breast
/bɹɛst/ verb C2- To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
- To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence). · He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
- To debreast.
He/she/it breasts · Past breasted · Past participle breasted · -ing form breasting
Verb forms
- Base form
- breast
- He/she/it
- breasts
- Past
- breasted
- Past participle
- breasted
- -ing form
- breasting
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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“Y-e-e-s,” admitted Anne, “I took it up and I pinned it on my breast just to see how it would look.”
But it did look so beautiful, Marilla, when I pinned it on my breast that I was overcome by an irresistible temptation.
I saw Gil pick it up and put it in his breast pocket.
The black shawl having been procured, Anne spread it over the flat and then lay down on the bottom, with closed eyes and hands folded over her breast.
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