Bosom
The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them.
The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts.
Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.
Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth.
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.
Inclination; desire.
A depression round the eye of a millstone.
Of or pertaining to the bosom.
Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as, a bosom friend.
To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.
To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.
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Bosom Quotations
Anger dwells only in the bosom of fools.
Albert Einstein
Go to you bosom: Knock there, and ask your heart what it doth know.
William Shakespeare
Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom.
Giacomo Casanova
Success took me to her bosom like a maternal boa constrictor.
Noel Coward
The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart.
Henry Ward Beecher
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
Joseph Addison
America took me into her bosom when there was no longer a country worthy of the name, but in my heart I am German - German in my soul.
Marlene Dietrich
When I was younger it was - you know, my dad dressed up in drag on 'Bosom Buddies.' And that was what I was having to deal with at the time. And then around the time that I was into college was when he became statue-worthy I guess you could say.
Colin Hanks
I had Courtney Love's left bosom out of her dress on my plate in front of me. It was extraordinary. I didn't know where to look.
Hugh Grant
No civilized society can long exist, with an active power in its bosom that is stronger than the law.
James F. Cooper
On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom.
Adelbert von Chamisso
The mere process of growing old together will make the slightest acquaintance seem a bosom friend.
Edward Koch
A rose is the visible result of an infinitude of complicated goings on in the bosom of the earth and in the air above, and similarly a work of art is the product of strange activities in the human mind.
Clive Bell
The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.
Edwin Hubbel Chapin
All that tread, the globe are but a handful to the tribes, that slumber in its bosom.
William C. Bryant
Not in sorrow freely is never to open the bosom to the sweets of the sunshine.
William Gilmore Simms
I couldn't believe they were saying I put a horrible fake plastic bosom over scars I was trying to heal and keep it in place with a tight bra, which could stop my blood flow, just so I could fit into my clothes.
Koo Stark
The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.
Logan Pearsall Smith
This Englishwoman is so refined, She has no bosom and no behind.
Stevie Smith
In the bosom of her respectable family resided Camilla.
Fanny Burney
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Bosom Translations
bosom in Afrikaans is bors
bosom in Danish is bryst, barm
bosom in Dutch is boezem, borst
bosom in Finnish is rinta
bosom in French is sein, poitrine
bosom in German is Busen
bosom in Hungarian is kebel, mell
bosom in Norwegian is barm, bryst
bosom in Portuguese is seio, peito
bosom in Spanish is pecho
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