breasting 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

WordNet


Breast"ing noun
Definitions
  1. (Mach.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel.

Webster 1913