Look up: breast

1. breast
   Type: Term Pronunciation: brest Definitions: 1. The pectoral surface of the thorax. 2. The female organ of milk secretion; one of two commonly hemispheric projections anterior to the pectoral muscles including the mammary glands within a highly variable amount of fat in the subcutaneous tissue and b...
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2. Breast
   To move a flying piece upstage or downstage from its natural free-hanging position by means of a rope line passed between fly floors and crossing the fly bar's suspension lines. (UK)
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3. breast
   [n] - meat carved from the breast of a fowl 2. [n] - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman 3. [n] - the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen 4. [v] - meet at breast level 5. [v] - reach the summit
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4. Breast
   Remember that this can mean the chest or thorax as well as the female bosom
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5. Breast
   Our Breast Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Breast Breast: The breast refers to the front of the chest or, more specifically, to the mammary gland. The mammary gland is a milk producing gland. It is composed largely of fat. Within the mammary gland is a co...
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6. breast
   the sternum and the ribs,or part thereof,distributed on both sides of it,together with the surrounding musculature.The breast may be presented as a whole or a half Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the wall under the sill of a window,down to floor level Category: Building industry
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7. Breast
   Breast (brĕst) noun [ Middle English brest , breost , As. breóst ; akin to Icelandic brjōst , Swedish bröst , Danish bryst , Goth. brusts , Old Saxon briost , Dutch borst...
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8. Breast
   Breast transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Breasted ; present participle & verbal noun Breasting .] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast...
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9. breast
   To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. 'The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.' (Wirt) To breast up a hedge, to cut the face of it on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants. ... Origin...
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10. breast
    white meat noun meat carved from the breast of a fowl
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11. breast
    bosom noun either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
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12. breast
    verb meet at breast level; `The runner breasted the tape`
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13. breast
    (brest) the front of the chest, especially the modified cutaneous, glandular structure found there. In women the breasts are secondary sex organs with the function of producing milk after childbirth. The term breast is less commonly used to refer to this area of the chest of males; in males glandular tissue neither func...
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14. Breast
    • (n.) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill. • (n.) The front of a furnace. • (n.) The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voic...
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15. Breast
    A glandular organ that is located on the chest. In females, the breasts main purpose is to provide nutrition to her offspring. Each breast consists of approximately 15-20 glandular lobes, ducts, fibrous tissue and fatty tissue. Blood vessles, nerves and lymph vessels are also present in the breasts.
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16. breast
    breast: see mammary gland.
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17. breast
    One of a pair of organs on the chest of the adult human female, also known as a mammary gland. Each of the two breasts contains milk-producing cells and a network of tubes or ducts that lead to openings in the nipple. Milk-producing cells in the breast do not become active until a woman has g...
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18. breast
    Glandular organ located on the chest. The breast is made up of connective tissue, fat, and breast tissue that contains the glands that can make milk. Also called mammary gland.
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19. Breast
    The `breast` is the upper ventral region of the torso of a primate, in left and right sides, which in a female contains the mammary gland that secretes milk used to feed infants. Both men and women develop breasts from the same embryological tissues. However, at puberty, female sex hormones, mainly ...
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