Definizione monolingua

bosom

bosom (plural bosoms)

1. (somewhat dated) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal). [from 11th c.]
   • 1611, Bible, Authorized Version, Exodus IV:

     And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow.

2. The seat of ones inner thoughts, feelings etc.; ones secret feelings; desire. [from 13th c.]
   • 1844, William Makepeace Thakeray, The Luck of Barry Lyndon:

     my poor dear duke [...], in consequence of the excitement created in his august bosom by her frantic violence and grief, had a fit in which I very nigh lost him.

3. The protected interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace. [from 15th c.]
   • 1846, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son:

     … Mr Toodle … was refreshing himself with tea in the bosom of his family.

   • 1861, George Eliot, Silas Marner:

     there might be seen in districts far away among the lanes, or deep in the bosom of the hills, certain pallid undersized men, who, by the side of the brawny country-folk, looked like the remnants of a disinherited race.

4. The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.
   • 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:

     She was always in a fearful hurry, and the lower the bosom was cut the more it was to be gathered she was wanted elsewhere.

5. (in the plural) A womans breasts. [from 20th c.]
   • 2003, Martin Kelner, The Guardian, 7 Apr 2003:

     The prevailing look at Aintree was of a well-upholstered woman wearing an outfit about three sizes too small for her; trouser suits so tight you could not only tell if the lady had a coin in her pocket but see if it was heads or tails, and skimpy tops proclaiming proudly that bosoms are back - and this time its personal.

bosom (not comparable)

1. In a very close relationship.

   bosom buddies

   • Lieut. Creecy of the navy, who has been detailed to the aerial experiments at the fort, and who was a bosom companion of young Selfridge, was brokenhearted. -- Describing the death of Thomas Etholen Selfridge, first airplane fatality in history, in ""Fatal fall of Wright airship"", New York Times September 18th 1908

Definizione dizionario bosom

petto

	abbracciare
	Stringere qualcuno tra le proprie braccia.
	To squeeze someone in one's arms.

	seno
	chest, breast

abbraccio

busto

cordiale

garone

gherone

gola

gorga

gorgia

sino

torace

Altri significati:

The seat of one's inner thoughts, feelings etc.; one's secret feelings; desire. [from 13th c.]

The two breasts of a woman, considered collectively.

The part of a dress etc. covering the chest; a neckline.

In a very close relationship.

(in the plural) A woman's breasts. [from 20th c.]

(somewhat dated) The breast or chest of a human (or sometimes of another animal). [from 11th c.]

The interior or inner part of something; the area enclosed as by an embrace. [from 15th c.]