Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - chest
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Chest
chest
noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cest, cist ~, box, from Latin cista, from Greek kiste basket, hamper Date: before 12th century 1. a. a container for storage or shipping; especially a box with a lid used especially for the safekeeping of belongings b. a cupboard used especially for the storing of medicines or first-aid supplies 2. the place where money of a public institution is kept ; treasury; also the fund so kept 3. a. thorax 1; especially the part of the human body enclosed by the ribs and sternum b. breast 2a a hairy ~ • ~ful noun
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n. 1 a large strong box, esp. for storage or transport e.g. of blankets, tea, etc. 2 a the part of a human or animal body enclosed by the ribs. b the front surface of the body from neck to waist. 3 a small cabinet for medicines etc. 4 a the treasury or financial resources of an institution. b the money available from it. Phrases and idioms chest of drawers a piece of furniture consisting of a set of drawers in a frame. chest-voice the lowest register of the voice in singing or speaking. get a thing off one's chest colloq. disclose a fact, secret, etc., to relieve one's anxiety about it. play (one's cards, a thing , etc.) close to one's chest colloq. be cautious or secretive about. Derivatives -chested adj. (in comb.). Etymology: OE cest, cyst f. Gmc f. L f. Gk kiste ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
2.
1) ящик с крышкой на петлях 2) шкаф (напр. для медикаментов и инструментария) 3) мор. контейнер 4) цел.-бум. бак для пульпы 5) швейн. обхват груди 6) садок для рыбы - relay chest - sea chest - steam chest - tea chest ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
4.
1. ящик; сундук medicine chest —- домашняя аптечка carpenter's chest —- ящик с плотничьими инструментами surgeon's chest —- саквояж хирурга seaman's chest —- матросский сундучок linen chest —- бельевой сундук hope chest —- сундук с приданым, приданое 2. комод 3. ком. ящик (как мера) a chest of tea —- ящик чая (обычно 38 кг) 4. казна, казначейство; фонд a pittance from the university chest —- маленькое (жалкое) пособие из средств университета 5. простореч. гроб 6. анат. грудная клетка, грудь weak chest —- слабые легкие chest case —- раненный в грудь chest department —- фтизиатрическое отделение (больницы) chest trouble —- хроническая болезнь легких; эвф. туберкулез chest pain —- боль в груди chest cold —- бронхит chest wall —- анат. стенка грудной клетки chest note —- низкая грудная нота chest voice —- грудной регистр (голоса) Id: to get smth. off one's chest —- облегчить душу; чистосердечно признаться в чем-л Id: to play it close to the chest —- не давать заглядывать в свои карты; не раскрывать своих карт, действовать скрытно ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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noun 1) ящик; сундук - chest of drawers - medicine chest 2) казначейство; казна; фонд 3) грудная клетка - weak chest to get smth. off ones chest - чистосердечно признаться в чем-л.; облегчить душу CHEST of drawers комод; ...Англо-русский словарь
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(chests) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your chest is the top part of the front of your body where your ribs, lungs, and heart are. He crossed his arms over his chest... He was shot in the chest... He complained of chest pain. N-COUNT: oft poss N 2. A chest is a large, heavy box used for storing things. At the very bottom of the chest were his carving tools. ...a treasure chest. ...a medicine chest. = trunk N-COUNT 3. If you get something off your chest, you talk about something that has been worrying you. I feel it’s done me good to get it off my chest. ? bottle up PHRASE: V inflects ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 the front part of your body between your neck and your stomach (a hairy chest | The doctor is going to listen your chest, Cindy.) (- see also flat-chested) 2 a large, strong box that you use to store things in or to move your personal possessions from one place to another (We keep the summer clothes in a chest in the attic. | a blanket chest) (- see also chest of drawers, hope chest, medicine chest, tea chest, war chest) 3 get something off your chest to tell someone about something that has been worrying or annoying you for a long time, so that you feel better afterwards ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. cest, from P.Gmc. *kista, an early borrowing from L. cista, from Gk. kiste "a box, basket," from PIE *kista "woven container." Meaning extended to "thorax" 1530, replacing breast, on the metaphor of the ribs as a box for the organs. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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