Definition of: breast

(brest) noun
1. Anat. The front of the chest from the neck to the abdomen.
2. One of the mammary glands; a teat.
3. That part of a garment that covers the breast.
4. The seat of the affections, etc.; the mind or heart.
5. Anything likened to the human or animal breast.
6. The front of a plow moldboard.
7. The working face of a mine, from which material is being, or may be, removed.
—to make a clean breast of To make a complete confession of.
—v.t.
1. To encounter or oppose with the breast.
2. To meet or oppose boldly; advance against: to breast one's problems. [OE brēost]