Breast vs Brast - What's the difference?
breast | brast |
Either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.
The chest, or front of the human thorax.
* 1798 , (Samuel Taylor Coleridge), "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
A section of clothing covering the breast area.
The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one's heart or innermost thoughts.
* Shakespeare
The ventral portion of an animal's thorax.
A choice cut of poultry, especially chicken or turkey, taken from the bird’s breast; also a cut of meat from other animals, breast of mutton, veal, pork.
The front or forward part of anything.
* Milton
(mining) The face of a coal working.
(mining) The front of a furnace.
(obsolete) The power of singing; a musical voice.
* Shakespeare
To push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face.
* Wirt
(archaic) (burst)
An instance of, or the act of bursting .
A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
To break from internal pressure.
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 To cause to break from internal pressure.
(obsolete) To cause to break by any means.
* Shakespeare
* Fairfax
To separate formfeed at perforation lines.
To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
* 1856 : (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter X, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
* 1913 , (Mariano Azuela), The Underdogs, translated by E. MunguÍa, Jr.
To produce as an effect of bursting.
As verbs the difference between breast and brast
is that breast is to push against with the breast; to meet full on, to oppose, to face while brast is (archaic) (burst).As a noun breast
is either of the two organs on the front of a woman's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in men.breast
English
(wikipedia breast)Noun
(en noun)- Tanya's breasts grew alarmingly during pregnancy.
- The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast , For he heard the loud bassoon.
- She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.
- He has a loyal breast .
- The robin has a red breast .
- Would you like breast or wing?
- a chimney breast'''; a plough '''breast
- Mountains on whose barren breast / The labouring clouds do often rest.
- By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast .
Synonyms
* (female organs) See also * (chest) chest * (seat of emotions) heart, soul * (cut of poultry) white meat * (cut of meat) brisketAntonyms
* (cut of poultry) thigh, wing, dark meatDerived terms
* abreast * breastbone * breast cancer * breastfeed, breast feeding, breastfeeding * breastless * breast milk, breastmilk * breaststroke * breastwork * make a clean breast * redbreastVerb
(en verb)- He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
- The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.
Anagrams
*brast
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Verb
(head)Anagrams
* ----burst
English
(wikipedia burst)Noun
(en noun)- The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away.
Derived terms
* cloudburstVerb
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- You will not pay for the glasses you have burst ?
- He burst his lance against the sand below.
- He entered Maromme shouting for the people of the inn, burst open the door with a thrust of his shoulder, made for a sack of oats, emptied a bottle of sweet cider into the manger, and again mounted his nag, whose feet struck fire as it dashed along.
- Like hungry dogs who have sniffed their meat, the mob bursts in, trampling down the women who sought to bar the entrance with their bodies.
- to burst a hole through the wall