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sweater

substantivoverbocorrente nos diálogos

  • Reino Unido//ˈswɛtə//
  • Estados Unidos//ˈswɛtɚ//
  • Estados Unidos//-ɾɚ//
  • Austrália//ˈswetə//

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

substantivo

  1. 1

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

  2. 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. 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. 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. 5

    A diaphoretic remedy.

  6. 6

    históricoAn 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. 7

    arcaicoOne who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.

  8. 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. 1

    To dress in a sweater.

Formas

plural
sweaters
pretérito
sweatered
particípio passado
sweatered
gerúndio
sweatering
3.ª pessoa do singular
sweaters
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Conteúdo lexical proveniente do Wiktionary, sob licença CC BY-SA 4.0 · Entrada de origem · Versão dos dados 2026-08-23

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