Meaning

7 senses
  1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp: the panting of animals such as a dog with their tong hung out- as a form of thermoregulation.

    keuchen

    пыхте́ниеpyxténije, оды́шкаodýška

  2. (figuratively)Eager longing.

  3. A pair of pants (trousers or underpants).

    To commemorate our 50th anniversary we've rolled out a new pant with our signature blue and white seams.

  4. (attributive)Of or relating to pants.

    pant leg

  5. (colloquial, nonstandard)A leg on a pair of trousers.

  6. Any public drinking fountain.

  7. (obsolete)A violent palpitation of the heart.

More definitions
  • the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)
  • a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open
  • (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately

Examples

40 sentences
  1. I was panting.

    Я задихався. — deniko

  2. Tom is panting.

    Том задихається. — deniko

    deTom keucht. — al_ex_an_der

  3. Tom rolled up his pant legs so they wouldn't get wet.

    ruТом закатал штанины, чтобы они не намокли. — sharptoothed

    deTom krempelte seine Hosenbeine hoch, damit sie nicht nass werden konnten. — raggione

  4. Tom took off his shoes and socks and rolled up his pant legs.

    ruТом снял ботинки и носки и закатал штанины. — marafon

    deTom zog seine Schuhe und Socken aus und krempelte seine Hosenbeine hoch. — raggione

  5. Tom rolled up his pant legs so people could see his bright red socks.

    ruТом закатал штанины, чтобы все могли видеть его ярко-красные носки. — marafon

    deTom krempelte seine Hosenbeine hoch, sodass man seine knallroten Socken sehen konnte. — raggione

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a quick breathing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
a quick breathing:

Origin

From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank.

From Middle English panten, whence also English dialectal pank.

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Forms

plural: pants
Singularpant
Pluralpants

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open:gasp
  • (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately:trouserspair of trousers

Word family

16 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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