chest

noun · verbA2

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noun
Plural noun:
chestschist
  1. 1.

    A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.

    The clothes are kept in a chest.

  2. 2.

    (obsolete)A coffin.

  3. 3.

    The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

    You can take the money from the chest.

  4. 4.

    A chest of drawers.

  5. 5.

    (anatomy) The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.

    Holonyms: torso, trunk < body

    She had a sudden pain in her chest.

    An anteroposterior radiograph found opacities throughout her chest.

  6. 6.

    The front (anterior) surface of this portion of the torso.

    Holonyms: thorax; torso, trunk

    He has a tattoo on his chest, and another on his upper back.

    The wild gorilla was beating its chest.

  7. 7.

    (euphemistic)A female human's breasts.

    He avoided being seen gazing at her chest, although he dearly longed to stare.

  8. 8.

    A hit or blow made with one's chest.

    She scored with a chest into the goal.

  9. 9.

    Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

Động từ

verb
V_es/s
chests
V_ing/Gerund
chesting
V_ed/pp
chestedchist
  1. 1.

    To hit with one's chest (front of one's body)

  2. 2.

    (transitive)To deposit in a chest.

  3. 3.

    (obsolete, transitive)To place in a coffin.

  4. 4.

    (Africa, transitive)To handle, deal with.

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Đồng nghĩa

trunkbreastthe thorax breast

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English cheste, chiste, from Old English ċest, ċist (chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box), from *kistu (chest, box), from Latin cista (chest, box), from Ancient Greek κίστη (chest, box, basket, hamper).

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