noun
- The chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept.
- usage: "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.
- usage: "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"
- synonyms: embrace
- The locus of feelings and intuitions.
- usage: "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
- synonyms: heart
- Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman.
verb
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