Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to breast
Participle: breasted
Gerund: breasting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | breast |
| you | breast |
| he;she;it | breasts |
| we | breast |
| you | breast |
| they | breast |
Perfect
| I | have breasted |
| you | have breasted |
| he;she;it | has breasted |
| we | have breasted |
| you | have breasted |
| they | have breasted |
Past
| I | breasted |
| you | breasted |
| he;she;it | breasted |
| we | breasted |
| you | breasted |
| they | breasted |
Pluperfect
| I | had breasted |
| you | had breasted |
| he;she;it | had breasted |
| we | had breasted |
| you | had breasted |
| they | had breasted |
Future
| I | will breast |
| you | will breast |
| he;she;it | will breast |
| we | will breast |
| you | will breast |
| they | will breast |
Future Perfect
| I | will have breasted |
| you | will have breasted |
| he;she;it | will have breasted |
| we | will have breasted |
| you | will have breasted |
| they | will have breasted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | breast |
| you | breast |
| he;she;it | breast |
| we | breast |
| you | breast |
| they | breast |
Perfect
| I | have breasted |
| you | have breasted |
| he;she;it | have breasted |
| we | have breasted |
| you | have breasted |
| they | have breasted |
Imperfect
| I | breasted |
| you | breasted |
| he;she;it | breasted |
| we | breasted |
| you | breasted |
| they | breasted |
Pluperfect
| I | had breasted |
| you | had breasted |
| he;she;it | had breasted |
| we | had breasted |
| you | had breasted |
| they | had breasted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would breast |
| you | would breast |
| he;she;it | would breast |
| we | would breast |
| you | would breast |
| they | would breast |
Perfect
| I | would have breasted |
| you | would have breasted |
| he;she;it | would have breasted |
| we | would have breasted |
| you | would have breasted |
| they | would have breasted |
Imperative
| you | breast |
| we | Let's breast |
| you | breast |
Verbs conjugated like 'breast'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'breast'
beast,
brast,
reast,
abreact,
beat,
bebeast,
becast,
best,
blast,
bleat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. breost, from P.Gmc. *breustam (cf. O.S. briost, O.N. brjost, Ger. brust, Goth. brusts), perhaps from PIE base *bhreus-/*bhrus- "to swell, sprout" (cf. M.Ir. bruasach "having a broad, strong chest," O.Ir. bruinne "breast"). The spelling conforms to the Scot. and northern Eng. dial. pronunciation. Figurative sense of "seat of the emotions" was in O.E. Breastwork "fieldwork thrown up breast-high for defense" is from 1642.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Germanic *breustą
4. Proto-West Germanic *breust
5. Old English brēost
6. Middle English brest
7. English breast
8. From Middle English brest, from Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”). Compare West Frisian boarst, Danish bryst, Swedish bröst; cf. also Dutch borst, German Brust.
Sample Sentences
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[...] in the ferry-boat: passing, on the way, a spot called Bloody Island, the duelling-ground of St. Louis, and so designated in honour of the last fatal combat fought there, which was with pistols, breast to breast. Both combatants fell dead upon the ground; and possibly some rational people may think of them, as of the gloomy madmen on the Monks ’ Mound, that they were no great loss to the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)