Bosom
1. The breast of a human being and the parts adjacent.
2. The folds or covering of clothes about the breast.
Put thy hand in thy bosom [[Exodus 4#6|Exodus 4:6]].
3. Embrace, as with the arms; inclosure; compass; often implying friendship or affection; as, to live in the bosom of a church.
4. The breast, as inclosing the heart; or the interior of the breast, considered as the seat of the passions.
Anger resteth in the bosom of fools. [[Ecclesiastes 7#9|Ecclesiastes 7:9]].
Their soul was poured into their mother's bosom [[Lamentations 2#12|Lamentations 2:12]].
5. The breast, or its interior, considered as a close place, the receptacle of secrets.
If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom [[Job 31#33|Job 31:33]].
6. Any inclosed place; the interior; as the bosom of the earth or of the deep.
7. The tender affections; kindness; favor; as the son of his bosom; the wife of thy bosom
He shall carry the lambs in his bosom [[Isaiah 40#11|Isaiah 40:11]].
8. The arms, or embrace of the arms. [[Psalms 129#7|Psalms 129:7]].
9. Inclination; desire. [Not used.]
Bosom, in composition, implies intimacy, affection and confidence; as a bosom-friend, an intimate or confidential friend; bosom-lover, bosom-interest, bosom-secret, etc. In such phrases, bosom may be considered as an attribute equivalent to intimate, confidential, dear.
BO'SOM, verb transitive To inclose in the bosom; to keep with care.
1. To conceal; to hide from view.
To happy convents bosom'd deep in vines.