See Also: Breast(health)
bed of breast(medicine)
breast(1)(dictionary)
breast(2)(dictionary)
Breast(medicine)
Breast abscess(health)
Breast absence(health)
Breast aplasia(health)
Breast augmentation(health)
Breast biopsy(health)

breast(2) (iou)



breast verb. M16.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Protect with a breastwork. Now rare or obsolete. M16.
verb trans. Apply or oppose the breast to, push with the breast; meet in full opposition, contend with, face. L16.
breast the tape: see TAPE noun 1c.
Keats As swift As bird on wing to breast its eggs again. J. Buchan A baker's van breasted the hill. B. Bainbridge Like a swimmer breasting a wave.
verb intrans. Press forward, climb; leap forward. Scot. L18.
breasting noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a breastplate; a breastwork: L16.