| Noun | 1. | bosom - the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret" | |
| 2. | bosom - a person's breast or chestbreast - the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger" | |
| 3. | bosom - cloth that covers the chest or breastsgarment - an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk" | |
| 4. | bosom - a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" | |
| 5. | bosom - the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"hunch, suspicion, intuition - an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong" | |
| 6. | bosom - either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a womanring of color, areola - small circular area such as that around the human nipple or an inflamed area around a pimple or insect bite | |
| Verb | 1. | bosom - hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters"conceal, hide - prevent from being seen or discovered; "Muslim women hide their faces"; "hide the money" | |
| 2. | bosom - hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"clasp - hold firmly and tightly cuddle - hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth; "I cuddled the baby" interlock, lock - become engaged or intermeshed with one another; "They were locked in embrace" | |