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vest
/vɛst/
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What does vest mean?
noun
- A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
- A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
- A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
More meanings (12)
noun
- Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
- A vestment.
- Clothing generally; array; garb.
- (archaic) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
verb
- To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
- To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
- To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
- To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
- (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
- To become vested, to become permanent.
- (obsolete) To invest; to put.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
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He is in his shirt sleeves, with a vest figured with faded gold horseshoes, and a pink-striped shirt, suggestive of peppermint candy.
The dentist took off his coat, his collar and necktie, unbuttoned his vest, and slipped his heavy-soled boots from his big feet.
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Mr. Stratton was attired in a black dress coat and a vest of white corded silk, with an undervest of blue silk.
"There, Charles," said the grandmother, "wouldn't a vest pocketful of those bugs or germs be a big enough dose for one acre?"
When the fire is applied it expands, and climbs up and towers above the pipe, and presently tumbles off inside of one’s vest.