BREAST

I. noun Etymology: Middle English brest, from Old English brēost; akin to Old High German brust ~, Old Irish brú belly, Russian bryukho Date: before 12th century either of the pair of mammary glands extending from the front of the chest in pubescent and adult human females and some other mammals, 2. the fore or ventral part of the body between the neck and the abdomen, the part of an article of clothing covering the ~, the seat of emotion and thought ; bosom , 4. something (as a front, swelling, or curving part) resembling a ~, face 6, ~ed adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1599 to contend with resolutely ; confront , climb , ascend , to thrust the chest against