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breast down

breast down verb: to use a process of sequential drilling and blasting in building tunnels for mining, subways, etc.

Verb

breast down (third-person singular simple present breasts down, present participle breasting down, simple past and past participle breasted down)

  1. (dated, transitive) To use a process of sequential drilling and blasting in building tunnels for mining, subways, etc.

Forms of breast down

third-person singular presentbreasts down
present participlebreasting down
past participlebreasted down
pastbreasted down

Questions about breast down

What does breast down mean?
Breast down means to use a process of sequential drilling and blasting in building tunnels for mining, subways, etc.
What part of speech is breast down?
Breast down is a verb.
What is the past tense of breast down?
The past tense of breast down is breasted down.

Words near breast down in the dictionary

  1. breast bones
  2. breast boobily
  3. breast cancer
  4. breast cancers
  5. breast cleavage
  6. breast down
  7. breast drill
  8. breast drills
  9. breast envy
  10. breast fed
  11. breast feed

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