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Meaning of bosom

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bosom
      n 1: the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are
           kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret"
      2: a person's breast or chest
      3: cloth that covers the chest or breasts
      4: a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing
         embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family" [syn:
         {embrace}, {bosom}]
      5: the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know
         it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" [syn: {heart},
         {bosom}]
      6: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on
         the chest of a woman [syn: {breast}, {bosom}, {knocker},
         {boob}, {tit}, {titty}]
      v 1: hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters"
      2: squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with
         fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"; "He hugged her
         close to him" [syn: {embrace}, {hug}, {bosom}, {squeeze}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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