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breast
The term carries a strong association with vulnerability and protection, as the chest houses the heart and lungs. In emotional contexts, it evokes a sense of intimacy, nurturing, or deep-seated feeling, often appearing in poetic descriptions of grief or love. When used as a verb, the word shifts from a physical body part to a symbol of resistance. It suggests a physical pushing against a force, like a wave or a wind, mirroring the way the chest is the foremost part of the body to encounter an obstacle.
Countable when referring to the specific anatomical organs or cuts of meat (two breasts). Uncountable when referring to the general area of the chest as a region of the body.
Meanings
The chest of a human being or an animal.
"He felt a sharp pain in his breast."
Either of the two mammary glands of a woman or female mammal.
"The baby settled down to feed at the breast."