Breast, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Breasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breasting.] To meet, with the breast; to struggle with or oppose manfully; as, to breast the storm or waves.
    The court breasted the popular current by sustaining the demurrer.   --Wirt.
 To breast up a hedge, to cut the face of it on one side so as to lay bare the principal upright stems of the plants.

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 Breast·ed, a. Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat.
    The close minister is buttoned up, and the brave officer open-breasted, on these occasions.   --Spectator.

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 breasted
      adj : having a breast or breasts; or breasts as specified; used
            chiefly in compounds; "small-breasted"; "red-breasted
            sandpiper" [ant: breastless]