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Bosom   /bˈʊzəm/   Listen
noun
Bosom  n.  
1.
The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. "You must prepare your bosom for his knife."
2.
Specifically: The breasts of a woman; as, an ample bosom.
3.
The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts. "Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know Wherefore they do it." "If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom."
4.
Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. "Within the bosom of that church."
5.
Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. "The bosom of the ocean."
6.
The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom. "He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow."
7.
Inclination; desire. (Obs.)
8.
A depression round the eye of a millstone.



verb
bosom  v. t.  (past & past part. bosomed; pres. part. bosoming)  
1.
To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. "Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome."
2.
To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. "To happy convents bosomed deep in vines."



adjective
bosom  adj.  
1.
Of or pertaining to the bosom.
2.
Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.






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"Bosom" Quotes from Famous Books



... my fate then; and regardless of my resistance one motherly body after another seized me, kissing my cheeks roundly, straining me to her bosom, and calling me her "brave lad!" or her ...
— Patience Wins - War in the Works • George Manville Fenn

... copiousness of eloquence, but with the sensibility of a man of virtue; and with the gravity and comprehension of a philosopher.[5] It is of this law that Hooker speaks in so sublime a strain:—"Of law, no less can be said, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, the greatest as not exempted from her power; both angels and men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all ...
— A Discourse on the Study of the Law of Nature and Nations • James Mackintosh

... indeed was mild compared with that which raged in his own bosom, Captain Nugent, fresh from the inquiry of the collision of his ship Conqueror with the German barque Hans Muller, strode rapidly up the High Street in the direction of home. An honest seafaring smell, compounded of tar, rope, and fish, known to the educated of Sunwich as ozone, ...
— At Sunwich Port, Complete • W.W. Jacobs

... zeal And from the sanctity of elder times Not deviating;—a priest, the like of whom If multiplied, and in their stations set, Would o'er the bosom of a joyful land Spread true religion, and her genuine fruits." ...
— All Saints' Day and Other Sermons • Charles Kingsley

... keep back the impetuous Motions of the Affections; but out of the abundance of the Heart, the Mouth speaketh. Thus, when we desire something in our selves, and yet are afraid to express it, the Heart labours like a Woman with Child, and becomes Anxious; but if we can pour it forth into the Bosom of a Friend, there presently ariseth great Tranquility, and we say, that we have emptied our Hearts: Yea, so full is the Voice of the Life, which immediately flows from the Heart, that to talk long, extreamly wearieth us; but especially the Sick, who oftentimes can scarce utter three or four words, ...
— The Talking Deaf Man - A Method Proposed, Whereby He Who is Born Deaf, May Learn to Speak, 1692 • John Conrade Amman


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