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noun ADJ. broad, manly, massive, muscular, muscled, powerful, strong | narrow, puny | flat She wears loose clothes to hide her flat chest. | bare, naked | hairy, hairless | bad, weak, wheezy | lower, upper VERB + CHEST clutch (at) Clutching his chest in agony, he fell to the ground. | thump ‘You've got to have courage, ’ he said, thumping his chest. CHEST + VERB expand, heave, rise and fall | puff (out/up), swell His chest puffed out with indignation at the suggestion. His chest swelled with pride as he accepted the award. | tighten Her chest tightened with fear. | ache She ran until her chest ached. CHEST + NOUN pain, tightness | injury | ailment, complaint, condition, disease, infection, problems, trouble | radiograph, X-ray | muscles | hair | cavity PREP. in the/your ~ She was hit in the chest by two of the bullets. | on the/your ~ the hairs on his chest | to the/your ~ He suffered burns to the chest and neck. She clutched her baby tightly to her chest.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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chest
adjectives
broad
• a tall man with a broad chest and shoulders
powerful
• His arms were folded across his powerful chest.
muscular
(= with big muscles )
• His chest was tanned and muscular.
hairy
• His shirt was unbuttoned, revealing a hairy chest.
bare
(= not covered by clothes )
• The workmen all had bare chests.
bad
(= one that is making you cough or giving you pain )
• I'm not going running today - my chest is bad.
weak
(= one that often gets infections )
• As a child her chest was weak.
chest + NOUN
a chest pain
• There are a number of causes of chest pain.
a chest infection
• Every time I get a cold I get a chest infection too.
a chest complaint/problem
(= something wrong with your chest and causing you pain )
• Older people often suffer from chest complaints.
a chest injury/wound
• He suffered serious chest injuries in the accident.
a chest X-ray
(= a photograph of the inside of your chest, to see if it is healthy )
• A chest X-ray showed that there was damage to his lungs.
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