Definition of Bosom

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Definition of Bosom

Bosom

The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.

The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.

Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.

Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth.

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.

Inclination; desire.

A depression round the eye of a millstone.

Of or pertaining to the bosom.

Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.

To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.

To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.

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Bosom Quotations

Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Albert Einstein

Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
William Shakespeare

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
Henry Ward Beecher

America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German - German in my soul.
Marlene Dietrich

Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
Noel Coward

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.
Joseph Addison

Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.
Giacomo Casanova

I had Courtney Love's left bosom out of her dress on my plate in front of me. It was extraordinary. I didn't know where to look.
Hugh Grant

On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom.
Adelbert von Chamisso

A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind.
Clive Bell

Bosom Translations

bosom in Afrikaans is bors
bosom in Danish is bryst, barm
bosom in Dutch is boezem, borst
bosom in Finnish is rinta
bosom in French is sein, poitrine
bosom in German is Busen
bosom in Hungarian is kebel, mell
bosom in Norwegian is barm, bryst
bosom in Portuguese is seio, peito
bosom in Spanish is pecho

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