sweater
A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after…A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
Recorded US: Spacecat2, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
» Have you finished knitting that sweater?
Hast du den Pullover schon zu Ende gestrickt? — lilygilder
Hast du den Pullover schon fertig gestrickt? — lilygilder
Ты закончила вязать свитер? — Biga
Ты довязала этот свитер? — marafon
Ты уже закончила вязать свитер? — nina99nv
Ты закончила вязать этот свитер? — Balamax
Ти дов'язала светра? — Sashka
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9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
By meaning 2
Examples
491 sentencesHave you finished knitting that sweater?
Ти дов'язала светра? — Sashka
ruТы закончила вязать свитер? — Biga
deHast du den Pullover schon zu Ende gestrickt? — lilygilder
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
Tom put on a warm sweater.
Том одягнув теплий светр. — deniko
ruТом надел тёплый свитер. — sharptoothed
Meaning
8 sensesA knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
Sweatshirt, Sweater
сви́терsvítɛr, сви́терsvíter, дже́мперdžémper
светрsvetr
(US)A similar garment worn for warmth.
Pullover, Sweater
сви́терsvítɛr, сви́терsvíter, пуло́ве́рpulóvér
светрsvetr, пуло́верpulóver
One who sweats (produces sweat).
a person who perspires
More meanings 5
One who or that which causes to sweat.
A diaphoretic remedy.
(historical)An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
(archaic)One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
(UK, obsolete)A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
Origin
From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.From Middle English swētere, equivalent to sweat + -er.
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Forms
plural: sweatersSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsCollocations
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
- have the sweater
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.