Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of bosom
Beyond were the pines, and a rugged road, flint-edged, full of dips and rises, turns and twists, hovering on edges, or bosoming itself in deep rock-strewn cuts.
1901, Stewart Edward White, The Claim Jumpers1 more example
Those whom you feared most are now bosoming themselves in the queen's grace; and though her highness signified displeasure in outward sort, yet did she like the marrow of your book.
1818, Lucy Aikin, Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth
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