English Explanatory Dictionary

vest

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
  2. A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
  3. A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
  4. Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
  5. A vestment.
  6. Clothing generally; array; garb.
  7. A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
verb
  1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
  2. To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
  3. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
  4. To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
  5. (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
  6. To become vested, to become permanent.
  7. To invest; to put.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/vɛst/ en-us-vest.ogg

Word forms

vest vests vesting vested

Etymology

Derived from French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.

Synonyms

waistcoat singlet tank top undershirt

Related words

invest vest frottoir vestibule vestment vesture wear

Derived words

ballistic vest bulletproof vest close to one's vest close to the vest keep one's cards close to one's vest lifevest life vest more life in a tramp's vest Posey vest ranger vest rash vest rest and vest sleeves from one's vest sobre-vest string vest suicide vest sweater vest tech vest vest buster vest date vest in interest vest pocket vest-pocket weighted vest yellow vest

Translations

Arabic: صُدَيْرِيّ Bulgarian: фланелка Catalan: samarreta Chinese Cantonese: 背心 Czech: tílko Czech: nátělník Esperanto: subĉemizo Finnish: aluspaita French: tricot de corps Georgian: პერანგი Georgian: მაისური German: Unterhemd German: Liibli German: verleihen German: übergeben Greek: φανέλα Hungarian: trikó Icelandic: nærbolur Indonesian: singlet Italian: canottiera Italian: investitura Macedonian: потко́шула Macedonian: до́лна ма́ица Malay: singlet Maltese: flokk ta’ taħt Māori: hingareti Norwegian Bokmål: trøye Norwegian Nynorsk: trøye Polish: podkoszulek Polish: podkoszulka Portuguese: regata Russian: ма́йка Scottish Gaelic: fo-lèine Spanish: camiseta de tirantes Swedish: linne
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