n. [ AS. bōsm; akin to D. bozem, Fries. bōsm, OHG. puosum, G. busen, and prob. E. bough. ]
You must prepare your bosom for his knife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tut, I am in their bosoms, and I know
Wherefore they do it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom. Job xxxi. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]
Within the bosom of that church. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
He put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. Ex. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
v. t.
Bosom up my counsel,
You'll find it wholesome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To happy convents bosomed deep in vines. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
a.
v. t. [ Written also imbosom. ]
Glad to embosom his affection. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
His house embosomed in the grove. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some tender flower . . . .
Embosomed in the greenest glade. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having a pronounced womanly shape, with well-developed breasts. [ informal ]
v. t.
The Father infinite,
By whom in bliss imbosomed sat the Son. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. One who unbosoms, or discloses. [ R. ] “An unbosomer of secrets.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]