Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun breast

4 senses of breast

Sense 1
breast, chest -- (the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger")
       => external body part -- (any body part visible externally)

Sense 2
breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty -- (either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman)
       => mammary gland, mamma -- (milk-secreting organ of female mammals)

Sense 3
breast, white meat -- (meat carved from the breast of a fowl)
       => helping, portion, serving -- (an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each")

Sense 4
breast -- (the part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's chest)
       => external body part -- (any body part visible externally)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb breast

3 senses of breast

Sense 1
breast -- (meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape")
       => converge, meet -- (be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point")

Sense 2
summit, breast -- (reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit")
       => reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain -- (reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts")

Sense 3
front, breast -- (confront bodily; "breast the storm")
       => confront, face -- (oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other")