"breast up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: breasts up [present, singular, third-person], breasting up [participle, present], breasted up [participle, past], breasted up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} breast up (third-person singular simple present breasts up, present participle breasting up, simple past and past participle breasted up)
  1. (transitive) To cut the face of (a hedge) on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Horticulture

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