Bosom - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈbʊzəm|  American pronunciation of the word bosom
Brit.  |ˈbʊz(ə)m|  British pronunciation of the word bosom

noun

- the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
his bosom was bursting with the secret
- a person's breast or chest
- cloth that covers the chest or breasts
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance (syn: embrace)
in the bosom of the family
- the locus of feelings and intuitions (syn: heart)
her story would melt your bosom
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman (syn: boob, breast, knocker, tit)

verb

- hide in one's bosom
She bosomed his letters
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness (syn: embrace, hug, squeeze)

Extra examples

He clutched the flowers to his bosom.

He never spoke of his childhood as an orphan, but kept dark memories of those days in his bosom.

The shirt has a plain color and ruffles at the bosom.

...bosomed by overgrown shrubbery, the abandoned cottage seemed like the ideal place for an afternoon tryst...

...promised to remain bosom friends for the rest of their lives...

A small island was consecrated in the bosom of a deep lake.

She cradled the child to her bosom.

Drury harboured bitterness in his bosom.

She bosomed his letters

She lay on the bed her eyes closed and her bosom palpitating.

O could my dying hand but lodge a sword in Caesar's bosom. (J. Addison, Cato)

Word forms

noun
singular: bosom
plural: bosoms
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