to one's breast
1beat one's breast — phrasal or beat one s chest : to declaim often vaingloriously or vauntingly and usually in vindicating oneself * * * beat one s breast To show extravagant signs of grief • • • Main Entry: ↑beat * * * I see breast …
2breast — [brest] n. [ME brest < OE breost < IE base * bhreus , to swell, sprout] 1. either of two milk secreting glands protruding from the upper, front part of a woman s body 2. a corresponding gland in a female primate 3. a corresponding… …
3press a person to one's breast — hold a person tight to one s bosom …
4bare one's breast — verb to make oneself vulnerable …
5breast — breastless, adj. /brest/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest. 2. Zool. the corresponding part in quadrupeds. 3. either of the pair of mammae… …
6breast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bosom, bust, mama; spirit. See convexity, feeling, body. v. face, brave. See opposition. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The forepart of the body above the abdomen] Syn. chest, thorax, heart, bosom; see chest… …
7breast — n. 1) to beat one s breast 2) to put a (newborn) infant to breast 3) (of an infant) to take the breast 4) a pigeon breast ( a deformity of the chest ) 5) (cul.) chicken breasts 6) (misc.) to make a clean breast of smt. ( to confess smt. ) * * *… …
8Breast Cancer Network of Strength — The Breast Cancer Network of Strength (formerly known as Y ME National Breast Cancer Organization, or Y ME) [cite web|url=http://www.networkofstrength.org/media/releases/brand release.pdf|title=Y ME National Breast Cancer Organization announces… …
9Breast cancer — Classification and external resources Mammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a cancerous breast (right). ICD 10 C …
10Breast cancer screening — refers to the medical screening of asymptomatic, apparently healthy women for breast cancer in an attempt to achieve an earlier diagnosis. The assumption is that early detection will improve outcomes. A number of screening test have been employed …
