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Definition of Bosom

1. Noun. The chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept. "His bosom was bursting with the secret"

2. Verb. Hide in one's bosom. "She bosomed his letters"

3. Noun. A person's breast or chest.

4. Verb. Squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness. "Sam cannot bosom Sue "; "He hugged her close to him"

5. Noun. Cloth that covers the chest or breasts.

6. Noun. A close affectionate and protective acceptance. "In the bosom of the family"

7. Noun. The locus of feelings and intuitions. "Her story would melt your bosom"

8. Noun. Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman.

Definition of Bosom

1. n. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

2. a. Of or pertaining to the bosom.

3. v. t. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.

Definition of Bosom

1. Noun. (context: somewhat dated) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal). (defdate from 11th c.) ¹

2. Noun. The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings etc.; one's secret feelings; desire. (defdate from 13th c.) ¹

3. Noun. The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace. (defdate from 15th c.) ¹

4. Noun. The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline. ¹

5. Noun. (context: in the plural) A woman's breasts. (defdate from 20th c.) ¹

6. Adjective. In a very close relationship. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bosom

1. to embrace [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: embrace

Medical Definition of Bosom

1. 1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. "Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome." (Shak) 2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. "To happy convents bosomed deep in vines." (Pope) Origin: Bosomed; Bosoming. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bosom

bosintang bosk boskage boskages bosker bosket boskets boskier boskiest boskiness

boskinesses boskopoid bosks bosky bosnia-herzegovina bosom (current term) bosom buddy bosom friend bosom of Abraham bosome

bosomed bosomes bosomier bosoming bosoms bosomy boson bosonic bosonisation bosonise

Literary usage of Bosom

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore, Alfred Denis Godley (1910)
"Rest, dear bosom, no sorrows shall pain thee, Sighs of pleasure alone shalt thou ... Wearily every bosom pineth, Wearily, oh ! Where the bond of slavery ..."

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