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"BREASTS" is a plural of: breast. |
Date "BREASTS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Multilingual Slang | Arabic (biz), Bielorussian (cycka), English (knockers ), Norwegian (bryster, pupper), Spanish (pechos, teta ). (references) |
Slang | Knockers, jugs, tits, titties, boobs, rack. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: BREASTSSynonym: Mammary glands. (additional references) |
Crosswords: BREASTS |
| English words defined with "BREASTS": agalactia, agalactosis ♦ bandeau, bare-breasted, bosom, bra, braless, brassiere, breasted ♦ cleavage ♦ gynecomastia ♦ intertrigo ♦ Klinefelter syndrome, Klinefelter's syndrome ♦ Mammiferous, Mammillary ♦ Polymastism, pubescent ♦ suckle ♦ topless ♦ uplift ♦ XXY-syndrome. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "BREASTS": Agatha ♦ bilateral cancer, boobs, Breast Self-Examination, breast-and-pillar, Brown panel system ♦ Caora, CAT-HEADS, check battery, CHICKEN-BREASTED, counter coal, CRAW THUMPERS ♦ DIDDEYS, DUGS ♦ FABRICATOR, ARTIFICIAL BREAST ♦ jugs ♦ knockers ♦ Mannyninnies, Momus's Lattice, Monumental Figures ♦ preventive mastectomy, prophylactic mastectomy ♦ spruce goose, Symbols of Saints ♦ WOLF IN THE BREAST. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "BREASTS": Mammose. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I wanna see Jamie Lee's breasts. (Scream; writing credit: Kevin Williamson) Thanks, Mae. Milky white bre-- breasts! (A League of Their Own; writing credit: Kim Wilson; Kelly Candaele) And suddenly very aware and proud of my breasts. (Miss Congeniality; writing credit: Marc Lawrence; Katie Ford) Nice breasts. (My Big Fat Greek Wedding; writing credit: Nia Vardalos) Woman with large breasts woman with small breasts (Armageddon; writing credit: Robert Roy Pool; Jonathan Hensleigh) | |
Lyrics | Breasts said yes, give me more wet kisses, uhh (Get Me Home; performing artist: FOXY) Where real women come equipped with scripts and fake breasts (Cowboy; performing artist: KID ROCK) | |
Clever | Both breasts are equal and reactive to light and accommodation. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Best of Breasts 3 (1995) The Very Best of Breasts Volume 2 (1994) Very Best of Breasts (1994) Between My Breasts 14 (1991) Only the Best of Breasts (1988) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Shown are 2 mammograms of normal dense breasts. A dense breast makes a mammographic image difficult to read when and if cancerous lesions are present. These images are typical of breast of younger women. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Shown is a mammogram of a normal fatty breast, typical of older women. Diagnosis of abnormal lesions or cancer is more accurate in non-dense breasts. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |
 | White woman showing side view of face and nude body to just under breasts. Left arm raised indicating breast reconstruction post mastectomy. Nipple missing, and cicatrix (scar) is prominent. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |  | By the endorsement of Clarke has Mr. Bryan raised false hopes in their breasts. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Fifty-seven year old sharecropper woman. Hinds County, Mississippi. Black beads hung between the breasts are good for heart trouble. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Christopher Marlowe | Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds. |
Dionysius and Halicarnassus | A generous and noble spirit cannot be expected to dwell in the breasts of men who are struggling for their daily bread. |
Jonathan Swift | Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires. |
William Ellery Channing | The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts. |
William Shakespeare | That which in mean men we entitle patience is pale cold cowardice in noble breasts. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | The conqueror, it is true, usually, by the force he has over them, compels them, with a sword at their breasts, to stoop to his conditions, and submit to such a government as he pleases to afford them; but the enquiry is, what right he has to do so? If it be said, they submit by their own consent, then this allows their own consent to be necessary to give the conqueror a title to rule over them. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The full green hills are round and soft as breasts. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This is the age when body changes begin and breasts develop. (references) | |
Another type of tumor can cause breasts to make milk even though there is no pregnancy. (references) | ||
Purplish pink stretch marks may appear on the abdomen, thighs, buttocks, arms and breasts. (references) | ||
Trade | Nicaragua | Article No. 3 modifies the DAI, as of July 1, for: a) whole chicken, cut parts and breasts to 30 percent; b) chicken thighs and legs, to 170 percent; c) mineral water, soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, cigars and cigarettes to 15 percent. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "BREASTS" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 98.09% of the time. "BREASTS" is used about 1,047 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 98.09% | 1,027 | 7,227 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 1.43% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.48% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,047 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "BREASTS". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Dedan | N/A | Biblical | Their breasts |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expression using "BREASTS": wobbly breasts. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "BREASTS": breasts-in-question. | |
Ending with "BREASTS": chimney-breasts, gourd-breasts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "BREASTS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | Borsten. (various references) | |
German | Brüste. (various references) | |
Greek | στήθη. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | おしどり夫婦 (a careless person, a couple of lovebirds, frightening, happily married couple, huge, oden, pacifier, penis, shocked speechless, suck, teething ring, uncle). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おっぱい (suck). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eastsbray.(various references) | |
Romanian | bust (bust, half-length portrait, torso). (various references) | |
Swedish | bröst (bosom, breast, bust, chest, white meat). (various references) | |
Turkish | memeler (boobs, knockers, nipples). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 29 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Oti idou ercontai hmerai en aiV erousin makariai ai steirai kai koiliai ai ouk egennhsan kai mastoi oi ouk eqhlasan |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quoniam ecce venient dies in quibus dicent beatae steriles et ventres qui non genuerunt et ubera quae non lactaverunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Forþam þa dagas cumað on þam hig cweþað. eadige synt þa untymyndan and innoþas þe ne cendun and þa breost þe ne sictun. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For lo! daies schulen come, in whiche it schal be seid, Blessid be bareyn wymmen, and wombis that han not borun children, and the tetis that han not youun souke. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | For beholde the dayes will come when men shall saye: happy are the baren and the wombes that never bare and the pappes which never gave sucke. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For behold, the days are coming, in which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never nourished infants. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For the days are coming in which they will say, Happy are those who have had no children, whose bodies have never given birth, whose breasts have never given milk. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 23, Verse 29 |
| Cebuano | Kay tan-awa, ang mga adlaw nagasingabut na nga sila manag-ingon unya, `Bulahan hinoon ang mga apuli, ug ang mga taguangkan nga wala makasamkon, ug ang mga suso nga wala kasus-i!` |
| Croatian | Jer evo idu dani kad æe se govoriti: 'Blago nerotkinjama, utrobama koje ne rodiše i sisama koje ne dojiše.' |
| Danish | Thi se, der kommer Dage, da man skal sige: Salige ere de ufrugtbare og de Liv, som ikke fødte, og de Bryster, som ikke gave Die. |
| Dutch | Want ziet, er komen dagen, in welke men zeggen zal: Zalig zijn de onvruchtbaren, en de buiken, die niet gebaard hebben, en de borsten, die niet gezoogd hebben. |
| Finnish | Sillä katso, päivät tulevat, jolloin sanotaan: `Autuaita ovat hedelmättömät ja ne kohdut, jotka eivät ole synnyttäneet, ja rinnat, jotka eivät ole imettäneet`. |
| German | Denn siehe, es wird die Zeit kommen, in welcher man sagen wird: Selig sind die Unfruchtbaren und die Leiber, die nicht geboren haben, und die Brüste, die nicht gesäugt haben! |
| Haitian Creole | Gen jou k'ap vin dèyè; lè sa a y'a di: benediksyon pou fanm ki pa kapab fè pitit, pou fanm ki pa t' janm fè pitit, pou fanm ki pa janm bay pitit tete. |
| Hungarian | Mert ímé jõnek napok, melyeken ezt mondják: Boldogok a meddõk, és a mely méhek nem szültek, és az emlõk, melyek nem szoptattak! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Sebab akan datang waktunya orang akan berkata, 'Alangkah beruntungnya wanita-wanita yang tidak pernah mengandung, yang tidak pernah mempunyai anak dan tidak pernah menyusui bayi!' |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena tengoklah: Ada harinya kelak, yang orang akan berkata: Berbahagialah perempuan mandul dan rahim yang tiada mengandung, dan tetek yang tiada menyusukan anak. |
| Italian | Ecco, verranno giorni nei quali si dir : Beate le sterili e i grembi che non hanno generato e le mammelle che non hanno allattato. |
| Latvian | Jo nâks dienas, kad sacîs: Svçtîgas neauglîgâs un tâ miesas, kas nav dzemdçjuðas, un krûtis, kas nav barojuðas. |
| Maori | Tera hoki e puta nga ra e mea ai ratou, Koa tonu nga pakoko, me nga kopu kahore i whanau, me nga u kahore i ngotea. |
| Norwegian | For se, de dager skal komme da de skal si: Salige er de ufruktbare og det liv som ikke fødte, og det bryst som ikke gav die. |
| Portuguese | Porque dias hão de vir em que se dirá: Bem-aventuradas as estéreis, e os ventres que não geraram, e os peitos que não amamentaram! |
| Rumanian | Cqci iatq vor veni zile, cknd se va zice: ,Ferice de cele sterpe, ferice de pkntecele cari n`au nqscut, wi de ykyele cari n`au alqptat!` |
| Russian | Й'П ТЙИП"СФ "ОЙ, Ч ЛПФПТЩЕ УЛБЦХФ: 'МБЦЕООЩ ОЕ МП"ОЩЕ, Й ХФТП'Щ ОЕТП"ЙЧЫЙЕ, Й УПУ"Щ ОЕ ЙФБЧЫЙЕ! |
| Shuar | Warí, ti iturchat tsawant jeawartatui. Tuma asamtai "Uchirtichu ainia nu, ajaprukchana nu tura amuntsachu ainia nu, Chíkich aentsjai nankaamas pénker pujuiniawai" tiartatui. |
| Spanish | Porque he aquí vendrán días en que dirán: "Bienaventuradas las estériles, los vientres que no concibieron y los pechos que no criaron." |
| Swahili | Maana, hakika siku zitakuja ambapo watasema: `Heri yao wale walio tasa, ambao hawakupata kuzaa wala kunyonyesha watoto!` |
| Swedish | Ty se, den tid skall komma, då man skall säga: 'Saliga äro de ofruktsamma, de moderliv som icke hava fött barn, och de bröst som icke hava givit di.' |
| Uma | Apa' rata mpai' tempo-na tauna mpo'uli': `Marasi' lau-ramo tobine to lalo, to uma hangkania mo'ana', pai' to uma hangkania mpentii' ana'!' |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "BREASTS": breaststroke, breaststroker, breaststrokers, breaststrokes. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "BREASTS": redbreasts. (additional references) | |
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"BREASTS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: berast, berossus, brasato, breasty, breats, breost, brests, broast, brularts. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "BREASTS" (pronounced bre"sts) |
| 5 | -r e" s t s | crests, rests. |
| 4 | -e" s t s | arrests, attests, bequests, chests, digests, divests, guests, infests, invests, jests, molests, nests, pests, quests, Reinvests, requests, retests, suggests, testes, tests, vests. |
| 3 | -s t s | abolitionists, abortionists, activists, adjusts, agonists, agronomists, analysts, anarchists, anesthesiologists, animists, antagonists, anthropologists, apologists, aquarists, archaeologists, archivists, armrests, arsonists, artists, assists, atheists, ballasts, balloonists, baptists, bassists, beasts, behaviorists, bicyclists, biologists, blasts, boasts, boosts, botanists, breakfasts, broadcasts, bursts, busts, capitalists, cardiologists, careerists, cartoonists, castes, casts, catalysts, centralists, centrists, chartists, chemists, chloroplasts, clarinetists, coasts, cohosts, colonialists, colonists, columnists, communists, conformists, conquests, conservationists, consists, consumerists, contests, contexts, contrasts, costs, criminologists, crusts, cultists, cyclists, cysts, dentists, dermatologists, disgusts, distrusts, druggists, dusts, ecologists, economists, editorialists, elitists, endocrinologists, enlists, enthusiasts, entomologists, environmentalists, epidemiologists, ethicists, evangelists, exhausts, exhibitionists, exists, extremists, fascists, fasts, fatalists, feasts, federalists, feminists, fetishists, finalists, firsts, fists, flavorists, florists, forecasts, forests, frosts, fundamentalists, futurists, generalists, geneticists, geologists, ghosts, guideposts, guitarists, gusts, gymnasts, gynecologists, harpists, harvests, headrests, herbalists, hobbyists, hoists, hosts, humanists, humorists, hygienists, idealists, ideologists, illusionists, imperialists, impressionists, individualists, industrialists, insists, institutionalists, instrumentalists, interests, internationalists, internists, interventionists, isolationists, joists, journalists, jurists, kremlinologists, lambastes, lampposts, lasts, leftists, linguists, lists, lobbyists, locusts, loyalists, lyricists, machinists, manifests, masts, medalists, meteorologists, militarists, mists, modernists, monarchists, monetarists, moralists, motorcyclists, motorists, nationalists, naturalists, neurologists, newscasts, nihilists, nonconformists, novelists, numismatists, nutritionists, obstructionists, oncologists, ophthalmologists, opportunists, optimists, optometrists, orthodontists, orthopedists, outbursts, outcasts, outposts, pacifists, paleontologists, panelists, pastes, pasts, pathologists, persists, pessimists, pharmacists, philanthropists, physicists, pianists, poltergeists, populists, posts, pragmatists, preexists, preservationists, priests, propagandists, protagonists, protectionists, protests, provosts, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, publicists, purists, racists, radiologists, rainforests, rapists, realists, receptionists, recidivists, reformists, reservationists, reservists, resists, revisionists, revolutionists, rightists, ripostes, roasts, rusts, satirists, schists, scientists, secessionists, secularists, segregationists, seismologists, semifinalists, separatists, signposts, socialists, sociologists, soloists, specialists, spiritualists, statists, sternposts, strategists, stylists, suffragists, supremacists, survivalists, symbolists, tastes, technologists, telecasts, televangelists, terrorists, texts, theorists, therapists, thrusts, toasts, toothpastes, tourists, toxicologists, traditionalists, trusts, twists, typists, ultranationalists, unionists, urologists, violinists, virologists, waists, wastes, wrists, yeasts. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: basters. | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-r-s-s-t" | |
-1 letter: assert, asters, barest, basest, basset, baster, bastes, beasts, breast, sabers, sabres, stares, tabers. | |
-2 letters: abets, arses, asset, aster, bares, baser, bases, baste, basts, bates, bears, beast, beats, bests, betas, braes, brass, brats, easts, rases, rates, rests, saber, sabes, sabre, sates, sears, seats, stabs, stare, stars, taber, tabes, tares, tasse, tears, trass, tress. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-r-s-s-t" | |
+1 letter: abstruse, blasters, boasters, brashest, dabsters, sorbates, stabbers, stablers. | |
+2 letters: absenters, absterges, abstruser, absurdest, arbalests, arbelests, arbutuses, backrests, balusters, banisters, barghests, barguests, bedstraws, brashiest, brassiest, cabestros, cabrestas, cabrestos, ratsbanes, saboteurs, storables, substrate, sybarites, tarbushes. | |
+3 letters: abruptness, absorbents, abstainers, abstrusely, abstrusest, adsorbates, adsorbents, alabasters, ascorbates, astrolabes, bannisters, barristers, basketries, bastardies, bastardise, bespatters, bestiaries, brattiness, breakfasts, breathless, brutalises, bushmaster, bystanders, grubstakes, herbalists, observants, rebaptisms, redbreasts, sawtimbers, streambeds, subalterns, submarkets, subrogates, substrates, sunbathers, tarbooshes, verbalists. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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