountain after climbing it

also can mean to move over a barrier or ridge without implying struggle

Antonyms

D

to descend

150 2.7

Move from a higher to a lower place

Idioms

M

to make a clean breast of

1 7.5

To tell the whole truth about something wrong you did

B

to beat one's breast

• Literature

9.1

Show deep regret by hitting your chest and crying

Compounds

B

breast cancer

252 2.7

A serious disease in the breast where abnormal cells grow and form a lump

B

breast implant

• Specialized

28 3.8

A device that doctors put inside a breast to rebuild or enlarge it

B

breast milk

24 1.8

Milk made by a mother to feed her baby

B

breast pocket

9 2.4

A pocket on the chest of a jacket or coat for small items

C

chicken breast

• Archaic

8 8.2

A bone in the chest that sticks out, often in children with rickets

B

breast health

1 3.9

How healthy a person's breasts are and how free they are from disease

B

breast of veal

1 5.5

A cut of meat from the front chest of a young cow often stuffed and roasted

B

breast-high

6.0

At the level of a person's chest

B

breast drill

• Specialized

8.1

A hand tool with a rotating metal bit and a flat plate you press against the chest to make holes

B

breast of lamb

4.1

A cut of lamb with the breastbone and meat around it, often roasted or used in stews

B

breast-deep

7.4

At a height that reaches a person's chest

C

chimney breast

• UK

7.9

The part of a wall that sticks into a room to hold a fireplace

C

cystic breast disease

• Specialized

4.6

Small lumps filled with fluid form in the breast tissue

F

fibrocystic breast disease

• Specialized

3.3

A non-cancerous breast condition with small fluid lumps and firm areas that can be painful

F

fibrocystic disease of the breast

• Specialized

4.2

A breast condition with small fluid-filled lumps and firm tissue that is not cancer and may cause pain

P

pigeon breast

• Specialized

9.9

A condition where the chest bone sticks out too far

How High

to breast

• Archaic

1 8.3

to scale

15 3.1

to climb

∞ 1.0

to scramble

118 3.2

Surface Forms

Etymology