bosom

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun The chest of a human.
• noun A woman's breast or breasts.
• noun The part of a garment covering the chest or breasts.
• noun The security and closeness likened to being held in a warm familial embrace.
• noun The chest considered as the source of emotion.
• adjective Beloved; intimate.

from The Century Dictionary.

• To inclose, harbor, or cherish in the bosom; embrace; keep with care; cherish intimately.
• To conceal; hide from view; embosom.
• noun The breast; the subclavian and mammary regions of the thorax of a human being; the upper part of the chest.
• noun 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.
• noun The inclosure formed by the breast and the arms; hence, embrace; compass; inclosure: as, to lie in one's bosom.
• noun The breast as the supposed abode of tender affections, desires, and passions.
• noun . Inclination; desire.
• noun 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.
• noun A recess or shelving depression around the eye of a millstone.
• Of or pertaining to the bosom, either literally or figuratively.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
• adjective In a very close relationship.
• verb To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
• verb To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• verb hide in one's bosom
• noun either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
• noun a close affectionate and protective acceptance
• verb squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
• noun the locus of feelings and intuitions
• noun cloth that covers the chest or breasts
• noun the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
• noun a person's breast or chest