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Definition bosom

Etymology

From Middle English bosom, bosum, from Old English b?sm, from Proto-Germanic *b?smaz, from Proto-Indo-European *b?ewH- (“to swell, bend, curve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bossem, Bousem (“bosom”), West Frisian boezem (“bosom”), Dutch boezem (“bosom”), German Busen (“bosom”). Related also to Albanian buzë (“lip”), Greek ???? (vyzí, “breast”), Romanian buz? (“lip”), Irish bus (“lip”), and Latin bucca (“cheek”).

Noun

bosom (plural bosoms)

1. (anatomy, somewhat dated) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal). [from 11c.]
2. The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings etc.; one's secret feelings; desire. [from 13c.]
3. The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace. [from 15c.]
4. The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
5. (in the plural) A woman's breasts. [from 20c.]
6. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
7. A depression round the eye of a millstone.

Adjective

bosom (not comparable)

1. In a very close relationship.

Verb

bosom (third-person singular simple present bosoms, present participle bosoming, simple past and past participle bosomed)

1. To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
3. (intransitive) To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
4. (transitive) To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.

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