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breasted

adj · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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/ˈbɹɛstɪd/
/ˈbɹɛstəd/
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CMU ARPABET: B R EH1 S T AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2: B R EH1 S T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Having a breast, or breasts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adj

Meaning 2

Having a specified kind of breast or covering.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: in-compounds, not-comparable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of breast

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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adjective

Meaning 4

having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

small-breasted
red-breasted sandpiper

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: breastless

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *breustą Proto-West Germanic *breust Old English brēost Middle English brest English breast English -ed English breasted From breast + -ed.

Word forms

Inflections and variants

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Word family

Derived and related words

Derived: bar-breasted honeyeater, bare-breasted, big-breasted, black-breasted leaf turtle, black-breasted quail, blue-breasted fairywren, buff-breasted sandpiper, chestnut-breasted mannikin, chicken-breasted, cinnamon-breasted tit, double-breasted, full-breasted, golden-breasted fulvetta, green-breasted pitta, lilac-breasted roller, open-breasted, pigeon-breasted, plain-breasted hawk, red-breasted flycatcher, red-breasted goose, red-breasted merganser, red-breasted sapsucker, rose-breasted cockatoo, rose-breasted grosbeak, rufous-breasted sparrowhawk, scaly-breasted lorikeet, single-breasted, slaty-breasted tinamou, spot-breasted lapwing, stripe-breasted tit, tawny-breasted tinamou, white-breasted hawk, white-breasted nuthatch, white-breasted sea eagle, white-breasted waterhen, yellow-breasted bunting, yellow-breasted chat, yellow-breasted greenfinch

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