- 1breast something to reach the top of a hill, etc. As they breasted the ridge, they saw the valley and lake before them.
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- 2breast something to push through something, touching it with your chest He strode into the ocean, breasting the waves.
breast
verbNAmE//brɛst//
(formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they breast he / she / it breasts
past simple breasted
-ing form breasting
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