vest
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1.0
- noun
- /vɛst/
- UK
:
camiseta interior
- Button by button, I undid my shirt and tugged my vest over my head.
Examples
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Wait, I'm gonna go put my vest back in my locker.
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Well, it's my vest too.
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- I'll be wearing a vest, Joe.
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-It's good you wore a vest.
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I found a $100 bill in his vest pocket and about $30 in his pants.
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Stitched on the vest is a single initial, "R," in a black circle.
Fiction book (1992) -
Stuffed behind the packs was a tan vest with many pockets.
Fiction book (1992) -
He was wearing a bulletproof vest.
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His clothes were plain but functional: a voluminous white shirt, plain vest, and breeches.
Fiction book (1992) -
He wore a white vest under his shirt for added warmth during the winter.
Synonyms
22
2.4
Clothing you wear under other clothes next to the skin
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1.0
A thin shirt without a collar worn under a shirt
8
6.5
A piece of clothing people wear under a jacket, often with a suit
3
7.5
A tight sleeveless top worn under clothes or for sport
A garment without sleeves that you wear over a shirt, often with a suit
Antonyms
1
3.3
A piece of clothing like a coat worn over other clothes for warmth or protection
Compounds
How Warm
- UK
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1.0
- US
28
1.3
Surface Forms
Etymology
Vest comes from the Latin word vestis meaning 'garment', so the name originally meant simply a piece of clothing; that is why a vest is an undergarment you wear next to the skin.