breast

breast

breast (third-person singular simple present breasts, present participle breasting, simple past and past participle breasted)

1. (transitive) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.

   He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.

breast (plural breasts)

1. Either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a womans chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.

   Tanyas breasts grew alarmingly during pregnancy.

2. The chest, or front of the human thorax.

   The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast,

   For he heard the loud bassoon.

   — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

3. A section of clothing covering the breast area.
4. The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; ones heart or innermost thoughts.

   She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.

5. The ventral portion of an animals thorax.

   The robin has a red breast.

6. A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast.

   Would you like breast or wing?

petto

	seno
	female organ

mammella

	pètto
	The portion of the body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the thorax

busto

capezzolo

cassa toracica

ghiandola mammaria

gola

gorga

gorgia

parapetto

pettu

poppa

tetta

torace

Altri significati:

animal's thorax

section of clothing covering the breast area

chest

The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.

Either of the two fleshy organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.

A section of clothing covering the breast area.

cut of poultry

The fleshy organ on the chest of a sexually mature human female containing mammary glands.

to meet full on

The chest, or front of the human thorax.

A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast.

seat of emotions

The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.

(transitive) To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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