Breast |
The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse. |
n. |
Breast |
Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat. |
n. |
Breast |
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. |
Breast |
The face of a coal working. |
n. |
Breast |
The front of a furnace. |
n. |
Breast |
The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart. |
n. |
Breast |
The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast. |
n. |
Breast |
To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. |
v. t. |
Breast-high |
High as the breast. |
a. |
Breast |
A torus. |
n. |
Skin-deep |
Not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial. |
a. |
Chimney-breast |
The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only. |
n. |
Deep |
Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea. |
superl. |
Deep |
Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep. |
superl. |
Deep |
Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley. |
superl. |
Deep |
Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot. |
superl. |
Deep |
Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning. |
superl. |
Deep |
Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. |
superl. |
Deep |
Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson. |
superl. |
Deep |
Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. |
superl. |