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underwear Definition

under·wear (un′dər wer′)

noun

clothing worn under one's outer clothes, usually next to the skin, as undershirts, undershorts, or slips

underwear Synonyms

underwear

n.

undergarments, balbriggans, nether garments, underclothing, unmentionables, smallclothes, lingerie, intimate things, underlinen, underclothes; see also clothes.

Types of underwear include --- men: shirt, undershirt, shorts, drawers, red flannels, union suit, combination, jockey shorts, T-shirt, boxer shorts, boxers, bikini shorts, briefs, long johns, long underwear, B.V.D.'s (trademark), skivvy*; women: chemise, underskirt, camisole, slip, half slip, petticoat, girdle, panty girdle, brassiere, bustier, bustle, pettipants, garter belt, bra-slip, bra, panty slip, merry widow, all-in-one, corset, corselet, briefs, bodice, cache-sexe (French), vest, bloomer, combination, foundation garment, panties, pantyhose, bikini, body suit, body shirt, shorts, corset cover, teddy, unitard, undervest, shimmy*, knickers (British)*, snuggies*; infants: shirt, drawers, pants, diaper, slip, rubber pants, soakers*.

underwear Usage Examples

Possessives

  • lady: Sara Lee has its eye on the company's range of ladies ' underwear.
  • woman: The long term benefits of women's underwear are well okay, there are none.
  • man: The history of men's underwear is full of ' revolutions ' .

Converse of object

  • wear: Your child only needs to wear underwear or a diaper, which will help the heat escape from the body.
  • throw: Cite their best moment as having ladies underwear thrown at them on stage at Bar Blu.
  • buy: I bought some underwear from Ann Summers sex shop in Brewer Street which is where I live.
  • sell: With the advent of fall, there was fierce price competition among the stores selling fleece underwear.

Adjective modifier

  • thermal: I couldn't find my thermal underwear, I was in a hurry!
  • sexy: A high tech solution to an everyday problem - how do us blokes get sexy underwear for her indoors?
  • disposable: Q: Why would I need to use disposable underwear?
  • woolen: Try letting the baby wear woolen underwear on top instead of plastic pants.
  • dirty: Or as we used to call it, one who washes his dirty underwear in public.
  • matching: Is this why I don't have the matching underwear?

Modifies a noun

  • drawer: Tony can't resist the chance to have a peep in Deborah's underwear drawer, with disastrous consequences.
  • discount: Bookmark the site too and remember to look here for your online underwear discounts!
  • brand: The cheeky underwear brand has taken the idea of the perfect flirting gift one step further.

Noun used with modifier

  • cotton: Have you traded in your sexy lingerie for sensible cotton underwear.. .
  • lady: No less than two items of ladies underwear were thrown onto the stage.
  • designer: The goal of the awards is to recognize excellence in the online shopping experience where you can buy everything from groceries to designer underwear.
underwear Quotes

If you want to be vice-president, stand out here in the rain in your underwear and let everybody see what you're made of.

—Brady, Nicholas F(rederick)

I want to tell them that I envy their upbringings that were so clean, so free of futurelessness. And I want to throttle them for blithely handing over the world to us like so much skid-marked underwear.

—Coupland, Douglas

   Von derWiege bis zur Bahre, zuerst dieW a« sche. From the cradle to the grave, underwear first, last and all the time.

—Brecht, Bertolt Eugen Friedrich

Wearing underwear is as formal as I ever hope I get.

—Hemingway, Ernest Millar