Meaning of Sweater | Babel Free
ˈswɛtəDefinitions
- A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
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A similar garment worn for warmth. US
- One who sweats (produces sweat).
- One who or that which causes to sweat.
- A diaphoretic remedy.
- An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
- One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
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A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point. UK, obsolete
Equivalents
Azərbaycan dili
sviter
Беларуская
світар
Български
пуловер
Ελληνικά
πουλόβερ
Esperanto
pulovero
Eesti
kampsun
Gaeilge
Geansaí
Gàidhlig
geansaidh
Galego
xersei
हिन्दी
स्वेदक
Magyar
pulóver
Հայերեն
սվիտեր
Bahasa Indonesia
sweter
Íslenska
peysa
Kurdî
Mîtan
Latviešu
džemperis
Монгол
битүү захтай ноосон цамц
မြန်မာ
ဆွယ်တာ
Nederlands
trui
Slovenčina
sveter
Svenska
sweater
Kiswahili
sweta
ไทย
เสื้อขนสัตว์
ئۇيغۇرچە
پوپايكا
Українська
светр
O'zbekcha
sviter
Examples
“We could slip⟳ away / Wouldn't that be better? / Me with nothing to say⟳ / And you in your autumn sweater”
“The cardiologist who administered Alex's exercise stress⟳ test⟳ on August 21 observed during that test⟳ that Alex was a profuse sweater.”
“We learn⟳ of the cruelty of some school or child-factory from journalists; we learn⟳ it from inspectors, we learn⟳ it from doctors, we learn⟳ it even from shame-stricken schoolmasters and repentant sweaters; but we never learn⟳ it from the children; we never learn⟳ it from the victims.”
“If the piecework system had not existed there never would have⟳ been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say⟳, are men who formerly belonged to our union.”
“Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground, […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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