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Definition of Bosom

1. Noun. The chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept. "His bosom was bursting with the secret"

2. Verb. Hide in one's bosom. "She bosomed his letters"

3. Noun. A person's breast or chest.

4. Verb. Squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness. "Sam cannot bosom Sue "; "He hugged her close to him"

5. Noun. Cloth that covers the chest or breasts.

6. Noun. A close affectionate and protective acceptance. "In the bosom of the family"

7. Noun. The locus of feelings and intuitions. "Her story would melt your bosom"

8. Noun. Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman.

Definition of Bosom

1. n. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

2. a. Of or pertaining to the bosom.

3. v. t. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.

Definition of Bosom

1. to embrace [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: embrace

Medical Definition of Bosom

1. 1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. "Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome." (Shak) 2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. "To happy convents bosomed deep in vines." (Pope) Origin: Bosomed; Bosoming. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bosom

boskier boskiest boskiness boskinesses boskopoid Boskop man bosks bosky Bosna i Hercegovina Bosnia

bosnia-herzegovina Bosnia-Herzegovina Bosnian Bosnia and Herzegovina bosom (current term) bosom (current term) bosomed bosomier bosoming bosoms

bosomy bosom of Abraham boson bosonic bosons Bosporus Bosporus Bridge bosque bosques bosquet

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