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SWEATER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body

Synonyms:

jumper; sweater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sweater" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Meronyms (parts of "sweater"):

neckband (a band around the collar of a garment)

neckline (the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sweater"):

cardigan (knitted jacket that is fastened up the front with buttons or a zipper)

pullover; slipover (a sweater that is put on by pulling it over the head)

polo-neck; turtle; turtleneck (a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who perspires

Synonyms:

perspirer; sweater

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("sweater" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Derivation:

sweat (excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Wherever the hatchet fell on the outside, he was there on the inside, snarling and growling, as furiously anxious to get out as the man in the red sweater was calmly intent on getting him out.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

That was the last he saw of the man in the red sweater, and as Curly and he looked at receding Seattle from the deck of the Narwhal, it was the last he saw of the warm Southland.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Sometimes he thought of Judge Miller’s big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley, and of the cement swimming-tank, and Ysabel, the Mexican hairless, and Toots, the Japanese pug; but oftener he remembered the man in the red sweater, the death of Curly, the great fight with Spitz, and the good things he had eaten or would like to eat.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)