Bosom
noun
The chest of a human, especially a woman's chest.
She cradled the baby in her bosom.
Often appears as...
- cradle in one's bosom
- bosom of nature
noun
The part of clothing that covers the chest.
He tucked the letter inside the bosom of his shirt.
Often appears as...
- bosom of a shirt
- hidden in the bosom
noun
The space or depth between the two arms of a person or thing.
The child was nestled in the bosom of her family.
Often appears as...
- bosom of the family
- in the bosom of
noun
A close, intimate friend.
He's been her bosom friend since childhood.
Often appears as...
- bosom friend
- bosom buddy
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
The chest of a human, especially a woman's chest.
She cradled the baby in her bosom.
Often appears as...
- cradle in one's bosom
- bosom of nature
noun
The part of clothing that covers the chest.
He tucked the letter inside the bosom of his shirt.
Often appears as...
- bosom of a shirt
- hidden in the bosom
noun
The space or depth between the two arms of a person or thing.
The child was nestled in the bosom of her family.
Often appears as...
- bosom of the family
- in the bosom of
noun
A close, intimate friend.
He's been her bosom friend since childhood.
Often appears as...
- bosom friend
- bosom buddy
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
Often suggests intimacy or care when referring to a woman’s chest.
She held the locket close to her bosom.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Symbol
Metaphorically portrays deep feelings or secrets.
He bore the guilt deep within his bosom.
Pro Tip 3/3Poetic or Romantic
Used in literature to add a romantic or nostalgic quality.
Poets often sing of a lover's tender bosom.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
Often suggests intimacy or care when referring to a woman’s chest.
She held the locket close to her bosom.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Symbol
Metaphorically portrays deep feelings or secrets.
He bore the guilt deep within his bosom.
Pro Tip 3/3Poetic or Romantic
Used in literature to add a romantic or nostalgic quality.
Poets often sing of a lover's tender bosom.
Pro Tip 1/3Gender Specific
Often suggests intimacy or care when referring to a woman’s chest.
She held the locket close to her bosom.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Symbol
Metaphorically portrays deep feelings or secrets.
He bore the guilt deep within his bosom.
Pro Tip 3/3Poetic or Romantic
Used in literature to add a romantic or nostalgic quality.
Poets often sing of a lover's tender bosom.
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Video examples
C.K. Williams: Poetry...
No. Again, no. I don't mean that for a moment. What I mean is the world holds me so tightly -- the good and the bad -- my own follies and weakness that even this counterfeit Venus with her sham heat, and her bosom probably plumped
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How the stethoscope was...
Laennec, in a moment of vision and dignity, tightly rolls a sheet of paper and places one end to his ear and one end over the young woman's heaving bosom. He is delighted by the clarity of the sound.
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A Tragic Accident Left...
DeMille came as a guest artist now mr. mill she had a full figure she had bosoms and she had hips and a nice round bum and it was considered that mr. mill
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C.K. Williams: Poetry...
No. Again, no. I don't mean that for a moment. What I mean is the world holds me so tightly -- the good and the bad -- my own follies and weakness that even this counterfeit Venus with her sham heat, and her bosom probably plumped
Video examples
How the stethoscope was...
Laennec, in a moment of vision and dignity, tightly rolls a sheet of paper and places one end to his ear and one end over the young woman's heaving bosom. He is delighted by the clarity of the sound.
Video examples
A Tragic Accident Left...
DeMille came as a guest artist now mr. mill she had a full figure she had bosoms and she had hips and a nice round bum and it was considered that mr. mill
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Quote examples
Iyanla Vanzant
American Author
I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and begins to tell you their life story, you can't say, 'Excuse me, boo,' as they're weeping on your bosom.
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Dolly Parton
American Singer
People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.
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Thomas Becket
English Clergyman
My hopes are laid up within my own bosom, for he is not alone with whom the Lord is; when he falls, he shall not be dashed to pieces, for the Lord sustains him in his hand.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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Giacomo Casanova
Italian Celebrity
Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.
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Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.
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Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
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William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
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Frances Burney
English Novelist
In the bosom of her respectable family resided Camilla.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Quote examples
Iyanla Vanzant
American Author
I had to stop traveling alone because I missed so many planes. When somebody runs up to you in the airport and begins to tell you their life story, you can't say, 'Excuse me, boo,' as they're weeping on your bosom.
Quote examples
Dolly Parton
American Singer
People make jokes about my bosoms, why don't they look underneath the breasts at the heart? It's obvious I've got big ones and if people want to assume they're not mine, then let them.
Quote examples
Thomas Becket
English Clergyman
My hopes are laid up within my own bosom, for he is not alone with whom the Lord is; when he falls, he shall not be dashed to pieces, for the Lord sustains him in his hand.
Quote examples
Joseph Addison
English Writer
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
Quote examples
Giacomo Casanova
Italian Celebrity
Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.
Quote examples
Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity.
Quote examples
Henry Ward Beecher
American Clergyman
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
Quote examples
William Shakespeare
English Playwright
Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
Quote examples
Frances Burney
English Novelist
In the bosom of her respectable family resided Camilla.
Quote examples
Albert Einstein
German Physicist
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
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