bosom
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,534 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 11,951 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.006% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept his bosom was bursting with the secret
- a person's breast or chest
- cloth that covers the chest or breasts
- a close affectionate and protective acceptance also: embrace his willing embrace of new ideasin the bosom of the family
- the locus of feelings and intuitions also: heart in your heart you know it is trueher story would melt your bosom
- either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman also: breast, knocker, boob, tit, titty
verb
- hide in one's bosom She bosomed his letters
- hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness also: embrace, hug, squeeze Hug me, pleaseThey embraced
bosom in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Some of them plunged into the bosom of a lily.
Piccolissima · Adélaïde de Montgolfier · Chapter 1
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Wake! sounds of Joy: rouse, generous Isle; Let every patriot bosom glow.
Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs · Robert Bloomfield · Chapter 1
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Let me into your bosom, happy lady, Pour out, instead of eloquence, my vows.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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I gathered that the old feudal spirit still glowed to some extent in Mr Abney's bosom.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1
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There is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet!
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1