breasted Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb meet at breast level
    breast.
    • The runner breasted the tape
  2. verb reach the summit (of a mountain)
    summit; breast.
    • They breasted the mountain
    • Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit
  3. verb confront bodily
    front; breast.
    • breast the storm
  4. adjective having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used chiefly in compounds
    • small-breasted
    • red-breasted sandpiper

WordNet

Breast"ed adjective
Definitions
  1. Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat.
    The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave officer open-breasted, on these occasions. Spectator.

Webster 1913