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bosom
CIDE DICTIONARY
bosom, n. [AS. b; akin to D. bozem, Fries. b, OHG. puosum, G. busen, and prob. E. bough.].
- The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. [1913 Webster]"You must prepare your bosom for his knife." [1913 Webster]
- The breasts of a woman; as, an ample bosom. [PJC]
- The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts. [1913 Webster]"Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know
Wherefore they do it." [1913 Webster]"If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom." [1913 Webster] - Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. [1913 Webster]"Within the bosom of that church." [1913 Webster]
- Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. Addison. [1913 Webster]
- The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom. [1913 Webster]"He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow." [1913 Webster]
- Inclination; desire. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A depression round the eye of a millstone. Knight. [1913 Webster]
bosom, a.
- Of or pertaining to the bosom. [1913 Webster]
- Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend. [1913 Webster]
bosom, v. t.
- To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. [1913 Webster]"Bosom up my counsel,
You'll find it wholesome." [1913 Webster] - To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. [1913 Webster]"To happy convents bosomed deep in vines." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bosom, n.
1 a a person's breast or chest, esp. a woman's. b colloq. each of a woman's breasts. c the enclosure formed by a person's breast and arms.
2 an emotional centre, esp. as the source of an enfolding relationship (in the bosom of one's family).
3 the part of a woman's dress covering the breast.
1 a a person's breast or chest, esp. a woman's. b colloq. each of a woman's breasts. c the enclosure formed by a person's breast and arms.
2 an emotional centre, esp. as the source of an enfolding relationship (in the bosom of one's family).
3 the part of a woman's dress covering the breast.
Idiom
bosom friend a very close or intimate friend.
Etymology
OE bosm f. Gmc
THESAURUS
bosom
bag, bear, being, beloved, blood, bones, boobs, boon, bottle up, bowels, breast, breasts, brisket, bury, bust, cache, center, center of life, cherish, cherished, chest, clasp, classify, cling to, clip, close, conceal, confidential, core, crop, dear, deepest recesses, deposit, dug, embosom, embrace, enfold, entertain, esoteric reality, esprit, file and forget, fold, fondle, foster, gut, guts, harbor, have, have and hold, heart, heart of hearts, heartstrings, hide away, hold, hold on to, hold out on, hug, in petto, inmost heart, inmost soul, inner, inner landscape, inner life, inner man, inner nature, inner recess, inner self, innermost being, inside, interior, interior man, intern, internal, intimate, intrados, inward, keep, keep back, keep between us, keep buttoned up, keep close, keep dark, keep from, keep hidden, keep in ignorance, keep mum, keep secret, keep snug, keep under wraps, knockers, lock up, make no sign, mama, mamelon, mamelonation, mammary gland, mammilla, mammillation, midst, nenes, nerve center, never let on, nipple, not give away, not tell, nurse, nurture, pair, pap, papilla, penetralia, pigeon breast, plant, play dumb, press, put away, quick, recesses, seal up, secret heart, secret place, secret places, secrete, soul, special, spirit, squeeze, stash, store away, stow away, teat, thorax, tit, tits, titties, titty, treasure, treasure up, true being, true inwardness, udder, veil, viscera, vital center, vital principle, vitals, withholdROGET THESAURUS
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Affections
N affections, affect, character, qualities, disposition, nature, spirit, tone, temper, temperament, diathesis, idiosyncrasy, cast of mind, cast of soul, habit of mind, habit of soul, frame of mind, frame of soul, predilection, turn, natural turn of mind, bent, bias, predisposition, proneness, proclivity, propensity, propenseness, propension, propendency, vein, humor, mood, grain, mettle, sympathy, soul, heart, breast, bosom, inner man, heart's core, heart's strings, heart's blood, heart of hearts, bottom of one's heart, penetralia mentis, secret and inmost recesses of the heart, cockles of one's heart, inmost heart, inmost soul, backbone, passion, pervading spirit, ruling passion, master passion, furore, fullness of the heart, heyday of the blood, flesh and blood, flow of soul, energy, fervor, fire, force, affected, characterized, formed, molded, cast, attempered, tempered, framed, predisposed, prone, inclined, having a bias, tinctured with, imbued with, penetrated with, eaten up with, inborn, inbred, ingrained, deep-rooted, ineffaceable, inveterate, pathoscopic, congenital, dyed in the wool, implanted by nature, inherent, in the grain, affective, in one's heart, at heart, heart and soul, affection is a coal that must be cool'd else suffe.Interiority
N interiority, inside, interior, interspace, subsoil, substratum, intrados, contents, substance, pith, marrow, backbone, heart, bosom, breast, abdomen, vitals, viscera, entrails, bowels, belly, intestines, guts, chitterings, womb, lap, penetralia, recesses, innermost recesses, cave, interior, internal, inner, inside, inward, intraregarding, inmost, innermost, deep seated, gut, intestine, intestinal, inland, subcutaneous, abdominal, coeliac, endomorphic, interstitial, inwrought, inclosed, home, domestic, indoor, intramural, vernacular, endemic, internally, inwards, within, in, inly, here in, there in, where in, ab intra, withinside, in doors, within doors, at home, in the bosom of one's family.Intellect
N intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle, rationality, cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties, faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius, brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers, wit, ability, wisdom, Vernunft, Verstand, soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core, the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle, brain, organ of thought, seat of thought, sensorium, sensory, head, headpiece, pate, noddle, noggin, skull, scull, pericranium, cerebrum, cranium, brainpan, sconce, upper story, central processing unit, CPU, arithmetic and logical unit, ALU, metaphysics, psychics, psychology, ideology, mental philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of the mind, pneumatology, phrenology, craniology, cranioscopy, ideality, idealism, transcendentalism, spiritualism, immateriality, universal concept, universal conception, metaphysician, psychologist, intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual, ghostly, psychical, psychological, cerebral, animastic, brainy, hyperphysical, superphysical, subconscious, subliminal, immaterial, endowed with reason, in petto, ens rationis, frons est animi janua, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, mens sola loco non exulat, my mind is my kingdom, stern men with empires in their brains, the mind, the music breathing from her face, thou living ray of intellectual Fire.Also see definition of "bosom" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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