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low-rise

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Trousers or jeans that sit low on the hips below the waistline

adjective
/ˈloʊˌraɪz/

: de tiro bajo

I don't particularly like low-rise skinny jeans, but I don't have to wear them to understand them.
low-rise jeans
wear low-rise
low-rise cut

But these feel really good again, low rise, where this has got to look look, you haven't even reached my belly button look at this.

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Examples

The fashion trend this season is all about low-rise trousers that flatter the figure.
Many people enjoy wearing low-rise bottoms during the summer for a more relaxed fit.
Yeah, low rise pants as well.

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And then the bottoms are again a low rise bottom.
The skirt is called low rise or low waisted.
I'm wearing my little Lulu Navy set, the low rise lines with my sports bra.
We carry Silver Jeans in both mid-rise and low-rise cuts.

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They are in a low rise, a low rise, and then they're kind of like fitted, but like straight leg and they're stretchy.
He prefers to wear low-rise jeans because they sit comfortably on his hips.

Synonyms

low-cut

vslow-rise

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10 3.5

Clothes with a low neckline or back that show more skin

sits down on the hips below the natural waistline

low-set

vslow-rise

4.7

Lower than usual and close to the ground

applies to clothing made to sit on the hips below the waistline

Antonyms

waist-high

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Reaching up to a person's waist

How Low

low-rise

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waist-high

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Surface Forms

low-rise positive

Morphology

low-rise = low + rise (semi-transparent) = low + rise

While 'low' is obvious, 'rise' here is a specialized clothing term referring to crotch-to-waist distance, so learners may not derive the precise clothing meaning.

Etymology

The word low-rise comes from the parts low 'not high' and rise 'to go up'. So low-rise clothes, especially jeans, are made to sit 'low' on the hips, below the waist.