Dictionary Entry
To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
Origin
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Common Phrases
nuthatch breastedsuit breastedgrosbeak breasted. breastedmerganser breastedwomen breastedbreasted doublebreasted henry
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Poetry examples for “breasted”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →NAY, Lord, not thus! white lilies in the spring,
Sad olive-groves, or silver-breasted dove,
Teach me more clearly of Thy life and love
Read full poem →Gismond flew at him, used no sleight
O' the sword, but open-breasted drove,
Cleaving till out the truth he clove.
Read full poem →I stared through the Russian girl in her double-breasted grey suit,
Read full poem →The maple woods, the crisp February days, and the sugar-making;
The robin, where he hops, bright-eyed, brown-breasted,
With musical clear call at sunrise, and again at sunset,