chest

plural chests · alternative obsolete chist

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

   The clothes are kept in a chest.

   1 more example

   But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].

   1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC

   Synonyms: trunk

2. obsoleteA coffin.
3. The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.

   You can take the money from the chest.

4. A chest of drawers.
5. anatomyThe 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

   2 more examples

   She had a sudden pain in her chest.

   An anteroposterior radiograph found opacities throughout her chest.

   Synonyms: breast

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

   Holonyms: thorax; torso, trunk

   2 more examples

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

   The wild gorilla was beating its chest.

7. euphemisticA female human's breasts.

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

8. A hit or blow made with one's chest.

   She scored with a chest into the goal.

present singular third person chests · participle present chesting · participle past chested · past chested · alternative obsolete chist

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

   Pedersen fed Kalinic in West Brom's defensive third and his chested lay-off was met on the burst by the Canadian who pelted by Tamas and smashed the ball into the top of Myhill's net.

   2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2 - 0 West Brom”, in BBC

2. transitiveTo deposit in a chest.
3. obsoletetransitiveTo place in a coffin.
4. AfricatransitiveTo handle, deal with.

   Children being loud and annoying in public is a small price to pay for living and participating in society. Everyone goes through this cycle and you too were once that child. We can’t just lock them indoors. Chest it, sorry.

   2025 August 2, @ulxma, X

plural chests

1. Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

1. University of Chester, used especially following post-nominal letters indicating status as a graduate.