breasting
breasting is the present participle and gerund of breast.
Meaning of breast
Verb
breast (third-person singular simple present breasts, present participle breasting, simple past and past participle breasted)
- To push against with the breast; to meet full on, oppose, face.
- […]when the court, very much to the credit of their candour and firmness, breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.1817, William Wirt, Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry, page 22
- To reach the top of (a hill or other prominence).
- He breasted the hill and saw the town before him.
- To debreast.
- Breast the birds; wash and dry well. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place the birds in a roasting pan.2005, Texas Judicial Cookbook: Hello There!
Noun
breasting (plural breastings)
- The curved channel in which a breastwheel turns.
Forms of breasting
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Phrases with breasting
Questions about breasting
- What does breasting mean?
- Breasting means the curved channel in which a breastwheel turns.
- What is breasting the present participle and gerund of?
- Breasting is the present participle and gerund of breast.
- What part of speech is breasting?
- Breasting is a noun.
- What is the plural of breasting?
- The plural of breasting is breastings.
Words near breasting in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: breasting (page history and authors); breast (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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