Definitions for Breasted

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Breasted breast·ed

Spelling: [bres-tid]

IPA: /ˈbrɛs tɪd/

Breasted is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 402 anagrams from letters in Breasted (abdeerst).

Definitions for Breasted

noun

1. James Henry, 1865–1935, U.S. archaeologist and historian of ancient Egypt.
2. Anatomy, Zoology. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
3. Zoology. the corresponding part in quadrupeds.
4. either of the pair of mammae occurring on the chest in humans and having a discrete areola around the nipple, especially the mammae of the female after puberty, which are enlarged and softened by hormonally influenced mammary-gland development and fat deposition and which secrete milk after the birth of a child: the breasts of males normally remain rudimentary.
5. the part of a garment that covers the chest.
6. the bosom conceived of as the center of emotion:
7. a projection from a wall, as part of a chimney.
8. any surface or part resembling or likened to the human breast.
9. Mining. the face or heading at which the work is going on.
10. Metallurgy. the front of an open-hearth furnace. the clay surrounding the taphole of a cupola.
11. Nautical. breast line. a rounded bow.

Idioms

1. beat one's breast, to display one's grief, remorse, etc., in a loud and demonstrative manner.
2. make a clean breast of, to confess everything (of which one is guilty):

adjective

1. having a breast.
2. having a specified kind of breast (usually used in combination):

Verb phrases

1. breast in, Nautical. to bind (an object, as a boatswain's chair) securely under a projection, as the flare of a bow.
2. breast off, Nautical. to thrust (a vessel) sideways from a wharf. to keep (a vessel) away from a wharf by means of timbers.

verb (used with object)

1. to meet or oppose boldly; confront:
2. to contend with or advance against:
3. to climb or climb over (a mountain, obstacle, etc.).
4. to overcome, succeed against.
5. to come alongside or abreast of.

Origin of Breasted

Middle English word dating back to 1275-1300; See origin at breast, -ed³

Examples for Breasted

No boat was to be found; he breasted the stream upon the stout courser.

But Old Dalton had breasted the tape, the first of his race to do it.

They waded in through the shallows, breasted the deep water, and began to swim.

And now, as we breasted the ascent, far away we heard drums beating.

Landed on French soil, they threw off disguises, breasted the facts.

Even as it was, she 'd have breasted her horse at the bank if the bridle had not given way.

breasted denies that the ka was an element of the personality.

In silence they breasted their way to the shore and around the headland.

So may the storms be breasted by walls they cannot shake from their foundations.

She breasted the fierce waves at the entrance to the inlet boldly.