breast up (English, verb)
expansion: breast up (third-person singular simple present breasts up, present participle breasting up, simple past and past participle breasted up)
Senses:
glosses: To cut the face of (a hedge) on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.
tags: transitive
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To sail two boats side by side so that neither is in front of the other.
glosses: To confront an obstacle directly, by pushing straight into it.
glosses: To confront (someone or something) boldly, or to stand proudly or defiantly.
tags: broadly
glosses: To move in close, to situate oneself right up against something; to belly up.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To reinforce or stabilize; to shore up.
tags: dated
Forms:
form: breasts up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: breasting up
tags: participle
present
form: breasted up
tags: participle
past
form: breasted up
tags: past