noun · verb · 22 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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brĕst
General-American, Received-Pronunciation:/bɹɛst/
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Australian, New-Zealand:/bɹest/
Scotland, Wales:/bɾɛst/
rhymes with -ɛst
homophone: Brest
CMU ARPABET:B R EH1 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Examples
Tanya’s breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The chest, or front of the human thorax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
The ventral portion of an animal’s thorax.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The robin has a red breast.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
noun
Meaning 6
A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Would you like breast or wing?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
7
noun
Meaning 7
The front or forward part of anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
chimney breast
plough breast
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
8
noun
Meaning 8
The upper surface of a landform or body of water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
The face of a coal working.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
The front of a furnace.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
11
noun
Meaning 11
The power of singing; a musical voice.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
noun
Meaning 12
The breaststroke.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, swimming
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
verb
Meaning 13
To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, often, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
verb
Meaning 14
To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
verb
Meaning 15
To debreast.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
16
noun
Meaning 16
the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: external body part
17
noun
Meaning 17
the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he beat his breast in anger
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chest
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: external body part
Narrower terms: bosom
18
noun
Meaning 18
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mammary gland, mamma
19
noun
Meaning 19
meat carved from the breast of a fowl
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: white meat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: helping, portion, serving
20
verb
Meaning 20
confront bodily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
breast the storm
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: front
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: confront, face
21
verb
Meaning 21
reach the summit (of a mountain)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
They breasted the mountain
Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: summit
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
22
verb
Meaning 22
meet at breast level
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The runner breasted the tape
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: converge, meet
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *breustą Proto-West Germanic *breust Old English brēost Middle English brest English breast From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bhrews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.
Across languages
Translations
547 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Acehnese:
mom
— milk-producing organ
Afar:
angu
— milk-producing organ
Afrikaans:
bors
— milk-producing organ
Aklanon:
soso
— milk-producing organ
Albanian:
gji
— milk-producing organ
Amal:
m
— milk-producing organ
Andi:
кока
(koka)
— milk-producing organ
Antillean Creole:
tété
— milk-producing organ
Chiricahua:
-be’
— milk-producing organ
Western Apache:
-be’
— milk-producing organ
Arabic:
ثَدْي
(ṯady)
— milk-producing organ
Arabic:
بز
(bezz)
— milk-producing organ
Arabic:
ديد
(dēd)
— milk-producing organ
Arabic:
صَدِر
(ṣadir)
— milk-producing organ
Arabic:
ديس
(dēs)
— milk-producing organ
Armenian:
կուրծք
(kurckʻ)
— milk-producing organ
Armenian:
ստինք
(stinkʻ)
— milk-producing organ
Aromanian:
sin
— milk-producing organ
Assamese:
স্তন
(ston)
— milk-producing organ
Asturian:
pechu
— milk-producing organ
Avar:
кеке
(keke)
— milk-producing organ
Azerbaijani:
məmə
— milk-producing organ
Bangi:
libele
— milk-producing organ
Bashkir:
имсәк
(imsək)
— milk-producing organ
Basque:
bular
— milk-producing organ
Basque:
titi
— milk-producing organ
Basque:
ugatz
— milk-producing organ
Basque:
papar
— milk-producing organ
Basque:
papo
— milk-producing organ
Belarusian:
гру́дзі
(hrúdzi)
— milk-producing organ
Bengali:
স্তন
(ston)
— milk-producing organ
Central Bikol:
suso
— milk-producing organ
Boloki:
libele
— milk-producing organ
Breton:
bronn
— milk-producing organ
Bulgarian:
гърда́
(gǎrdá)
— milk-producing organ
Bulgarian:
гръд
(grǎd)
— milk-producing organ
Burmese:
နို့
(nui.)
— milk-producing organ
Catalan:
pit
— milk-producing organ
Catalan:
mama
— milk-producing organ
Catalan:
mamella
— milk-producing organ
Catalan:
teta
— milk-producing organ
Catalan:
sina
— milk-producing organ
Chamicuro:
teni
— milk-producing organ
Chamorro:
susu
— milk-producing organ
Chechen:
нӏакха
(nˀaqa)
— milk-producing organ
Chepang:
ङु
— milk-producing organ
Chichewa:
bere
— milk-producing organ
Chinese:
奶
(ling, ni)
— milk-producing organ
Chinese Mandarin:
乳房
(rǔfáng)
— milk-producing organ
Chinese Mandarin:
胸
(xiōng)
— milk-producing organ
Cimbrian:
bruust
— milk-producing organ
Cimbrian:
pusum
— milk-producing organ
Coptic:
ⲕⲓϥⲓ
(kifi)
— milk-producing organ
Coptic:
ⲙⲛⲟⲧ
(mnot)
— milk-producing organ
Coptic:
ⲙⲛⲟϯ
(mnoti)
— milk-producing organ
Crimean Tatar:
emçek
— milk-producing organ
Czech:
prs
— milk-producing organ
Czech:
ňadro
— milk-producing organ
Danish:
bryst
— milk-producing organ
Dutch:
borst
— milk-producing organ
Erzya:
поте
(pote)
— milk-producing organ
Erzya:
меште
(mešte)
— milk-producing organ
Esperanto:
mamo
— milk-producing organ
Estonian:
rind
— milk-producing organ
Evenki:
хикэн
(hikən)
— milk-producing organ
Evenki:
укун
(ukun)
— milk-producing organ
Ewe:
no
— milk-producing organ
Faroese:
bróst
— milk-producing organ
Finnish:
rinta
— milk-producing organ
French:
sein
— milk-producing organ
French:
poitrine
— milk-producing organ
West-Frisian:
boarst
— milk-producing organ
Friulian:
stomi
— milk-producing organ
Friulian:
pet
— milk-producing organ
Friulian:
tete
— milk-producing organ
Friulian:
sen
— milk-producing organ
Galician:
peito
— milk-producing organ
Galician:
seo
— milk-producing organ
Galician:
teta
— milk-producing organ
Galician:
mama
— milk-producing organ
Garus:
a
— milk-producing organ
Georgian:
ძუძუ
(ʒuʒu)
— milk-producing organ
German:
Brust
— milk-producing organ
Greek:
στήθος
(stíthos)
— milk-producing organ
Greek:
μαστός
(mastós)
— milk-producing organ
Ancient Greek:
μαστός
(mastós)
— milk-producing organ
Greenlandic:
iviangeq
— milk-producing organ
Paraguayan Guarani:
titi
— milk-producing organ
Gujarati:
સ્તન
(stan)
— milk-producing organ
Haitian Creole:
sen
— milk-producing organ
Hamtai:
aamga
— milk-producing organ
Hawaiian:
ū
— milk-producing organ
Hawaiian:
waiū
— milk-producing organ
Hebrew:
שָׁד
(shad)
— milk-producing organ
Hebrew:
ציצי
(tsitsi)
— milk-producing organ
Hindi:
स्तन
(stan)
— milk-producing organ
Hittite:
𒋼𒂊𒋫𒀭
(te-e-ta-an)
— milk-producing organ
Hungarian:
mell
— milk-producing organ
Icelandic:
brjóst
— milk-producing organ
Icelandic:
bobblingur
— milk-producing organ
Ido:
mamo
— milk-producing organ
Indonesian:
payudara
— milk-producing organ
Indonesian:
buah dada
— milk-producing organ
Indonesian:
susu
— milk-producing organ
Ingrian:
nännä
— milk-producing organ
Ingush:
накха
(naqa)
— milk-producing organ
Iranun:
susu
— milk-producing organ
Irish:
brollach
— milk-producing organ
Irish:
cíoch
— milk-producing organ
Irish:
broinne
— milk-producing organ
Old Irish:
bruinne
— milk-producing organ
Old Irish:
cích
— milk-producing organ
Isnag:
xatat
— milk-producing organ
Italian:
mammella
— milk-producing organ
Italian:
poppa
— milk-producing organ
Japanese:
胸
(mune)
— milk-producing organ
Japanese:
乳房
(chibusa)
— milk-producing organ
Japanese:
にゅうぼう
(nyūbō)
— milk-producing organ
Javanese:
susu
— milk-producing organ
Kannada:
ಮೊಲೆ
(mole)
— milk-producing organ
Kannada:
ಸ್ತನ
(stana)
— milk-producing organ
Karok:
úuchich
— milk-producing organ
Kashubian:
piers
— milk-producing organ
Kazakh:
емшек
(emşek)
— milk-producing organ
Khmer:
ដោះ
(dɑh)
— milk-producing organ
Khmer:
សុដន់
(sodɑn)
— milk-producing organ
Khmer:
ថនៈ
(thaʼnaʼ)
— milk-producing organ
Kituba:
dibene
— milk-producing organ
Kongo:
mabele
— milk-producing organ
Korean:
유방
(yubang)
— milk-producing organ
Korean:
가슴
(gaseum)
— milk-producing organ
Central Kurdish:
مەمک
(memk)
— milk-producing organ
Northern Kurdish:
çiçik
— milk-producing organ
Northern Kurdish:
memik
— milk-producing organ
Kyrgyz:
төш
(töş)
— milk-producing organ
Kyrgyz:
көкүрөк
(kökürök)
— milk-producing organ
Laboya:
susu
— milk-producing organ
Lao:
ຕູ້
(tū)
— milk-producing organ
Lao:
ເຕົ້ານົມ
(tao nom)
— milk-producing organ
Lao:
ຖານາ
(thā nā)
— milk-producing organ
Lao:
ນົມ
(nom)
— milk-producing organ
Latgalian:
kryuts
— milk-producing organ
Latin:
mamma
— milk-producing organ
Latin:
sūmen
— milk-producing organ
Latvian:
krūts
— milk-producing organ
Lezgi:
хур
(ꭓur)
— milk-producing organ
Lingala:
libele
— milk-producing organ
Lithuanian:
krūtis
— milk-producing organ
Luba-Kasai:
dibele
— milk-producing organ
Luba-Katanga:
dibele
— milk-producing organ
Luhya:
kamaturu
— milk-producing organ
Lutuv:
meme
— milk-producing organ
Macedonian:
града
(grada)
— milk-producing organ
Macedonian:
дојка
(dojka)
— milk-producing organ
Malagasy:
nono
— milk-producing organ
Malay:
tetek
— milk-producing organ
Malay:
payudara
— milk-producing organ
Malay:
susu
— milk-producing organ
Malay:
buah dada
— milk-producing organ
Malayalam:
മുല
(mula)
— milk-producing organ
Malayalam:
സ്തനം
(stanaṁ)
— milk-producing organ
Maltese:
tas-sider
— milk-producing organ
Manchu:
ᡥᡠᡥᡠᠨ
(huhun)
— milk-producing organ
Manchu:
ᡨᡠᠩᡤᡝᠨ
(tunggen)
— milk-producing organ
Manx:
kee
— milk-producing organ
Maranao:
soso
— milk-producing organ
Meriam:
nano
— milk-producing organ
Minangkabau:
dado
— milk-producing organ
Mokilese:
dihdi
— milk-producing organ
Moksha:
мяште
(mäšte)
— milk-producing organ
Mon:
တှ်
(tɔh)
— milk-producing organ
Mongolian:
мээм
(meem)
— milk-producing organ
Mwani:
were
— milk-producing organ
Nahuatl:
chichihualli
— milk-producing organ
Nanai:
кун
(kun)
— milk-producing organ
Nanai:
тунгэн
(tuŋen)
— milk-producing organ
Navajo:
abeʼ
— milk-producing organ
Neapolitan:
pietto
— milk-producing organ
Nepali:
स्तन
(stan)
— milk-producing organ
Nivkh:
моть
(moț)
— milk-producing organ
Norwegian Bokmål:
bryst
— milk-producing organ
Norwegian Bokmål:
pupp
— milk-producing organ
Norwegian Nynorsk:
bryst
— milk-producing organ
Norwegian Nynorsk:
pupp
— milk-producing organ
Occitan:
pièit
— milk-producing organ
Odia:
ସ୍ତନ
(stana)
— milk-producing organ
Ojibwe:
indoodooshim
— milk-producing organ
Old English:
brēost
— milk-producing organ
Ossetian:
риу
(riw)
— milk-producing organ
Pali:
thana
— milk-producing organ
Pashto:
تی
(tay)
— milk-producing organ
Pashto:
غلانځه
(ǧǝlānza)
— milk-producing organ
Pashto:
چچو
(čačo)
— milk-producing organ
Iranian Persian:
پِسْتان
(pestân)
— milk-producing organ
Iranian Persian:
مَمِه
(mame)
— milk-producing organ
Pitjantjatjara:
ipi
— milk-producing organ
Pitjantjatjara:
mimi
— milk-producing organ
Plautdietsch:
Brost
— milk-producing organ
Polabian:
börsťă
— milk-producing organ
Polish:
pierś
— milk-producing organ
Polish:
biust
— milk-producing organ
Polish:
cycek
— milk-producing organ
Portuguese:
seio
— milk-producing organ
Portuguese:
peito
— milk-producing organ
Portuguese:
mama
— milk-producing organ
Portuguese:
maminha
— milk-producing organ
Quechua:
ñuñu
— milk-producing organ
Rapa Nui:
ū
— milk-producing organ
Romagnol:
pët
— milk-producing organ
Romani:
ćući
— milk-producing organ
Romanian:
piept
— milk-producing organ
Romanian:
sân
— milk-producing organ
Russian:
грудь
(grudʹ)
— milk-producing organ
Russian:
гру́ди
(grúdi)
— milk-producing organ
Russian:
си́ськи
(sísʹki)
— milk-producing organ
Russian:
пе́рси
(pérsi)
— milk-producing organ
Russian:
до́йки
(dójki)
— milk-producing organ
Russian:
ти́тьки
(títʹki)
— milk-producing organ
Russian:
буфера́
(buferá)
— milk-producing organ
Inari-Sami:
njamma
— milk-producing organ
Kildin-Sami:
ниннч
(ninnč)
— milk-producing organ
Northern Sami:
čižži
— milk-producing organ
Skolt-Sami:
râʹdd
— milk-producing organ
Sanskrit:
कुच
(kuca)
— milk-producing organ
Sanskrit:
स्तन
(stana)
— milk-producing organ
Sardinian:
sinu
— milk-producing organ
Scottish Gaelic:
cìoch
— milk-producing organ
Serbo-Croatian:
гру̑ди
— milk-producing organ
Serbo-Croatian:
си̏са
— milk-producing organ
Serbo-Croatian:
пр̏са
— milk-producing organ
Serbo-Croatian:
grȗdi
— milk-producing organ
Serbo-Croatian:
sȉsa
— milk-producing organ
Serbo-Croatian:
pȑsa
— milk-producing organ
Shan:
ၼူမ်း
(núum)
— milk-producing organ
Sicilian:
nennè
— milk-producing organ
Slovak:
prsník
— milk-producing organ
Slovak:
prsia
— milk-producing organ
Slovene:
prsi
— milk-producing organ
Slovene:
dojka
— milk-producing organ
Somali:
laab
— milk-producing organ
Somali:
naas
— milk-producing organ
Lower Sorbian:
bok
— milk-producing organ
Lower Sorbian:
prědk
— milk-producing organ
Spanish:
pecho
— milk-producing organ
Spanish:
seno
— milk-producing organ
Spanish:
teta
— milk-producing organ
Spanish:
mama
— milk-producing organ
Spanish:
chichi
— milk-producing organ
Spanish:
chiche
— milk-producing organ
Spanish:
guacal
— milk-producing organ
Spanish:
lirumba
— milk-producing organ
Sranan Tongo:
bobi
— milk-producing organ
Sundanese:
pinarep
— milk-producing organ
Swahili:
titi
— milk-producing organ
Swahili:
ziwa
— milk-producing organ
Swahili:
dodo
— milk-producing organ
Swedish:
bröst
— milk-producing organ
Tabasaran:
мухур
(muꭓur)
— milk-producing organ
Tagalog:
suso
— milk-producing organ
Tajik:
пистон
(piston)
— milk-producing organ
Tamil:
முலை
(mulai)
— milk-producing organ
Tamil:
மார்பு
(mārpu)
— milk-producing organ
Tatar:
ими
(imi)
— milk-producing organ
Tausug:
duru
— milk-producing organ
Telugu:
చన్ను
(cannu)
— milk-producing organ
Telugu:
స్తనము
(stanamu)
— milk-producing organ
Tetum:
susun
— milk-producing organ
Thai:
เต้านม
(dtâo-nom)
— milk-producing organ
Thai:
นม
(nom)
— milk-producing organ
Tibetan:
ནུ་མ
(nu ma)
— milk-producing organ
Tocharian B:
päścane
— milk-producing organ
Tok Pisin:
susu
— milk-producing organ
Tooro:
ibeere
— milk-producing organ
Tooro:
ensundu
— milk-producing organ
Torres Strait Creole:
susu
— milk-producing organ
Tumbuka:
bele
— milk-producing organ
Turkish:
meme
— milk-producing organ
Ottoman Turkish:
پستان
(pistan)
— milk-producing organ
Ottoman Turkish:
ثدی
(sedy)
— milk-producing organ