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bosom
A	noun
	1	embrace, bosom
			a close affectionate and protective acceptance; "his willing embrace of new ideas"; "in the bosom of the family"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚aid; assist; assistance; help ╚support ╚blessing; approval; approving ╚adoption; acceptance; acceptation; espousal ╚embrace, bosom
	2	bosom
			cloth that covers the chest or breasts
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚covering ╚cloth covering ╚bosom
	3	bosom
			a person's breast or chest
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚breast ╚bosom
	4	breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty
			either of two soft fleshy milk-secreting glandular organs on the chest of a woman
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚organ ╚gland; secretory organ; secretor; secreter ╚exocrine gland; duct gland ╚mammary gland; mamma ╚breast, bosom, knocker, boob, tit, titty
	5	heart, bosom
			the locus of feelings and intuitions; "in your heart you know it is true"; "her story would melt your bosom"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚impression; feeling; belief; notion; opinion ╚intuition; hunch; suspicion ╚heart, bosom
	6	bosom
			the chest considered as the place where secret thoughts are kept; "his bosom was bursting with the secret"
		Category Tree: state ╚integrity; unity; wholeness ╚separation ╚isolation ╚privacy; privateness; secrecy; concealment ╚bosom
B	verb
	1	embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze
			hug, usually with fondness; "Hug me, please"; "They embraced"
		Category Tree: hold; take hold ╚grasp; hold on ╚clasp ╚embrace, hug, bosom, squeeze ╚interlock; lock ╚cuddle ╚clinch
	2	bosom
			hide in one's bosom; "She bosomed his letters"
		Category Tree: hide; conceal ╚bosom

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