bosom

1. 1.

   hide in one's bosom

   “She bosomed his letters”

   Broaderhide
2. 2.

   hold (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness

   “Hug me, please”

   “They embraced”

   “He hugged her close to him”

   Synonymsembracehugsqueeze

   Broaderclasp

   Narrowerclinchcuddleinterlock

Other forms of bosom

plural

bosoms·

past tense

bosommed·

present participle

bosomming·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bosom

What does bosom mean?

bosom means "the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept". That is the primary sense; the word has 8 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bosom?

bosom has 2 syllables: bos-om. The stress falls on "bos". In IPA it is /ˈbʊzəm/.

What is another word for bosom?

Close synonyms include embrace, heart, breast, knocker, boob. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bosom a common word?

bosom is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.