Breast
noun
The part of human body between neck and stomach, especially in women can produce milk.
Breast cancer is a common type of cancer in women.
Often appears as...
- breast cancer
- breast milk
noun
Same part of an animal's body.
Chicken breast is lean meat and a source of protein.
Often appears as...
- chicken breast
- turkey breast
noun
Figuratively: heart or feelings.
After hearing the sad news, she held her grief in her breast
Often appears as...
- heavy breast
- breast of sorrow
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Literary
verb
To confront or deal with something courageously.
We must breast the challenges that come our way.
Often appears as...
- breast the struggle
- breast the challenge
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Formal
Idiomatic
noun
The part of human body between neck and stomach, especially in women can produce milk.
Breast cancer is a common type of cancer in women.
Often appears as...
- breast cancer
- breast milk
noun
Same part of an animal's body.
Chicken breast is lean meat and a source of protein.
Often appears as...
- chicken breast
- turkey breast
noun
Figuratively: heart or feelings.
After hearing the sad news, she held her grief in her breast
Often appears as...
- heavy breast
- breast of sorrow
Usage tips
Literary
verb
To confront or deal with something courageously.
We must breast the challenges that come our way.
Often appears as...
- breast the struggle
- breast the challenge
Usage tips
Formal
Idiomatic
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Pro Tip 1/2Gender Specific
Often emphasizes female anatomy as it relates to functions like breastfeeding.
Many new mothers attend classes to learn about breast health.
Pro Tip 2/2Sensitive Topic
Breast discussions might be private; be mindful in social contexts.
She was reluctant to discuss her breast surgery openly.
Pro Tip 1/2Gender Specific
Often emphasizes female anatomy as it relates to functions like breastfeeding.
Many new mothers attend classes to learn about breast health.
Pro Tip 2/2Sensitive Topic
Breast discussions might be private; be mindful in social contexts.
She was reluctant to discuss her breast surgery openly.
Pro Tip 1/2Gender Specific
Often emphasizes female anatomy as it relates to functions like breastfeeding.
Many new mothers attend classes to learn about breast health.
Pro Tip 2/2Sensitive Topic
Breast discussions might be private; be mindful in social contexts.
She was reluctant to discuss her breast surgery openly.
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It's on a spectrum. Besides your genitalia, you also have your chromosomes, your gonads, like ovaries or testicles. You have your internal sex organs, your hormone production, your hormone response and your secondary sex characteristics, like breast development, body hair, etc.
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How do steroids affect...
and permanent voice deepening in females. At the same time, excess testosterone-like steroids can cause feminization in males, because the body converts the excess into estrogen. This can lead to breast development and shrinking testicles. These effects are not uncommon—
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The science of milk -...
The droplets combine with each other and other molecules and are then expelled and stored in spaces between cells. Mammary glands eventually secrete the milk through the breasts, udders, or, in the rare case of the platypus, through ducts in the abdomen.
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How to fix a broken...
She went through many months of harsh chemotherapy and painful surgeries, and then just as she was ready to jump back into the dating world, she found a lump in her other breast and had to do it all over again. Kathy recovered, though,
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“She Does Not Know Her...
the girl does not know her beauty she chooses to believe that her eyes are dark and troubled no one told her evany was the color of the universe's wings she thinks her nose is too flat her breasts too small her legs too long in
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First Day Outside PIPE...
great system as all the mob will help protect and raise the pups sharing babysitting duties and breast milk and teaching the youngsters the ropes the strength of the family is in numbers so
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Deborah Rhodes: A tool...
If you don't, you're not alone. Because the breast has become a very political organ. The truth has become lost in all the rhetoric coming from the press, politicians, radiologists
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On reading the Koran -...
rendered as dark-eyed maidens with swelling breasts or as a fair high present virgins yet all there is in the original arabic is that one word who is not a swelling breast or high
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How a Woman's Donated...
breast cancer melanoma the cervical screws and wires and a replaced hip that's what I told her I said interested but she was persistent we'll scroll
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The Excavation of...
There's this great scarab on its breast. There are gold hands. There are inlaid strips with magical formulae all over the whole thing.
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The way we think about...
It's on a spectrum. Besides your genitalia, you also have your chromosomes, your gonads, like ovaries or testicles. You have your internal sex organs, your hormone production, your hormone response and your secondary sex characteristics, like breast development, body hair, etc.
Video examples
How do steroids affect...
and permanent voice deepening in females. At the same time, excess testosterone-like steroids can cause feminization in males, because the body converts the excess into estrogen. This can lead to breast development and shrinking testicles. These effects are not uncommon—
Video examples
The science of milk -...
The droplets combine with each other and other molecules and are then expelled and stored in spaces between cells. Mammary glands eventually secrete the milk through the breasts, udders, or, in the rare case of the platypus, through ducts in the abdomen.
Video examples
How to fix a broken...
She went through many months of harsh chemotherapy and painful surgeries, and then just as she was ready to jump back into the dating world, she found a lump in her other breast and had to do it all over again. Kathy recovered, though,
Video examples
“She Does Not Know Her...
the girl does not know her beauty she chooses to believe that her eyes are dark and troubled no one told her evany was the color of the universe's wings she thinks her nose is too flat her breasts too small her legs too long in
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First Day Outside PIPE...
great system as all the mob will help protect and raise the pups sharing babysitting duties and breast milk and teaching the youngsters the ropes the strength of the family is in numbers so
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Deborah Rhodes: A tool...
If you don't, you're not alone. Because the breast has become a very political organ. The truth has become lost in all the rhetoric coming from the press, politicians, radiologists
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On reading the Koran -...
rendered as dark-eyed maidens with swelling breasts or as a fair high present virgins yet all there is in the original arabic is that one word who is not a swelling breast or high
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How a Woman's Donated...
breast cancer melanoma the cervical screws and wires and a replaced hip that's what I told her I said interested but she was persistent we'll scroll
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The Excavation of...
There's this great scarab on its breast. There are gold hands. There are inlaid strips with magical formulae all over the whole thing.
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Francis Collins
American Scientist
People who are in a position of finding out that they're at risk for some illness, whether it's breast cancer, or heart disease, are afraid to get that information - even though it might be useful to them - because of fears that they'll lose their health insurance or their job.
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Frances Bean Cobain
American Artist
I had a lot of strong women around my whole life who were survivors. My grandma survived breast cancer twice and the death of her child and the death of her brother, and, you know, just a lot of tragedy, and she's still the happiest person I've ever met.
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Georg Buchner
German Dramatist
The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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Kasper Schmeichel
Danish Footballer
One in 10 women will get breast cancer at some stage in their life and that's quite a scary thought.
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Melissa Etheridge
American Musician
Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore.
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Elizabeth Hurley
Actress
I am passionate about talking to women about their breast health.
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Brooke Burke
American Model
I don't want to discuss my breasts with the whole world!
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Sharon Stone
American Actress
I've had the same breasts for my entire adult life.
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DeAngelo Williams
American Athlete
I grew up knowing the importance of breast cancer.
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Francis Collins
American Scientist
People who are in a position of finding out that they're at risk for some illness, whether it's breast cancer, or heart disease, are afraid to get that information - even though it might be useful to them - because of fears that they'll lose their health insurance or their job.
Quote examples
Frances Bean Cobain
American Artist
I had a lot of strong women around my whole life who were survivors. My grandma survived breast cancer twice and the death of her child and the death of her brother, and, you know, just a lot of tragedy, and she's still the happiest person I've ever met.
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Georg Buchner
German Dramatist
The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
American Poet
Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we reach we are never satisfied.
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Kasper Schmeichel
Danish Footballer
One in 10 women will get breast cancer at some stage in their life and that's quite a scary thought.
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Melissa Etheridge
American Musician
Once I overcame breast cancer, I wasn't afraid of anything anymore.
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Elizabeth Hurley
Actress
I am passionate about talking to women about their breast health.
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Brooke Burke
American Model
I don't want to discuss my breasts with the whole world!
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Sharon Stone
American Actress
I've had the same breasts for my entire adult life.
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DeAngelo Williams
American Athlete
I grew up knowing the importance of breast cancer.
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