1.The breast of a human being; the part, between the arms, to which anything is pressed when embraced by them. "You must prepare your bosom for his knife."
2.Specifically: The breasts of a woman; as, an ample bosom.
3.The breast, considered as the seat of the passions, affections, and operations of the mind; consciousness; secret thoughts. "Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know Wherefore they do it." "If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom."
4.Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. "Within the bosom of that church."
5.Any thing or place resembling the breast; a supporting surface; an inner recess; the interior; as, the bosom of the earth. "The bosom of the ocean."
6.The part of the dress worn upon the breast; an article, or a portion of an article, of dress to be worn upon the breast; as, the bosom of a shirt; a linen bosom. "He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow."
7.Inclination; desire. (Obs.)
8.A depression round the eye of a millstone.
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