Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To enclose in a corset; to wear a corset.

    Mabel dreaded the upcoming ball and the preliminary corseting it would entail.

    dress with a corset

  2. (figuratively)To restrict or confine.

    I will not remain corseted by your notions of what is and is not proper!

Examples

10 sentences

  1. That corset doesn't fit me anymore.

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  2. Can you help me with this corset?

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  3. A back brace feels like a corset.

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  4. Jessica wore a heavy and uncomfortable corset.

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  5. Currently there are still women who like to wear corsets.

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Origin

From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.

From Middle English corset, from Old French corset. Equivalent to corse + -et.

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Forms

corsets, corseting, corseted, corseted
Base formcorset · to corset
3rd person singularcorsets
Present participlecorseting
Past simplecorseted / corsetted
Past participlecorseted / corsetted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycorset
he, she, itcorsets

Past simpleLesson

all personscorseted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave corseted
he, she, ithas corseted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill corset

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

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