Meaning

8 senses
  1. A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.

    Sweatshirt, Sweater

    сви́терsvítɛr, сви́терsvíter, дже́мперdžémper

    светрsvetr

  2. (US)A similar garment worn for warmth.

    Pullover, Sweater

    сви́терsvítɛr, сви́терsvíter, пуло́ве́рpulóvér

    светрsvetr, пуло́верpulóver

  3. One who sweats (produces sweat).

    a person who perspires

  4. One who or that which causes to sweat.

  5. A diaphoretic remedy.

  6. (historical)An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.

  7. (archaic)One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.

  8. (UK, obsolete)A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.

Examples

491 sentences
  1. Have you finished knitting that sweater?

    Ти дов'язала светра? — Sashka

    ruТы закончила вязать свитер? — Biga

    deHast du den Pullover schon zu Ende gestrickt? — lilygilder

  2. My mother made me a sweater.

    Мама зробила мені светер. — deniko

    ruМама связала для меня свитер. — Olya

    deMeine Mutter hat mir einen Pullover gemacht. — Zaghawa

  3. Tom put on a warm sweater.

    Том одягнув теплий светр. — deniko

    ruТом надел тёплый свитер. — sharptoothed

  4. Tom was wearing a blue sweater.

    Том був у синьому светрі. — deniko

  5. Do you have a green sweater?

    У тебе є зелений сверт? — deniko

    ruУ тебя есть зелёный свитер? — marafon

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
knitted jacket worn by athletes before or after exercise:
similar garment worn for warmth:
Русский
By meaning 2
knitted jacket worn by athletes before or after exercise:
similar garment worn for warmth:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
knitted jacket worn by athletes before or after exercise:
similar garment worn for warmth:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: sweaters
Singularsweater
Pluralsweaters

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body:jumper
  • a person who perspires:perspirer

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • wearing a sweater
  • blue sweater
  • knitting a sweater
  • a blue sweater
  • his sweater on
  • a sweater for
  • the blue sweater
  • had his sweater
  • on a sweater
  • red sweater
  • bought a sweater
  • sweater because

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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