bosom

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The chest of a human: He held the sleepy child to his bosom.
2. n. A woman's breast or breasts.
3. n. The part of a garment covering the chest or breasts.
4. n. The security and closeness likened to being held in a warm familial embrace: We welcomed the stranger into the bosom of our family.
5. n. The chest considered as the source of emotion.
6. adj. Beloved; intimate: a bosom friend.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. The breast; the subclavian and mammary regions of the thorax of a human being; the upper part of the chest.
2. n. That part of one's clothing which covers the breast; especially, that portion of a shirt which covers the bosom, generally made of finer material than the rest.
3. n. The inclosure formed by the breast and the arms; hence, embrace; compass; inclosure: as, to lie in one's bosom.
4. n. The breast as the supposed abode of tender affections, desires, and passions.
5. n. . Inclination; desire.
6. n. Something regarded as resembling or representing in some respect the human bosom as a sustaining surface, an inclosed place, the interior, the inmost recess, etc.: as, the bosom of the earth or of the deep.
7. n. A recess or shelving depression around the eye of a millstone.
8. Of or pertaining to the bosom, either literally or figuratively. In particular— Worn or carried on or in the bosom: as, a bosom brooch.
9. To inclose, harbor, or cherish in the bosom; embrace; keep with care; cherish intimately.
10. To conceal; hide from view; embosom.

Wiktionary

1. n. The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
2. adj. In a very close relationship.
3. v. To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
4. v. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
2. n. The breasts of a woman.
3. n. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.
4. n. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
5. n. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.
6. n. 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.
7. n. obsolete Inclination; desire.
8. n. A depression round the eye of a millstone.
9. adj. Of or pertaining to the bosom.
10. adj. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved.
11. v. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
12. v. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. hide in one's bosom
2. n. either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
3. n. a close affectionate and protective acceptance
4. v. squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
5. n. the locus of feelings and intuitions
6. n. cloth that covers the chest or breasts
7. n. the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
8. n. a person's breast or chest