"brest" meaning in Middle English

See brest in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /brøːst/ [Early-Middle-English], /breːst/, /brɛst/ [Late-Middle-English] Forms: brestes [plural], bresten [plural]
Etymology: From Old English brēost, from Proto-West Germanic *breust, from Proto-Germanic *breustą. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|breast}}, {{inh|enm|ang|brēost}} Old English brēost, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*breust}} Proto-West Germanic *breust, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*breustą}} Proto-Germanic *breustą Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} brest, {{enm-noun|pl=brestes|pl2=bresten}} brest (plural brestes or bresten)
  1. chest, thorax
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-4NZq8Ioa
  2. The breast in several contexts:
    breast (protrusion on the front of the chest)
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-OuAcXM9w
  3. The breast in several contexts:
    female breast (for nursing)
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-mfcIs8oI
  4. The breast in several contexts:
    breast (cut of meat)
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-Jn94h6Rw
  5. The breast in several contexts:
    breast, heart (centre of emotional functioning)
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-Sy3O5MsY
  6. breastplate, chest plate
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-8xEOVpTA
  7. womb
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-~-qoNd04
  8. The front portion of a band or troop
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-xZLfM8IJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: breste, breost, breist, brost, brust, brist, breast, bryest
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /brɛst/ Forms: brestes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛst Etymology: From Old Norse brestr, from Proto-Germanic *brestuz; influenced by the cognate Old English byrst. Doublet of burst. Etymology templates: {{etymid|enm|damage}}, {{bor|enm|non|brestr}} Old Norse brestr, {{der|enm|gem-pro|*brestuz}} Proto-Germanic *brestuz, {{cog|ang|byrst}} Old English byrst, {{doublet|enm|burst}} Doublet of burst Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} brest, {{enm-noun|pl=brestes}} brest (plural brestes)
  1. A breaking or smashing.
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-JS0xJRyM
  2. A noise or clamour.
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-HRQotsw8
  3. Damage or injury. Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-Hcw7kWA3 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 13 2 7 2 4 1 18 4 2 1 28 17
  4. Neediness. Categories (topical): Cuts of meat
    Sense id: en-brest-enm-noun-2JyYiU-m Disambiguation of Cuts of meat: 2 6 6 21 6 2 6 4 6 5 6 31 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Pages with 6 entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 3 7 7 7 7 2 5 3 8 7 4 42 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 8 8 8 8 1 5 4 9 8 4 34 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 2 5 5 5 5 2 7 4 5 5 5 43 2 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: berst, barst
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brestes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "brest",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "pl": "brestes"
      },
      "expansion": "brest (plural brestes)",
      "name": "enm-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A breaking or smashing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breaking",
          "breaking#English"
        ],
        [
          "smashing",
          "smashing"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A noise or clamour."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "noise",
          "noise"
        ],
        [
          "clamour",
          "clamour"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Damage or injury."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Damage",
          "damage"
        ],
        [
          "injury",
          "injury"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Neediness."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Neediness",
          "neediness"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/brɛst/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛst"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "berst"
    },
    {
      "word": "barst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "brest"
}

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