Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - bosom
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Bosom
bosom
~ n 1 the front part of a woman's chest, or the part of her clothes that covers it 2 C usually plural a woman's breast 3 the bosom of the family/the Church etc the situation where you feel safe because you are with people who love and protect you 4 literary a word meaning someone's feelings and emotions, used especially when these are bad or unpleasant (Drury harboured bitterness and anger in his bosom.) 5 bosom friend/buddy a very close friend (We first met in high school and we've been bosom buddies ever since.)
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(bosoms) 1. A woman’s breasts are sometimes referred to as her bosom or her bosoms. (OLD-FASHIONED) ...a large young mother with a baby resting against her ample bosom. = bust N-COUNT 2. A bosom friend is a friend who you know very well and like very much indeed. They were bosom friends... Sakota was her cousin and bosom pal. ADJ: ADJ n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English bosm; akin to Old High German buosam ~ Date: before 12th century 1. a. the human chest and especially the front part of the chest hugged the child to his ~ b. a woman's breasts regarded especially as a single feature a woman with an ample ~; also breast 2. a. the chest conceived of as the seat of the emotions and intimate feelings a story you will take to your ~ b. the security and intimacy of or like that of being hugged to someone's ~ the ~ of her family 3. the part of a garment that covers the chest or the breasts II. transitive verb Date: 1587 1. embrace 2. to enclose or carry in the ~ III. adjective Date: 1590 close, intimate ~ friends ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. 1 a a person's breast or chest, esp. a woman's. b colloq. each of a woman's breasts. c the enclosure formed by a person's breast and arms. 2 an emotional centre, esp. as the source of an enfolding relationship (in the bosom of one's family). 3 the part of a woman's dress covering the breast. Phrases and idioms bosom friend a very close or intimate friend. Etymology: OE bosm f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. грудь 2. душа, сердце his sorrows were locked in his own bosom —- он затаил в своем сердце печаль 3. лоно in the bosom of one's family —- в кругу семьи 4. недра, глубины the bosom of the sea —- морские глубины, пучина minerals in earth's deepest bosom —- минералы глубоко в недрах земли in the bosom of the forest —- в самой чаще леса 5. пазуха to put smth. in one's bosom —- положить что-либо за пазуху 6. грудь (рубашки); перед лифа (платья) 7. манишка starched bosom —- крахмальная манишка 8. круглая впадина, углубление Id: to take smb. to one's bosom —- приблизить кого-либо к себе, сделать кого-либо другом; жениться 9. интимный, близкий bosom friend —- закадычный друг 10. лелеять 11. обнимать; прижимать к груди ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) грудь; пазуха to put in ones bosom - положить за пазуху 2) лоно; недра in the bosom of ones family - в кругу семьи the bosom of the sea - морские глубины 3) сердце, душа 4) корсаж, грудь сорочки и т.п.; amer. манишка to take to ones bosom - а) жениться; взять в жены; б) приблизить к себе, сделать своим другом 2. v.; obs. 1) хранить в тайне 2) прятать (за пазуху) a house bosomed in trees - дом, скрытый деревьями ...Англо-русский словарь
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- O.E. bosm, from W.Gmc. *bosm- perhaps from PIE base *bhou- "to grow, swell," or *bhaghus "arm." Bosom-friend is first attested 1590. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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