Dictionary Entry
bosom
bosom is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as noun, adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
- 2noun
The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.
- 3noun
Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
- 4noun
Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth.
- 5noun
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.
- 6noun
Inclination; desire.
- 7noun
A depression round the eye of a millstone.
- 8adjective
Of or pertaining to the bosom.
- 9adjective
Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
- 10transitive verb
To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
- 11transitive verb
To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
- 12noun
a close affectionate and protective acceptance
"his willing embrace of new ideas"
"in the bosom of the family"
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- 13noun
cloth that covers the chest or breasts
- 14noun
a person's breast or chest
- 15noun
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
- 16noun
the locus of feelings and intuitions
"in your heart you know it is true"
"her story would melt your bosom"
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- 17noun
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
"his bosom was bursting with the secret"
- 18verb
squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
"Hug me, please"
"They embraced"
- 19verb
hide in one's bosom
"She bosomed his letters"
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