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Definitions for Breasted

[1] having a breast.
[2] having a specified kind of breast (usually used in combination): narrow-breasted.
[3] James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
[4] Anatomy , Zoology . (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
[5] Zoology . the corresponding part in quadrupeds.
[6] either of the pair of mammae occurring on the chest in humans and having a discrete areola around the nipple, especially the mammae of the female after puberty, which are enlarged and softened by hormonally influenced mammary-gland development and fat deposition and which secrete milk after the birth of a child: the breasts of males normally remain rudimentary.
[7] the part of a garment that covers the chest.
[8] the bosom conceived of as the center of emotion: What anger lay in his breast when he made that speech?
[9] a projection from a wall, as part of a chimney.
[10] any surface or part resembling or likened to the human breast.
[11] Mining . the face or heading at which the work is going on.
[12] Metallurgy . the front of an open-hearth furnace. the clay surrounding the taphole of a cupola.
[13] Nautical . breast line. a rounded bow.
[14] to meet or oppose boldly; confront: As a controversial public figure he has breasted much hostile criticism.
[15] to contend with or advance against: The ship breasted the turbulent seas.
[16] to climb or climb over (a mountain, obstacle, etc.).
[17] to overcome, succeed against.
[18] to come alongside or abreast of.
[19] breast in , Nautical . to bind (an object, as a boatswain's chair) securely under a projection, as the flare of a bow.
[20] breast off , Nautical . to thrust (a vessel) sideways from a wharf. to keep (a vessel) away from a wharf by means of timbers.
[21] the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest
[22] either of the two soft fleshy milk-secreting glands on the chest in sexually mature human females adjective mammary
[23] a similar organ in certain other mammals
[24] anything that resembles a breast in shape or position the breast of the hill
[25] a source of nourishment the city took the victims to its breast
[26] the source of human emotions
[27] the part of a garment that covers the breast
[28] a projection from the side of a wall, esp that formed by a chimney
[29] mining the face being worked at the end of a tunnel
[30] beat one's breast to display guilt and remorse publicly or ostentatiously
[31] make a clean breast of to make a confession of
[32] to confront boldly; face breast the storm
[33] to oppose with the breast or meet at breast level breasting the waves
[34] to come alongside of breast the ship
[35] to reach the summit of breasting the mountain top

Words nearby Breasted

breast wall, breast wheel, breast-beating, breast-feed, breastbone, breasted, breasting, breastpin, breastplate, breastplow, breaststroke

Origin of Breasted

before 1000; Middle English brest, Old English brēost; cognate with Old Norse brjōst; akin to German Brust, Gothic brusts, Dutch borst

Other words from Breasted

breast·less , adjective

Word origin for Breasted

Old English brēost ; related to Old Norse brjōst , Old High German brust , Dutch borst , Swedish bräss , Old Irish brū belly, body