"breasting" in the verb sense
1. breast
meet at breast level
"The runner breasted the tape"
2. summit, breast
reach the summit (of a mountain
"They breasted the mountain"
"Many mountaineers go up Mt. Everest but not all summit"
3. front, breast
confront bodily
"breast the storm"
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