1. chest, breast [noun] [de borst, de borsten]

- "Borst vooruit!"
("Chest out! (Shoulders back!)")

- "Die bodybuilder heeft een erg brede borst.")
("That body-builder has a very broad chest.")

- "De vader hield zijn zoontje dicht tegen zijn borst gedrukt."
("The father clasped his (little) son close to his breast.")

Related words:
- "Borstkas": chest, thorax.
- "Borsthaar": chest hair. See also 126. Kruimeldief.

Expressions:
- "Zichzelf op de borst kloppen": to congratulate oneself, to boast (lit. to pat oneself on the chest).

- "Uit volle borst zingen": to sing lustily / on the top of one’s chest (lit. to sing out of full chest).

- "Maak je borst maar nat": you better get ready / roll your sleeves up! (lit. you got to wet your chest.)

- "Dat stuit mij tegen de borst": "that is repugnant to me / that
goes against the grain with me." (lit. that bounces against my chest.)

2. (female) breast [noun] [de borst, de borsten]

The plural ‘borsten’ also translates to ‘bosom’.

Examples:
- "De jonge moeder gaf haar kind de borst."
("The young mother gave her child the breast / nursed her child / breast-fed her child.")

- "Een jaarlijks mammogram is een belangrijk wapen tegen borstkanker."
("An annual mammogram is an important weapon against breast cancer.")

- "Ben je een borstenman of meer een billenman?"
("Are you a boobs-man or more of an ass-man?")

Related words:
- "Buste": bosom (formal).
- "BH": <pronounce: ‘bee-haa’> bra (commonly used abbreviation for ‘bustehouder’ ("bosom keeper/supporter") ).
- "Boezem": bosom.
- "Tiet": tit, boob.
- "Tepel": nipple.
- "Borstvergroting": breast augmentation/enlargement.

Expressions:
You might overhear men say the following, implying a woman has big breasts:

- "Zij heeft een flinke bos hout voor de deur.": literally, "she has quite a big bundle of wood in front of her door".
- "Zij heeft een flinke voorgevel.": literally, "she has quite a big façade".