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  • 1Breast — Breast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breasting}.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. [1913 Webster] The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the… …

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  • 2breast — /brɛst / (say brest) noun 1. Anatomy, Zoology the outer front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from neck to belly; the chest. 2. Zoology the corresponding part in lower animals. 3. a standard cut of meat from this area. 4.… …

  • 3breast — I. noun Etymology: Middle English brest, from Old English brēost; akin to Old High German brust breast, Old Irish brú belly, Russian bryukho Date: before 12th century 1. either of the pair of mammary glands extending from the front of the chest… …

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  • 4breast — Synonyms and related words: Chateaubriand, affront, antagonize, bag, ballocks, balls, basket, battle, beard, beat against, beat up against, being, blade roast, bones, boob, boobs, bosom, brave, breast the wave, breasts, bring before, bring… …

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  • 5The Blue Danube — For other uses, see Blue Danube (disambiguation). Cover The Blue Danube is the common English title of An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314 (German for On the Beautiful Blue Danube), a waltz by the Austrian composer Johann Strauss II,… …

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  • 8The Swimmer (poem) — The Swimmer is a poem by the Australian poet Adam Lindsay Gordon.The poem was set to music by Sir Edward Elgar as the fifth song in his song cycle Sea Pictures .LyricsSquare brackets [ ] indicate text omitted in the song. Italics indicate text… …

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  • 10To breast up a hedge — Breast Breast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Breasted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Breasting}.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves. [1913 Webster] The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the… …

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