sweater

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Regno Unito//ˈswɛtə//
Stati Uniti//ˈswɛtɚ//
Stati Uniti//-ɾɚ//
Australia//ˈswetə//

A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.

sostantivo

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
storicoAn 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
arcaicoOne who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
8
obsoletoA 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, […]

Etimologia

From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.

verbo

1
To dress in a sweater.

Forme

plurale: sweaters
passato: sweatered
participio passato: sweatered
participio presente: sweatering
3ª persona singolare: sweaters

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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…

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