breast
noun
(in bipeds) the outer, front part of the thorax, or the front part of the body from the neck to the abdomen; chest.
have breasted
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present perfectof breast.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Yet he could have breasted all these things in some way, if the central tenet of his heart had not been ravaged.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Anyway, I do not believe there is another man living who could have breasted that hurricane-lashed sea for such a distance.
From Wings of the Wind by Credo Fitch Harris
She turned, giving two flurried looks to right and left, doubtless from a sense that the abhorred one might have breasted the same peril as herself—in his case far lighter, of course.
From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
No other man in all that host could have breasted those great waves without being dashed to pieces on the rocks.
From The Thirsty Sword by Robert Leighton
If Frederic had the least spirit of martyrdom, he would have breasted his sorrow manfully and alone.
From Gala-days by Gail Hamilton
