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noun

Bosom n.

1.

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. "You must prepare your bosom for his knife."

2.

Specifically: The breasts of a woman; as, an ample bosom.

3.

The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts. "Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know Wherefore they do it." "If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom."

4.

Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. "Within the bosom of that church."

5.

Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. "The bosom of the ocean."

6.

The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom. "He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow."

7.

Inclination; desire. (Obs.)

8.

A depression round the eye of a millstone.

verb

bosom v. t. (past & past part. bosomed; pres. part. bosoming)

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."

2.

To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. "To happy convents bosomed deep in vines."

adjective

bosom adj.

1.

Of or pertaining to the bosom.

2.

Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.

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Etymology of 'Bosom'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Bosom" Quotes from Famous Books

... desired to deceive others. Many of the nuns were highly delighted at hearing of the miracle, which tended so much to prove that their establishment was under the especial protection of Heaven. The Mother Eldress crossed her hands on her bosom, while she meekly bowed her head, and expressed her gratitude that she should have been so remarkably favoured. It was evident, however, to Clara, that some of the Sisters were ...

— Clara Maynard - The True and the False - A Tale of the Times • W.H.G. Kingston

... seemed to have rent his heart in twain burst from the bosom of the minister, as he ...

— Hidden Hand • Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth

... spy, was nobly waked. There he lay, meanwhile, as they had arranged him, his dead hands crossed upon his bosom, his dead eyes staring on the roof; and hard by, in the stall, the lad who had slain him waited, in sore disquietude, ...

— The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) • Robert Louis Stevenson

... more likely to break off the peace than to advance it.(252) We are not in a humour to give up the world; anza, are much more disposed to conquer the rest of it. We shall have some commanding here, I believe, if we sign the peace. Mr. Pitt, from the bosom of his retreat, has made Beckford mayor. The Duke of Newcastle, if not taken in again, will probably end his life as he began it-at the head of a mob. Personalities and abuse, public and private, increase ...

— The Letters of Horace Walpole Volume 3 • Horace Walpole

... with its golden curls, full and sunny face, wide open and sparkling eyes, is in the pictures at Cortona and Perugia depicted with rosy fingers in the act of blessing; in the "Madonna della Stella" He embraces His mother so closely that He almost hides Himself in her bosom; in the great azure-surrounded tabernacle of the Linen Guild, He is smiling; while in the fresco of the corridor at San Marco, He has an ingenuous wondering gaze as He holds forth His little hand,—an expression so natural that it shows a happy grafting of ideal representation, ...

— Fra Angelico • J. B. Supino

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