figurative and in extended use. The chest regarded as the seat or repository of a person's inmost thoughts, feelings, inclinations, etc.; the heart…

The heart considered as the seat of the emotions generally; a person's emotional nature (often contrasted with the intellectual or rationalizing…

figurative. The breast considered as the seat of thoughts and feelings. Cf. heart, n. int.adv. The seat of emotions, desires, etc.: hence used for…

The heart as the seat of feeling, thought, etc.; spirit, mind, disposition, nature. Obsolete.

figurative regarded as the seat of the emotions and passions. (Cf. breast, n. 5b, bosom, n. 6.) Obsolete.

The breast, considered as the repository of a person's private intentions. See also in petto, adv.