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The breast of a human being and the parts adjacent.

The folds or covering of clothes about the breast. Put thy hand in thy bosom. Exodus 4:6, 7,

Embrace, as with the arms; inclosure; compass; often implying friendship or affection; as, to live in the bosom of a church.

The breast, as inclosing the heart; or the interior of the breast, considered as the seat of the passions. Anger resteth in the bosom of fools. Ecclesiastes 7:9. Their soul was poured into their mother’s bosom. Lamentations 2:12.

The breast, or its interior, considered as a close place, the receptacle of secrets. If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom. Job 31:33.

Any inclosed place; the interior; as the bosom of the earth or of the deep.

The tender affections; kindness; favor; as the son of his bosom; the wife of thy bosom. He shall carry the lambs in his bosom. Isaiah 40:11.

The arms, or embrace of the arms. Psalm 129:7.

Inclination; desire. Bosom, in composition, implies intimacy, affection and confidence; as a bosom-friend, an intimate or confidential friend; bosom-lover, bosom-interest, bosom-secretIn such phrases, bosom may be considered as an attribute equivalent to intimate, confidential.

To inclose in the bosom; to keep with care. Bosom up my counsel.

To conceal; to hide from view. BOSOWM. To happy convents bosom’d deep in vines.