sweater

IPA: swˈɛtɝ

noun

  • A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
  • (US) A similar garment worn for warmth.
  • One who sweats (produces sweat).
  • One who or that which causes to sweat.
  • A diaphoretic remedy.
  • (historical) An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
  • (archaic) One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
  • (UK, obsolete) A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.

verb

  • (transitive) To dress in a sweater.
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Examples of "sweater" in Sentences

  • She gave a snug sweater to her boyfriend.
  • The club retired a sweater at the first game.
  • I didn't want to ruffle feathers on the sweater.
  • The girl went to the meeting with her sweater on.
  • The uniform consists of a plaid kilt and a sweater.
  • She washed the sweater according to the instructions.
  • The girl went to the meeting, and put on her sweater.
  • In the beginning of the series, she had a black sweater.
  • Elaine immediately returns the cashmere sweater to George.
  • Crafting his own perfect red sweater is a young man on Broadway.
  • Sweaters are maintained by washing, and the use of a lint roller.
  • The X-mas sweater is still less fashionable even then this idiotic getup …
  • In my long skirt, thin sweater, and long intense red hair, I wasn't dressed up enough.
  • Do not pass Go, do not bother brushing your hair or checking to see if your sweater is on inside-out.
  • Doing the latter by taking off your sweater is fine by me, though rather more could be done in other ways.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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