bathing suit
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈbeɪðɪŋ suːt/
- US
:
traje de baño
- We packed our bags for the beach, making sure to include a new bathing suit for the trip.
- one-piece bathing suit
- white bathing suit
I had not bought a bathing suit in six years.
- I had not bought a bathing suit in six years.
- In these drawers I have socks, bathing suits, bras, and then my underwear.
- So here is a bathing suit I could recommend for this body.
- Or does this bathing suit make me look fat fat?
- But it is the cutest retro bathing suit.
- But we were like in bathing suits.
- We know how painful chafing can be when you're wearing your bathing suit all day.
- So I loved the color of this bathing suit.
- Because I am seeing a lot of those Brazilian thong bathing suits at the lakes this summer in Oklahoma.
- Maybe her subconscious is testing out the waters before she puts on her bathing suit.
Examples
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Nate does not like shopping or buying stuff for himself, but I'm making him try on bathing suits because we're going to the beach.
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Did you want to bring a bathing suit?
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This I got from a bathing suit shop, which I thought was really cute.
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So here is a bathing suit I could recommend for this body.
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I have been trying since maybe March to find a suitable bathing suit for a woman of my age.
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I refused to let boys see me in a bathing suit when I was in high school.
Fiction book (1990) -
Lee was wearing the pink bathing suit she'd had on when they picked her up.
Fiction book (1992) -
So first of all, this is the cutest bathing suit I have ever got.
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The smell of wet towels and bathing suits filled the air.
Fiction book (1990) -
In fact, that's the bathing suit she was wearing when she disappeared.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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A two-piece swimsuit for women that shows the stomach and much of the body
80
1.0
Clothing worn for swimming that covers the body
10
3.6
A brand of tight men's swimsuit often worn for swimming or competitions
9
1.1
Shorts that men or boys wear for swimming
7
1.0
Clothes worn for swimming in a pool or at the beach
7
6.3
A wetsuit with legs and sleeves that end above the knee for warm water
2
3.0
A woman's swimsuit with a separate top and bottom
1
1.3
A tight piece of clothing you wear in the water
1
3.4
Tight clothing people wear for swimming at a beach or pool
1
1.6
Short clothes that men wear for swimming
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3.2
A one-piece bathing suit for women with shoulder straps and no skirt
How Covering
Surface Forms
Morphology
bathing + suit
The meaning 'a piece of clothing worn for swimming' is directly and compositionally derived from 'bathing' (immersing the body) + 'suit' (an item or set of clothing), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the compound meaning. This noun-noun composition is cross-linguistically common (e.g. swimsuit, traje de baño) and follows standard transparent word-formation patterns.
Etymology
Bathing suit comes from bathing, meaning going into water to wash or swim, and suit, meaning a set of clothes. People long ago wore a special outfit when they went into the sea, so bathing suit means 'a piece of clothing worn for swimming'.