Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter B - Page 79
Breast (n.) 乳房；胸部；胸膛；胸脯；心情，思想 The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse.
Breast (n.) Either one of the protuberant glands, situated on the front of the chest or thorax in the female of man and of some other mammalia, in which milk is secreted for the nourishment of the young; a mamma; a teat.
My brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother. -- Cant. viii. 1.
Breast (n.) Anything resembling the human breast, or bosom; the front or forward part of anything; as, a chimney breast; a plow breast; the breast of a hill.
Mountains on whose barren breast The laboring clouds do often rest. -- Milton.
Breast (n.) (Mining) The face of a coal working.
Breast (n.) (Mining) The front of a furnace.
Breast (n.) The seat of consciousness; the repository of thought and self-consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart.
He has a loyal breast. -- Shak.
Breast (n.) The power of singing; a musical voice; -- so called, probably, from the connection of the voice with the lungs, which lie within the breast. [Obs.]
By my troth, the fool has an excellent breast. -- Shak.
Breast drill, A portable drilling machine, provided with a breastplate, for forcing the drill against the work.
Breast pang. See Angina pectoris, under Angina.
To make a clean breast, To disclose the secrets which weigh upon one; to make full confession.
Breasted (imp. & p. p.) of Breast.
Breasting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breast.
Breast (v. t.) 挺胸面對（或承當）；抵抗，與……搏鬥；用胸推（或擋） To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer. -- Wirt.
To breast up a hedge, To cut the face of it on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.
Brest, Breast (n.) (Arch.) A torus. [Obs.]
Breast (n.) The front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger" [syn: breast, chest].
Breast (n.) Either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman [syn: breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty].
Breast (n.) Meat carved from the breast of a fowl [syn: breast, white meat].
Breast (n.) The part of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's.
Breast (v.) Meet at breast level; "The runner breasted the tape".
Breast (v.) Reach the summit (of a mountain); "They breasted the mountain"; "Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit" [syn: summit, breast].
Breast (v.) Confront bodily; "breast the storm" [syn: front, breast].
Breastband (n.) A band for the breast. Specifically:
Breastband (n.) (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding.
Breastbeam (n.) (Mach.) The front transverse beam of a locomotive.
Breastbone (n.) The bone of the breast; the sternum.
Breastbone (n.) The flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs [syn: sternum, breastbone].
Breast-deep (a.) Deep as from the breast to the feet; as high as the breast.
Set him breast-deep in earth, and famish him. -- Shak.
Breasted (a.) Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat.
The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave officer open-breasted, on these occasions. -- Spectator.
Breasted (a.) Having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds; "small-breasted"; "red-breasted sandpiper" [ant: breastless].
Breastfast (n.) (Naut.) A large rope to fasten the midship part of a ship to a wharf, or to another vessel.
Breastheight (n.) The interior slope of a fortification, against which the garrison lean in firing.
Breast-high (a.) High as the breast.
Breast-high (adv.) Up to the breast; "we were standing breast-high in the water" [syn: breast-deep, breast-high].
Breasthook (n.) (Naut.) A thick piece of timber in the form of a knee, placed across the stem of a ship to strengthen the fore part and unite the bows on each side. -- Totten.
Breasting (n.) (Mach.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel.
Breastknot (n.) A knot of ribbons worn on the breast. -- Addison.
Breastpin (n.) [C] 領帶夾針；胸針 A pin worn on the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.
Breastpin (n.) A decorative pin worn by women [syn: brooch, broach, breastpin].
Breastplate (n.) （盔甲等的）護胸甲；馬鞍的胸革帶；（古代猶太高級教士戴的）彩色胸兜（上鑲十二粒寶石，代表以色列十二個種族） A plate of metal covering the breast as defensive armor.
Before his old rusty breastplate could be scoured, and his cracked headpiece mended. -- Swift.
Breastplate (n.) A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool.
Breastplate (n.) A strap that runs across a horse's breast. -- Ash.
Breastplate (n.) (Jewish Antiq.) A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See Ephod. Breastplow
Breastplate (n.) Armor plate that protects the chest; the front part of a cuirass [syn: breastplate, aegis, egis].
Breastplate, () That piece of ancient armour that protected the breast. This word is used figuratively in Eph. 6:14 and Isa. 59:17. (See ARMOUR.)
Breastplate, () An ornament covering the breast of the high priest, first mentioned in Ex. 25:7. It was made of embroidered cloth, set with four rows of precious stones, three in each row. On each stone was engraved the name of one of the twelve tribes (Ex. 28:15-29; 39:8-21). It was in size about ten inches square. The two upper corners were fastened to the ephod by blue ribbons. It was not to be "loosed from the ephod" (Ex. 28:28). The lower corners were fastened to the girdle of the priest. As it reminded the priest of his representative character, it was called the memorial (28:29). It was also called the breastplate of judgment (28:15). (See PRIEST.)
Breastplow (n.) Alt. of Breastplough.
Breastplough (n.) A kind of plow, driven by the breast of the workman; -- used to cut or pare turf.
Breastrail (n.) 欄杆 The upper rail of any parapet of ordinary height, as of a balcony; the railing of a quarter-deck, etc.
Breastrope (n.) See Breastband.
Breastsummer (n.) (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows. [Written also brestsummer and bressummer.]
Breastwheel (n.) A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on the float boards partly by impulse, partly by its weight.
Breastwork (n.) (Fort.) A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.
Breastwork (n.) (Naut.) A railing on the quarter-deck and forecastle.
Breastwork (n.) Fortification consisting of a low wall [syn: parapet, breastwork].
Breath (n.) The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc.
Melted as breath into the wind. -- Shak.
Breath (n.) The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath.
Breath (n.) The power of respiration, and hence, life. -- Hood.
Thou takest away their breath, they die. -- Ps. civ. 29.
Breath (n.) Time to breathe; respite; pause.
Give me some breath, some little pause. -- Shak.
Breath (n.) A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant.
He smiles and he frowns in a breath. -- Dryden.
Breath (n.) Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life.
The earthquake voice of victory, To thee the breath of life. -- Byron.
Breath (n.) A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle.
A breath can make them, as a breath has made. -- Goldsmith.
Breath (n.) A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion.
Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea, when not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface. -- Addison.
Breath (n.) Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume. -- Tennison.
The breath of flowers. -- Bacon.
Breath (n.) Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration.
An after dinner's breath. -- Shak.
Out of breath, Breathless, exhausted; breathing with difficulty.
Under one's breath, In low tones.
Breath (n.) The process of taking in and expelling air during breathing; "he took a deep breath and dived into the pool"; "he was fighting to his last breath".
Breath (n.) The air that is inhaled and exhaled in respiration; "his sour breath offended her".
Breath (n.) A short respite [syn: breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time].
Breath (n.) An indirect suggestion; "not a breath of scandal ever touched her" [syn: hint, intimation, breath].
Breath (n.) A slight movement of the air; "there wasn't a breath of air in the room".
Breath, () med. juris. The air expelled from the chest at each expiration.
Breath, () Breathing, though a usual sign of life, is not conclusive that a child was wholly born alive, as breathing may take place before the whole delivery of the mother is complete. 5 Carr. & Payn, 329; S. C. 24 E. C. L. R. 344. Vide Birth; Life; Infanticide.
Breathable (a.) Such as can be breathed.
Breathableness (n.) State of being breathable.
Breathed (imp. & p. p.) of Breathe.
Breathing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breathe.
Breathe (v. i.) To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." -- Shak.
Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! -- Sir W. Scott [The Lay of the Last Minstrel].
Breathe (v. i.) To take breath; to rest from action.
Well! breathe awhile, and then to it again! -- Shak.
Breathe (v. i.) To pass like breath; noiselessly or gently; to exhale; to emanate; to blow gently.
The air breathes upon us here most sweetly. -- Shak.
There breathes a living fragrance from the shore. -- Byron.
Breathe (v. t.) To inhale and exhale in the process of respiration; to respire.
To view the light of heaven, and breathe the vital air. -- Dryden.
Breathe (v. t.) To inject by breathing; to infuse; -- with into.
Able to breathe life into a stone. -- Shak.
And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. -- Gen. ii. 7.
Breathe (v. t.) To emit or utter by the breath; to utter softly; to whisper; as, to breathe a vow.
He softly breathed thy name. -- Dryden.
Or let the church, our mother, breathe her curse, A mother's curse, on her revolting son. -- Shak.
Breathe (v. t.) To exhale; to emit, as breath; as, the flowers breathe odors or perfumes.
Breathe (v. t.) To express; to manifest; to give forth.
Others articles breathe the same severe spirit. -- Milner.
Breathe (v. t.) To act upon by the breath; to cause to sound by breathing. "They breathe the flute." -- Prior.
Breathe (v. t.) To promote free respiration in; to exercise.
And every man should beat thee. I think thou wast created for men to breathe themselves upon thee. -- Shak.
Breathe (v. t.) To suffer to take breath, or recover the natural breathing; to rest; as, to breathe a horse.
A moment breathed his panting steed. -- Sir W. Scott.
Breathe (v. t.) To put out of breath; to exhaust.
Mr. Tulkinghorn arrives in his turret room, a little breathed by the journey up. -- Dickens.
Breathe (v. t.) (Phonetics) To utter without vocality, as the nonvocal consonants.
The same sound may be pronounces either breathed, voiced, or whispered. -- H. Sweet.
Breathed elements, being already voiceless, remain unchanged
Note: [in whispering]. -- H. Sweet.
To breathe again, To take breath; to feel a sense of relief, as from danger, responsibility, or press of business.
To breathe one's last, To die; to expire.
To breathe a vein, To open a vein; to let blood. -- Dryden.
Breathe (v.) Draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring" [syn: breathe, take a breath, respire, suspire].
Breathe (v.) Be alive; "Every creature that breathes".
Breathe (v.) Impart as if by breathing; "He breathed new life into the old house".
Breathe (v.) Allow the passage of air through; "Our new synthetic fabric breathes and is perfect for summer wear".
Breathe (v.) Utter or tell; "not breathe a word".
Breathe (v.) Manifest or evince; "She breathes the Christian spirit".
Breathe (v.) Take a short break from one's activities in order to relax [syn: rest, breathe, catch one's breath, take a breather].
Breathe (v.) Reach full flavor by absorbing air and being let to stand after having been uncorked; "This rare Bordeaux must be allowed to breathe for at least 2 hours".
Breathe (v.) Expel (gases or odors) [syn: emit, breathe, pass off].
Breather (n.) One who breathes. Hence:
Breather (n.) (a) One who lives.
Breather (n.) (b) One who utters.
Breather (n.) (c) One who animates or inspires.
Breather (n.) That which puts one out of breath, as violent exercise. [Colloq.]
Breather (n.) A pause to catch one's breath, or for some other form of rest or refreshment; -- often used in the phrase.
To take a breather, i.e. To pause for refreshment. [Colloq.]
Breather (n.) A vent in a container to allow equalization of internal and external pressure.
Breather (n.) An air intake pipe to provide air to machinery or people submerged or otherwise sealed off from the outside.
Breather (n.) A short respite [syn: breath, breather, breathing place, breathing space, breathing spell, breathing time].
Breather (n.) Air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time [syn: snorkel, schnorkel, schnorchel, snorkel breather, breather].
Breathful (a.) Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. [Obs.]
Breathing (n.) Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air.
Subject to a difficulty of breathing. -- Melmoth.
Breathing (n.) Air in gentle motion.
Breathing (n.) Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit.
Breathing (n.) Aspiration; secret prayer. "Earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state." -- Tillotson.
Breathing (n.) Exercising; promotion of respiration.
Here is a lady that wants breathing too; And I have heard, you knights of Tyre Are excellent in making ladies trip. -- Shak.
Breathing (n.) Utterance; communication or publicity by words.
I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. -- Shak.
Breathing (n.) Breathing place; vent. -- Dryden.
Breathing (n.) Stop; pause; delay.
You shake the head at so long a breathing. -- Shak.
Breathing (n.) Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h.
Breathing (n.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below.
Breathing place. (a) A pause. "That c[ae]sura, or breathing place, in the midst of the verse." -- Sir P. Sidney.
Breathing place. (b) A vent.
Breathing time, Pause; relaxation. -- Bp. Hall.
Breathing while, Time sufficient for drawing breath; a short time. -- Shak.
Rough breathing ({spiritus asper"> Rough breathing ({spiritus asper) ([spasp]). See 2d Asper, n.
Smooth breathing ({spiritus lenis"> Smooth breathing ({spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai).
Breathing (a.) Passing or able to pass air in and out of the lungs normally; sometimes used in combination; "the boy was disappointed to find only skeletons instead of living breathing dinosaurs"; "the heavy-breathing person on the telephone" [syn: breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic] [ant: breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic].
Breathing (n.) The bodily process of inhalation and exhalation; the process of taking in oxygen from inhaled air and releasing carbon dioxide by exhalation [syn: breathing, external respiration, respiration, ventilation].
Breathless (a.) Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
Breathless (a.) Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention.
But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. -- Byron.
Breathless (a.) Dead; as, a breathless body.
Breathless (a.) Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest" [syn: breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal] [ant: breathing, eupneic, eupnoeic].
Breathless (a.) Tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" [syn: breathless, breathtaking].
Breathless (a.) Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead" [syn: breathless, inanimate, pulseless].
Breathlessly (adv.) In a breathless manner.
Breathlessly (adv.) In a breathless manner; "she spoke breathlessly".
Breathlessness (n.) The state of being breathless or out of breath.
Breathlessness (n.) A dyspneic condition [syn: shortness of breath, SOB, breathlessness].
Breathtaking (a.) Tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure" [syn: breathless, breathtaking].
Breathtaking (a.) (B2) 極其刺激的；美得驚人的；驚人的 Extremely exciting, beautiful, or surprising.
// The view from the top of the mountain is breathtaking.
// His performance is described in the paper as "a breathtaking display of physical agility".
Breccia (n.) (Geol.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.
Bone breccia, A breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary.
Coin breccia, A breccia containing coins.
Breccia (n.) A rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand.
Brecciated (a.) Consisting of angular fragments cemented together; resembling breccia in appearance.
The brecciated appearance of many specimens [of meteorites]. -- H. A. Newton.
Bred () imp. & p. p. of Breed.
Bred out, Degenerated. "The strain of man's bred out into baboon and monkey". -- Shak.
Bred to arms. See under Arms.
Well bred. (a) Of a good family; having a good pedigree. "A gentleman well bred and of good name".-- Shak. [Obs., except as applied to domestic animals.]
Well bred. (b) Well brought up, as shown in having good manners; cultivated; refined; polite. Brede
Brede (n.) Alt. of Breede.
Breede (n.) Breadth.
Brede (n.) A braid.
Breech (n.) The lower part of the body behind; the buttocks.
Breech (n.) Breeches. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Breech (n.) The hinder part of anything; esp., the part of a cannon, or other firearm, behind the chamber.
Breech (n.) (Naut.) The external angle of knee timber, the inside of which is called the throat.
Breeched (imp. & p. p.) of Breech.
Breeching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Breech.
Breech (v. t.) To put into, or clothe with, breeches.
A great man . . . anxious to know whether the blacksmith's youngest boy was breeched. -- Macaulay.
Breech (v. t.) To cover as with breeches. [Poetic]
Their daggers unmannerly breeched with gore. -- Shak.
Breech (v. t.) To fit or furnish with a breech; as, to breech a gun.
Breech (v. t.) To whip on the breech. [Obs.]
Had not a courteous serving man conveyed me away, whilst he went to fetch whips, I think, in my conscience, he would have breeched me. -- Old Play.
Breech (v. t.) To fasten with breeching.
Breech (n.) Opening in the rear of the barrel of a gun where bullets can be loaded [syn: breech, rear of barrel, rear of tube].
Breechblock (n.) The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired.
Breechblock (n.) A metal block in breech-loading firearms that is withdrawn to insert a cartridge and replaced to close the breech before firing [syn: breechblock, breech closer].
Breechcloth (n.) A cloth worn around the breech.
Breechcloth (n.) A garment that provides covering for the loins [syn: breechcloth, breechclout, loincloth].
Breeches (n. pl.) A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. -- Coleridge.
Breeches (n. pl.) Trousers; pantaloons. [Colloq.]
Breeches buoy, In the life-saving service, a pair of canvas breeches depending from an annular or beltlike life buoy which is usually of cork. This contrivance, inclosing the person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines.
Breeches pipe, A forked pipe forming two branches united at one end.
Knee breeches, Breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes.
To wear the breeches, To usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [Colloq.]
Breeches (n.) Trousers ending above the knee [syn: breeches, knee breeches, knee pants, knickerbockers, knickers].
Breeches, () (Ex. 28:42), Rather linen drawers, reaching from the waist to a little above the knee, worn by the priests (Ezek. 44:17, 18).