sweater
SubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈswɛtə//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈswɛtɚ//
- Vereinigte Staaten//-ɾɚ//
- Australien//ˈswetə//
A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
Substantiv
- 1
A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
- 2
A similar garment worn for warmth.
We could slip away / Wouldn't that be better? / Me with nothing to say / And you in your autumn sweater
- 3
One who sweats (produces sweat).
The cardiologist who administered Alex's exercise stress test on August 21 observed during that test that Alex was a profuse sweater.
- 4
One who or that which causes to sweat.
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.
- 5
A diaphoretic remedy.
- 6
historischAn exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
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.
- 7
altertümlichOne who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
- 8
veraltetA London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
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, […]
Herkunft
From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.
Verb
- 1
To dress in a sweater.
Formen
- Plural
- sweaters
- Präteritum
- sweatered
- Partizip II
- sweatered
- Partizip I
- sweatering
- 3. Person Singular
- sweaters
sweater · A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
sweating · The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat…sweats · A full sweatsuit; typically refers to casual, comfortable…sweatshirt · A loose shirt, usually made of a knit fleece, for athletic…