Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A jacket or pullover made especially of knit, crocheted, or woven wool, cotton, or synthetic yarn.
- n. One that sweats, especially profusely.
- n. Something that induces sweating; a sudorific.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who sweats.
- n. One who or that which causes to sweat. Specifically— A sudorific.
- n. One of a gang of street ruffians of the time of Queen Anne, who, forming a circle around an inoffensive wayfarer, pricked him with their swords, and compelled him to dance till he sweated.
- n. A woolen jacket or jersey, especially one worn by men in training for athletic contests or by acrobats after performing.
- n. One who sweats coin.
Wiktionary
- n. A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
- n. A similar garment worn for warmth.
- n. Agent noun of sweat; a person who sweats.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who sweats.
- n. Slang, Slang One who, or that which, causes to sweat.
- n. Slang, Slang A sudorific.
- n. Slang, Slang A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.
- n. Slang An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body
- n. a person who perspires
Examples
“Although the sweater is a little plain, it would benefit from a deeper V-neck and maybe two or three vertical stripes on the face of the shirt.”
“Doing the latter by taking off your sweater is fine by me, though rather more could be done in other ways.”
“Do not pass Go, do not bother brushing your hair or checking to see if your sweater is on inside-out.”
“Crafting his own perfect red sweater is a young man on Broadway.”
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“You enter the code on the Amazon checkout page for your girlfriend's sweater, and the sweater is on its way to you or your girlfriend.”
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“The X-mas sweater is still less fashionable even then this idiotic getup …”
“In elementary school, we were called the sweater girls, because during recess, we wore yellow, black, brown and red sweaters on our heads to emulate the flowing locks of our Caucasian classmates.”
“In my long skirt, thin sweater, and long intense red hair, I wasn't dressed up enough.”
“She doesn't think twice about it -- it's jeans and a T-shirt, with a sweater to her, but the jeans are up to the minute, the T-shirt costs $60 and the sweater is cashmere, her boots, be they cowboy or others, are pricey.”
“Yes, that sweater is older than several of my good friends.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sweater’.
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Americanism
American words
finest, fast food, acclimate, aluminum, alphabetize, airplane, affirmative action, arugula, backhoe, bangs, base board, bayou and 162 more...
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Kangaroo Words
Words containing letters in sequence, together or apart, that form a definition or instance of the subsuming word. E.g., conTAmINaTe = the kangaroo word. TAINT = the joey. Theme from a NYT X-word ...
encourage, chariot, precipitation, neurotic, feaster, unsightly, charisma, inheritor, masculine, honorable, contaminate, regulate and 103 more...
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window dressing
chemise, gossamer, tweed, pleat, fold, cuff, button, shirttails, ascot, cummerbund, velvet, silk and 104 more...
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Buttery
Words that make me feel cozy
Noodle, Nugget, Butter, Soft, Snug, Feather, Socks, Knit, Mug, Curl, Billow, Lounge and 315 more...
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Flutter
tuberose, golden apple, apple cider, unicorn, extraordinary, Pleiades, Merope, speckle, glitter, rose, pitter-pat, whale and 314 more...
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colleen's words
yellow, green, pie, blue, fur, people, incense, book, brown, avuncular, mountain, fog and 1316 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Words grabbed from real life conversa...
If I've seen it, heard it, or marvelled at it, I'll stick it here.
cruft, ermine, redundant, shakespearean, camino, marvelous, stupendous, chagrin, shaven, sleek, smug, stillness and 325 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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savage215's Words
pipe, yankee, knickerbocker, tennis, plasma, magma, volcano, car, truck, television, tv, word and 445 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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What Is the Sound of One Hand Typing?
Words you can type with one hand--if you learned how to type formally. Hunt-and-peck method doesn't count. ;-) I'm keeping it to five or more letters to avoid an excessively lengthy list.
<...racecar, start, create, desert, dessert, secret, secrete, sweet, tresses, poppy, puppy, homonym and 141 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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Clothes
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TT2 Lesson 18
Nevada, basin, faraway, inland, onto, rocky, peak, period, seafloor, prehistoric, historic, history and 77 more...
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the dressing room
vest, jacket, insignia, toga, fan, mantle, ermine, robe, snap, waistcoat, anorak, chaps and 71 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for sweater.
oroboros sWEAteR Apr 26, 2008