bosom
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept
his bosom was bursting with the secret
Types & categories
- concealment hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
hide in one's bosom
She bosomed his letters
Types & categories
- hide hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a person's breast or chest
Types & categories
- breast hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness
Hug me, please
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
cloth that covers the chest or breasts
Types & categories
- cloth covering hypernym
Parts & wholes
- garment part holonym
Sense 6 noun
a close affectionate and protective acceptance
his willing embrace of new ideas
Types & categories
- adoption hypernym
Related & opposite
- sweep up derivation
Sense 7 noun
the locus of feelings and intuitions
in your heart you know it is true
Types & categories
- hunch hypernym
Sense 8 noun
either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
Types & categories
- mammary gland hypernym
Parts & wholes
- adult female body part holonym
- lactiferous duct part meronym
- ring of color part meronym
Related & opposite
- buxom derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | bosom |
| 1 | domain usage | Related & opposite | archaism |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | concealment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bosom |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | bosom |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hide |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hug |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | bosom |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | buxom |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | breast |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | embrace |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hug |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | caressing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | bosom |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | hugger |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | clasp |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | clinch |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | cuddle |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | interlock |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | garment |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cloth covering |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | sweep up |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | adoption |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | hunch |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | buxom |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | adult female body |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | lactiferous duct |
| 8 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | ring of color |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | mammary gland |