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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bosom \Bos"om\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the bosom. 2. Intimate; confidential; familiar; trusted; cherished; beloved; as a bosom friend. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bosom \Bos"om\ (b[oo^]z"[u^]m), n. [AS. b?sm; akin to D. bozem, Fries. b?sm, OHG. puosum G. busen, and prob. E. bough.] 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. --Shak. 2. 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 --Shak. If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom. --Job xxxi. 33. 3. Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold. Within the bosom of that church. --Hooker. 4. 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.'' --Addison. 5. 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. --Ex. iv 6. 6. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] --Shak. 7. A depression round the eye of a millstone. --Knight. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bosom \Bos"om\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bosomed} (-[u^]md); p. pr & vb n. {Bosoming}.] 1. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care to take to heart; to cherish. Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome. --Shak. 2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. To happy convents bosomed deep in vines. --Pope. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bosom adj : very close in friendship or affection; "a bosom buddy"; "an intimate friendship" [syn: {bosom(a)}, {intimate}] n 1: (archaic) 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}] 5: the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom" [syn: {heart}] 6: either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman [syn: {breast}, {knocker}, {boob}, {tit}, {titty}] v 1: hide in one's bosom: "She bosomed his letters" 2: hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me please"; "They embraced" [syn: {embrace}, {hug}, {squeeze}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bosom In the East objects are carried in the bosom which Europeans carry in the pocket. To have in one's bosom indicates kindness, secrecy, or intimacy (Gen. 16:5; 2 Sam. 12:8). Christ is said to have been in "the bosom of the Father," i.e., he had the most perfect knowledge of the Father, had the closest intimacy with him (John 1:18). John (13:23) was "leaning on Jesus' bosom" at the last supper. Our Lord carries his lambs in his bosom, i.e., has a tender, watchful care over them (Isa. 40:11).
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