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  • 31breast — breast1 [brest] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(woman s body)¦ 2¦(chest)¦ 3¦(bird)¦ 4¦(meat)¦ 5¦(clothes)¦ 6 make a clean breast of it/things 7¦(emotions)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: breost] 1.) …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32breast — n. 1) to beat one s breast 2) to put a (newborn) infant to breast 3) (of an infant) to take the breast 4) a pigeon breast ( a deformity of the chest ) 5) (cul.) chicken breasts 6) (misc.) to make a clean breast of smt. ( to confess smt. ) * * *… …

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  • 33breast — 1 noun 1 PART OF A WOMAN S BODY (C) one of the two round raised parts of a woman s body that produce milk when she has a baby: a woman with a baby at the breast | breast cancer 2 CHEST (C) the part of your body between your neck and your stomach …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34breast — breastless, adj. /brest/, n. 1. Anat., Zool. (in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest. 2. Zool. the corresponding part in quadrupeds. 3. either of the pair of mammae… …

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  • 35clean — 1 /kli:n/ adjective 1 WITHOUT DIRT without any dirt or marks: Are your hands clean? | a clean towel | sweep/scrub etc sth clean: Wipe that sink clean when you re done. | clean and tidy/neat: Try to keep your room clean and tidy. | spotlessly… …

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  • 36clean — adjective 1》 free from dirt, marks, or pollutants.     ↘attentive to personal hygiene. 2》 morally pure.     ↘not offensive or obscene: good clean fun.     ↘showing or having no record of offences or crimes.     ↘done according to the rules. 3》… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 37clean — I UK [kliːn] / US [klɪn] adjective Word forms clean : adjective clean comparative cleaner superlative cleanest *** 1) not dirty Go and put on a clean shirt. nice clean towels clean and tidy: I like to keep the place clean and tidy. spotlessly… …

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  • 38breast — /brɛst / (say brest) noun 1. Anatomy, Zoology the outer front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from neck to belly; the chest. 2. Zoology the corresponding part in lower animals. 3. a standard cut of meat from this area. 4.… …

  • 39breast — n. & v. n. 1 a either of two milk secreting organs on the upper front of a woman s body. b the corresponding usu. rudimentary part of a man s body. 2 a the upper front part of a human body; the chest. b the corresponding part of an animal. 3 the… …

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  • 40breast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bosom, bust, mama; spirit. See convexity, feeling, body. v. face, brave. See opposition. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The forepart of the body above the abdomen] Syn. chest, thorax, heart, bosom; see chest… …

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