bosom : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bosom	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for bosom
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bosom n the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret" a person's breast or chest cloth that covers the chest or breasts a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" Synonym(s): embrace, bosom the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" Synonym(s): heart, bosom either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman Synonym(s): breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty v hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters" squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her close to him" Synonym(s): embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bosom \Bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bosomed} (-[ucr]md); p. pr. & vb. n. {Bosoming}.] 1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome. --Shak. 2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. To happy convents bosomed deep in vines. --Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bosom \Bos"om\ (b[oocr]z"[ucr]m), n. [AS. b[?]sm; akin to D. bozem, Fries. b[?]sm, OHG. puosum, G. busen, and prob. E. bough.] 1. The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. You must prepare your bosom for his knife. --Shak. 2. The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts. Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know Wherefore they do it. --Shak. If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom. --Job xxxi. 33. 3. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. Within the bosom of that church. --Hooker. 4. Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. [bd]The bosom of the ocean.[b8] --Addison. 5. 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. He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. --Ex. iv. 6. 6. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] --Shak. 7. A depression round the eye of a millstone. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bosom \Bos"om\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the bosom. 2. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Bosom In the East objects are carried in the bosom which Europeans carry in the pocket. To have in one's bosom indicates kindness, secrecy, or intimacy (Gen. 16:5; 2 Sam. 12:8). Christ is said to have been in "the bosom of the Father," i.e., he had the most perfect knowledge of the Father, had the closest intimacy with him (John 1:18). John (13:23) was "leaning on Jesus' bosom" at the last supper. Our Lord carries his lambs in his bosom, i.e., has a tender, watchful care over them (Isa. 40:11).