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(anatomy, somewhat dated) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal).

The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings, etc.; one's secret feelings; desire.

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my poor dear duke […], in consequence of the excitement created in his august bosom by her frantic violence and grief, had a fit in which I very nigh lost him.

The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace.

The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.

A breast, one of a woman's breasts

Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior.

A depression round the eye of a millstone.

In a very close relationship.

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

To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.

To belly; to billow, swell or bulge.

To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge.