[bos.om] n [ME, fr. OE bosm; akin to OHG buosam bosom] (bef. 12c) 1 a: the human chest and esp. the front part of the chest "hugged the child to his ~" b: a woman's breasts regarded esp. as a single feature "a woman with an ample ~"; also: breast
2. a: the chest conceived of as the seat of the emotions and intimate feelings "a story you will take to your ~" b: the security and intimacy of or like that of being hugged to someone's bosom "lived in the ~ of her family"
3: the part of a garment that covers the chest or the breasts
[2]bosom adj (1590): close, intimate "~ friends" [3]bosom vt (1605) 1: embrace
2: to enclose or carry in the bosom