n.

1. 1. The chest of a human: He held the sleepy child to his bosom.
   2. A woman's breast or breasts.
2. The part of a garment covering the chest or breasts.
3. The security and closeness likened to being held in a warm familial embrace: We welcomed the stranger into the bosom of our family.
4. The chest considered as the source of emotion.

adj.

Beloved; intimate: a bosom friend.

[Middle English, from Old English bōsm.]

noun

The seat of a person's innermost emotions and feelings: breast, heart, soul. Idioms: bottom of one's heart, cockles of one's heart, one's heart of hearts. See feelings.

verb

To put one's arms around affectionately: clasp, embrace, enfold, hold, hug, press, squeeze. Slang clinch. Archaic clip, embosom. See touch/not touch.

n

Definition: heart; core
Antonyms: exteriority, outside

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IN BRIEF: n. - A close affectionate and protective acceptance; Cloth that covers the chest or breasts; A person's breast or chest; The locus of feelings and intuitions.

All this visible world is but an imperceptible point in the ample bosom of nature. — Blaise Pascal, Source: Pensées (1670)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - bryst, barm
adj. - bryst-

idioms:

• bosom friend    hjerteveninde, hjerteven

Nederlands (Dutch)
boezem, borst, ribbenkast

Français (French)
n. - poitrine, seins, corsage, (fig) sein, milieu, fond, entrailles
adj. - intime, de la terre

idioms:

• bosom friend    ami intime

Deutsch (German)
n. - Busen, Schoß, Brust
adj. - am Busen, im Herzen getragen

idioms:

• bosom friend    Busenfreund

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κόρφος, στήθος, αγκαλιά, κόλπος

idioms:

• bosom friend    επιστήθιος φίλος

Italiano (Italian)
petto, seno

Português (Portuguese)
n. - seios (m pl), peitilho (m), peito (m) (fig.)

idioms:

• bosom friend    amigo (m) do peito

Русский (Russian)
грудь

idioms:

• bosom friend    близкий друг

Español (Spanish)
n. - tórax, pechera, pechos, senos
adj. - querido, íntimo, secreto

idioms:

• bosom friend    amigo íntimo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - barm, bröst, famn, sköte

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
胸部, 胸怀, 胸, 知心的, 亲密的

idioms:

• bosom friend    知己, 契友

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 胸部, 胸懷, 胸
adj. - 知心的, 親密的

idioms:

• bosom friend    知己, 契友

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 가슴, 깊은 곳, 한가운데
adj. - 친한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 胸, 胸の部分, ふところ, 奥, 内部, 表面, 胸中, シャツの胸

idioms:

• bosom friend    親友

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صدر, أحضان‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חיק, חזה, מרכז רגשות בגוף, אהבה, שד (מדוברת), חלק הלבוש המכסה את השד‬
adj. - ‮של אהבה או קירבה נפשית‬

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