breast
/bɹɛst/ sustantivo B1En español: pecho, seno, teta, mama
- Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males. · Tanya’s breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.
- The chest, or front of the human thorax.
- A section of clothing covering the breast area.
- The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts. · She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.
- The ventral portion of an animal’s thorax. · The robin has a red breast.
- A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork. · Would you like breast or wing?
- The front or forward part of anything. · chimney breast· plough breast
- The upper surface of a landform or body of water.
Plural breasts
Phrasal verbs y expresiones
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His Mother followed in the crowd and violently beat her breast in sorrow, whereupon the young man said, “I wish to say something to my Mother in her ear.” She came close to him, and he quickly seized her ear with his teeth and bit it off.
“But I shall have to cut a hole in your breast, so I can put your heart in the right place.
So Oz brought a pair of tinsmith’s shears and cut a small, square hole in the left side of the Tin Woodman’s breast.
He put the heart in the Woodman’s breast and then replaced the square of tin, soldering it neatly together where it had been cut.
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