1. breast - Noun
2. breast - Verb
The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.
Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat.
Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill.
The face of a coal working.
The front of a furnace.
The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart.
The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast.
To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
A torus.
Source: Webster's dictionaryLabor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience. George Washington
My mother never breast fed me, she told me she only liked me as a friend. Rodney Dangerfield
One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, sleep to wake. Robert Browning
Who does not beat his own child will later beat his own breast. Persian Proverb
Where there is breast there can be no brain. Somali Proverb
Even if a chef cooks just a fly, he would keep the breast for himself. Polish Proverb