| Noun | 1. | breast - the front part of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger"body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity chest, pectus, thorax - the part of the human body between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates bosom - a person's breast or chest | |
| 2. | breast - 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 | |
| 3. | breast - meat carved from the breast of a fowlhelping, serving, portion - an individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each" turkey - flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted | |
| Verb | 1. | breast - meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape"converge, meet - be adjacent or come together; "The lines converge at this point" | |
| 2. | breast - reach the summit; "They breasted the mountain"arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts" | |
| 3. | breast - confront bodily; "breast the storm"confront, face - oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other" | |