Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - breast

~1 n 1 »PART OF A WOMAN'S BODY« one of the two round raised parts of a woman's body that produce milk when she has a baby  (a woman with a baby at the breast | breast cancer) 2 »CHEST« the part of your body between your neck and your stomach, especially the upper part of this area  (Dick cradled her photograph against his breast.) 3 »PART OF A BIRD« the front part of a bird's body  (a robin with a red breast) 4 »MEAT« meat that comes from the front part of the body of a bird such as a chicken  (turkey breast) 5 make a clean breast of it/things to admit that you have done something wrong  (Why not make a clean breast of it and tell them you took the money?) 6 single-breasted/double-breasted a coat, dress etc that is single-breasted etc has one or two rows of buttons down the front 7 bare-breasted/small-breasted/red-breasted etc having bare etc breasts 8 »EMOTIONS« literary where your feelings of sadness, love, anger, fear etc come from  (a troubled breast)  (- see also beat your breast beat1 (27)) ~2 v 1 to reach the top of a hill or slope 2 to push against something with your chest