Breasted

//ˈbɹɛstɪd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of breast form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a breast, or breasts. not-comparable

    "He tried to imagine them sleekened and breasted, not just the daughters of peasants such as he had known when he was young and a peasant himself but succubi of the sort he had once resisted in the night, and he felt nothing."

  2. 2
    Having a specified kind of breast or covering. in-compounds, not-comparable

    "The original wild varieties of Game fowl are three: the Black-breasted Red, with fawn-breasted partridge hens; the Brown-breasted Reds, with dark legs and dark-brown hens, and the Red-breasted Ginger Reds, with yellow legs, and the hens of a light partridge color."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds wordnet

Example

More examples

"He breasted it out against difficulties."

Etymology

From breast + -ed.

Related phrases

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