bosom

Noun

• either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman

• the locus of feelings and intuitions
  • in your heart you know it is true
    
  • her story would melt your bosom
    

• a close affectionate and protective acceptance
  • his willing embrace of new ideas
    
  • in the bosom of the family
    

• cloth that covers the chest or breasts

• a person's breast or chest

• the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
  • his bosom was bursting with the secret
    

Verb

• squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
  • Hug me, please
    
  • They embraced
    
  • He hugged her close to him
    

• hide in one's bosom
  • She bosomed his letters
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  breast , knocker , boob , tit , titty , heart , embrace , hug , squeeze