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un·der·wear

(ŭn′dər-wâr′)

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underwear

(ˈʌndəˌwɛə)

(Clothing & Fashion) clothing worn under the outer garments, usually next to the skin. Also called: underclothes

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un•der•wear

(ˈʌn dərˌwɛər)

n.

clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.

Also called underclothes.

[1870–75]

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Noun

underwear - undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garments

underclothes, underclothing

BVD, BVD's - trademark for men's underwear

intimate apparel, lingerie - women's underwear and nightclothes

long johns - warm underwear with long legs

Skivvies - men's underwear consisting of cotton T-shirt and shorts

undergarment, unmentionable - a garment worn under other garments

underwear

noun underclothes, lingerie, undies (informal), smalls (informal), undergarments, unmentionables (humorous), underclothing, underthings, underlinen, broekies (S. African informal) a change of underwear

Underwear

Balmoral, basque, bloomers, body, body stocking, boxer shorts or boxers, brassiere or bra, briefs, broekies (S. African), bustle, camiknickers, camisole, chemisette, combinations or (U.S. & Canad.) union suit, corselet, corset, crinoline, drawers or underdrawers, foundation garment, French knickers, garter, girdle, G-string, half-slip or waist-slip, jockstrap or athletic support, knickers, liberty bodice, lingerie, long johns, pannier, panties, pants, panty girdle, petticoat, shift, shorts or undershorts (chiefly U.S. & Canad.), singlet (chiefly Brit.), step-ins, string vest, suspender or (U.S.) garter, suspender belt or (U.S.) garter belt, teddy, thermals, trunks, underpants, undershirt, underskirt, vest, undervest, undershirt, T-shirt (U.S. & Canad.), or (Austral.) singlet, Y-fronts

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Translations

مَلَابِسٌ دَاخِلِيَّةمَلابِس داخِلِيَّه

spodní prádlo

undertøj

alusvaatteet

rublje

alsóneműfehérnemű

nærföt

biancheria intima intimo

下着

속옷

apatiniai baltiniai

apakšveļa

chiloţi

spodnje perilo

underkläder

เสื้อผ้าชั้นใน

iç çamaşırı

quần áo lót

内衣内衣裤衬衣

underwear

[ˈʌndəwɛəʳ] N → ropa f interior, ropa f íntima (LAm)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

underwear

[ˈʌndə^rwɛə^r] n → sous-vêtements mpl

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underwear

[ˈʌndəˌwɛəʳ] n → biancheria intima

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

underwear

(ˈandəweə) noun

clothes worn under the outer clothes. She washed her skirt, blouse and underwear.

underwear

→ مَلَابِسٌ دَاخِلِيَّة spodní prádlo undertøj Unterwäsche εσώρουχο ropa interior alusvaatteet sous-vêtement rublje biancheria intima 下着 속옷 ondergoed undertøy bielizna roupa de baixo нижнее белье underkläder เสื้อผ้าชั้นใน iç çamaşırı quần áo lót 内衣裤

underwear

n. ropa interior.

underwear

n ropa interior

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Before the lingerie windows of the uptown shops she often stood and studied; nor was she above taking advantage, when small purchases were made, of looking over the goods at the hand-embroidered underwear counters.

She crocheted fine edgings on the inexpensive knitted underwear she wore in winter.

She crocheted yards of laces for her underwear, and made Battenberg in abundance for her table and for the bureau.

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She bustled around, looking after his clothing, thinking about heavy underwear, quite as Madame Ratignolle would have done under similar circumstances.

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Those two could quarrel all morning about whether he ought to put on his heavy or his light underwear, and all evening about whether he had taken cold or not.

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On his mar- riage day the underwear manufacturer had given his daughter five thousand dollars and he promised to leave her at least twice that amount in his will.

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On this flooring he tossed his own and Daylight's gear-bags, containing dry socks and underwear and their sleeping-robes.

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"I do mean it, and I'm sure my sensible aunt will consent when she understands that these well I'll call them by an Indian name, and say pajamas are for underwear, and Rose can have as pretty frocks as she likes outside.

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'About now,' said Nutty, sepulchrally, 'the blighter is ringing for his man to prepare his bally bath and lay out his gold-leaf underwear. After that he will drive down to the bank and draw some of our money.'

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As to his being without an overcoat, among them you would meet men you could swear had on nothing but a ragged linen duster and a pair of cotton trousers--so cleverly had they concealed the several suits of all-wool underwear beneath.

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He was wearing first a modest suit of blue serge and all the unpretending underwear of a suburban young man of fashion, with sandal-like cycling-shoes and brown stockings drawn over his trouser ends; then the perforated sheet proper to a Desert Dervish; then the coat and waistcoat and big fur-trimmed overcoat of Mr.