Sweater

//ˈswɛtə// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
  2. 2
    a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body wordnet
  3. 3
    A similar garment worn for warmth. US

    "We could slip away / Wouldn't that be better? / Me with nothing to say / And you in your autumn sweater"

  4. 4
    a person who perspires wordnet
  5. 5
    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."

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  1. 6
    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."

  2. 7
    A diaphoretic remedy.
  3. 8
    An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade. historical

    "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."

  4. 9
    One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them. archaic
  5. 10
    A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point. UK, obsolete

    "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, […]"

Verb
  1. 1
    To dress in a sweater. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

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