Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Clothes worn next to the skin, beneath one's outer clothing. Also called underclothes, underclothing.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A wearing under the outer clothing: as, clothes suited for underwear.
- n. Undergarments; underclothes in general: a trade term.
Wiktionary
- n. Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.
- n. euphemistic Men's underpants.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes.
WordNet 3.0
- n. undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments
Etymologies
- From under- + wear. Compare Dutch ondergoed, German Unterwäsche, Swedish underkläder. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Girls in underwear is not nudity and never has been.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Third Circuit Upholds Injunction of Threatened “Sexting” Prosecution
“Girls in underwear is nudity, at least, traditionally.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Third Circuit Upholds Injunction of Threatened “Sexting” Prosecution
“But Roger, I think the thing that has everyone tying knots in underwear is your implication that children's and YA lit is somehow intellectually inferior.”
“The Republicans are riled if their underwear is the wrong color.”
GOP Senators united in opposition to current financial reform bill
“7: Girls in underwear is nudity, at least, traditionally.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Third Circuit Upholds Injunction of Threatened “Sexting” Prosecution
“7: Can you point me, please, to any support for the proposition that “Girls in underwear is nudity, at least, traditionally” (at least in a legal context)?”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Third Circuit Upholds Injunction of Threatened “Sexting” Prosecution
“Who woulda thunk that soooooooo many Christians from the religious right would obediently follow and believe the words of a Mormon who wears magic underwear, is a recovering alcoholic and describes himself as a clown?”
Think Progress » Rubio raises Terri Schiavo case in an attack on Crist.
“A young woman in underwear posing in front of a camera. in: Science & Technology News”
“A young woman in underwear posing in front of a camera.”
“His shirts are missing buttons, underwear is stiff with starch or dyed pansy pink, pants are missing a cuff or the fly is sewn shut so the guy cant even take a leak unless he pulls his pants down like a little girl.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘underwear’.
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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How low can you go?
A list of words that does the opposite of raising the bar
underscore, underwear, underachiever, underrated, underbite, undercapitalization, undercharged, underfloor, underground, underexposed, underfed, underboss and 105 more...
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under-
lower place: in/on/to; beaneth; below
underwear, undershirt, undergraduate, underdevelop, understand, undernourished
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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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words my 19-month-old daughter says
We'll skip people's names.
basketball, light, railroad, mommy, daddy, up, hand, gate, walk, kitty, doggie, cat and 145 more...
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soul mate
soul mate, soul mates, soul, portishead, wounded, death, depression, hurt, the cure, pain, longing, rat and 424 more...
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Apples to Apples: Red Cards
A complete list of the red cards (things) from the popular word game.
bad haircut, carnival workers, grave robbers, Chinatown, a cheap motel, killer whales, UV rays, flat tire, Japan, Michelangelo, Alfred Hitchcock, Cindy Crawford and 734 more...
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packing list
shirt, pants, underwear, socks, belt, wallet, cash, credit card, transit pass, mp3 player, laptop, ziploc and 38 more...
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MEC2 Lesson 127
trial, trainee, overqualified, hold, murder, orient, underhanded, disgusting, uncomfortable, flash, Johnny Carson, authorize and 22 more...
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Ironicle's Words
eloquent, october, radiator, binoculars, urbanity, vague, methereological, opium, elated, certificate, dialogue, life and 17 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for underwear.
bilby Uplifting ... good idea, we'll need bras too in order to make the International Year of the Patronising Bastard a success. Dec 16, 2007
sionnach I think it would be more uplifting to patronize the Africans by providing them with funderwear. Think of the possibilities! Dec 16, 2007
bilby "Our goal is to collect new, unopened packs of children’s and young adult’s underwear (ages 3-15). We will then distribute them throughout Africa. We want you to be armed with all the necessities to have your own drive. Here’s how." - www.mothersfightingforothers.com, Dec 2007. Dec 16, 2007