# chested

Pronunciation: say "CHES-tid" US /ˈt͡ʃɛstɪd/, UK /ˈtʃɛst.ɪd/; AUS say "CHES-tuhd" /ˈtʃestəd/

## Adjective

1. Having a chest of a specified quality or appearance, as indicated by the modifying word it attaches to.
   - Simple: Having a chest of a certain shape or size, named by the word put in front of it.
   - _The wrestler was barrel-chested, with shoulders to match._
   - _Breeders prize a deep-chested hound for its stamina on long hunts._

## Verb

2. Past tense and past participle of chest. — simple past and past participle of chest
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of chest. Use it for something that already happened.
   - _The forward chested the ball down before striking it cleanly._
   - _The cross was chested into the net in the final minute._

## Origin

Formed from "chest" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/chested (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).