bosom
/ˈbʊz(ə)m/ verb C2- To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.
- To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.
He/she/it bosoms · Past bosomed · Past participle bosomed · -ing form bosoming
Verb forms
- Base form
- bosom
- He/she/it
- bosoms
- Past
- bosomed
- Past participle
- bosomed
- -ing form
- bosoming
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“Yes, monsieur; I am on the point of marrying a young girl I have been attached to for three years.” Villefort, impassive as he was, was struck with this coincidence; and the tremulous voice of Dantès, surprised in the midst of his happiness, struck a sympathetic chord in his own bosom—he also was on the point of being married, and he was summoned from his own happiness to destroy that of another.
He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom.
As he thus reflected, he felt the sensation we have described, and which had hitherto been unknown to him, arise in his bosom, and fill him with vague apprehensions.
Leaving this Parthian shaft to rankle in Anne’s stormy bosom, Marilla descended to the kitchen, grievously troubled in mind and vexed in soul.
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