| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. Present participle conjugation of the verb bosom.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (bosom) | 1. Hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters".[Wordnet]. 2. Hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced".[Wordnet]. 3. To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish.[Websters]. 4. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: bosoming, bosomed, bosoms, bosomer, bosomers, bosomingly and bosomedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "BOSOMING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Specialty Definition: bosom
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Bible | Bosom In the East objects are carried in the bosom which Europeans carry in the pocket. To have in one's bosom indicates kindness, secrecy, or intimacy (Gen. 16:5; 2 Sam. 12:8). Christ is said to have been in "the bosom of the Father," i.e., he had the most perfect knowledge of the Father, had the closest intimacy with him (John 1:18). John (13:23) was "leaning on Jesus' bosom" at the last supper. Our Lord carries his lambs in his bosom, i.e., has a tender, watchful care over them (Isa. 40:11). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | ||
| Dream Interpretation | 1: For a young woman to dream that her bosom is wounded, foretells that some affliction is threatening her. 2: To see it soiled or shrunken, she will have a great disappointment in love and many rivals will vex her. If it is white and full she is soon to be possessed of fortune. If her lover is slyly observing it through her sheer corsage, she is about to come under the soft persuasive influence of a too ardent wooer. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... | ||
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Common Expressions: bosom
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Abraham's bosom | The place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Bosom Buddies | Bosom Buddies was an American sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari. It ran from 1980 to 1982. Its premise was the two main male characters having to secretly dress in drag to live in a women-only hotel with cheap rent. They worked at the advertising firm of Livingston, Gentry & Mishkin, but later in the series left to start their own advertising firm called Sixty Seconds Street. (references) | ||
| Bosom of Abraham | The place where the just enjoy the peace of heaven after death. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. | ||
| Bosom of Abraham | In the Holy Bible, the expression "the Bosom of Abraham" is found only in two verses of St. Luke's Gospel (xvi, 22, 23). It occurs in the parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus the imagery of which is plainly drawn from the popular representations of the unseen world of the dead which were current in Our Lord's time. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: bosom
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Abraham's bosom | Bible | Abraham's bosom (Luke 16:22,23) refers to the custom of reclining on couches at table, which was prevalent among the Jews, an arrangement which brought the head of one person almost into the bosom of the one who sat or reclined above him. To "be in Abraham's bosom" thus meant to enjoy happiness and rest (Matt. 8:11; Luke 16:23) at the banquet in Paradise. (See BANQUET; MEALS.). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. | |
| Abraham's bosom | Literature | 1: The repose of the happy in death (Luke xvi.22). The figure is taken from the ancient custom of allowing a dear friend to recline at dinner on your bosom. Thus the beloved John reclined on the bosom of Jesus. 2: There is no leaping from Delilah's lap into Abraham's bosom - i.e., those who live and die in notorious sin must not expect to go to heaven at death. - Boston: Crook in the Lot. 3: Thou hast kept well the bird in thy bosom. Thou hast remained faithful to thy allegiance or faith. The expression was used by Sir Ralph Percy (slain in the battle of Hedgly Moor in 1464) to express his having preserved unstained his fidelity to the House of Lancaster. 4: (A ). A very dear friend. Nathan says, "It lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter." (2 Sam. xii. 3.) Bosom friend, amie du cœur. St. John is represented in the New Testament as the "bosom friend" of Jesus. 5: "The preaching from `bosom sermons,' or from writing, being considered a lifeless practice before the Reformation."- Blunt: Reformation in England, p. 179. 6: Written sermons, not extemporary ones or from notes. Does it not mean committed to memory or learnt by heart?. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: bosom | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Bosom of Abraham | 17 | Abraham's bosom | 4 | |
| Bosom Buddies | 14 | Bosom Buddies | 14 | |
| Abraham's bosom | 4 | Bosom of Abraham | 17 | |
| Lamb in His Bosom | 3 | Lamb in His Bosom | 3 | |
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