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Quote From: badtrip

"To encounter or advance against resolutely; confront boldly. "

I am going to continue breasting you on this public board. 

So much for nursing in public. Everyone seems to think it's about boobies instead of babies. Let's all go out there and breast each other! 

6 entries found for breast. breast    ( P )  Pronunciation Key  (brst)
n.

1. 1. Either of two milk-secreting, glandular organs on the chest of a woman; the human mammary gland.
   2. A corresponding organ in other mammals.
   3. A corresponding rudimentary gland in the male.
2. 1. The superior ventral surface of the human body, extending from the neck to the abdomen.
   2. A corresponding part in other animals.
3. The part of a garment that covers the chest.
4. The seat of affection and emotion: “Griefs of mine own lie heavy in my breast” (Shakespeare).
5. A source of nourishment.
6. Something likened to the human breast: the breast of a hill.
7. The face of a mine or tunnel.

tr.v. breast·ed, breast·ing, breasts

1. To rise over; climb: “He breasted a rise and looked down. He was at the head of a small valley” (Ken Follett).
2. To encounter or advance against resolutely; confront boldly.
3. To push against with or as if with the breast.

[Middle English brest, from Old English brost.
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Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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breast  

see keep abreast of; make a clean breast of. 

  

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

breast (brst)
n.  

1. Either of two milk-secreting, glandular organs on the chest of a woman; mammary gland; mamma.
2. A corresponding rudimentary gland in the male.
3. The superior ventral surface of the human body, extending from the neck to the abdomen.

  

Source: The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Main Entry: breast
Pronunciation: 'brest
Function: noun
1 : either of the pair of mammary glands extending from the front of the chest in pubescent and adult females of humans and some other mammals; also : either of the analogous but rudimentary organs of the male chest especially when enlarged
2 : the fore or ventral part of the body between the neck and the abdomen  

Source: Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.

breast 

n 1: the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger" 2: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman [syn: bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty 3: meat carved from the breast of a fowl [syn: white meat v 1: meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape" 2: reach the summit; "They breasted the mountain" 3: confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: front