chest
//t͡ʃɛst//
Forms
- Plural
- chests
- present (v1)
- chest
- past (v2)
- chested
- past participle (v3)
- chested
- present participle
- chesting
- 3rd person singular
- chests
Definitions
1.A box, now usually a large strong box with a secure convex lid.
- The clothes are kept in a chest.
2.The place in which public money is kept; a treasury.
- You can take the money from the chest.
3.The portion of the human body from the base of the neck to the top of the abdomen; the homologous area in some other animals.
- She had a sudden pain in her chest.
- An anteroposterior radiograph found opacities throughout her chest.
4.A chest of drawers.
1.To handle, deal with.
2.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.
3.To deposit in a chest.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1989
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Common
Etymology
From Middle English cheste, chiste
From Old English ċest, ċist (“chest, casket; coffin; rush basket; box”)
From Proto-West Germanic *kistu (“chest, box”)
From Latin cista (“chest, box”)
From Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē, “chest, box, basket, hamper”).