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Definition of 'Vest'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) vest
a fitted, waist-length, sleeveless garment with buttons down the front, usu. worn under a jacket.

2.  vest
a part or trimming simulating the front of such a garment.

3.  vest
any of various sleeveless garments for the upper body, having a front opening and worn for style, warmth, or protection:
a down vest; a bulletproof vest.

4.  vest
Brit. an undershirt.

5.  vest
Archaic.

6.  vest
dress; apparel.

7.  vest
an outer garment, robe, or gown.

8. (v.t.) vest
to dress or clothe, as in ecclesiastical vestments.

9.  vest
to place or settle in the possession or control of someone (usu. fol. by in):
to vest authority in a new official.

10.  vest
to invest or endow with something, as powers, functions, or rights:
to vest the board with power to increase production.

11. (v.i.) vest
to put on vestments.

12.  vest
to become vested in a person, as a right.

13.  vest
to devolve upon a person as possessor.

Etymology: (1375–1425; (n.) < It veste robe, dress < L vestis garment; (v.) < MF vestir < L vestīre to clothe, der. of vestis; akin to wear)

Definition of 'Vest'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) vest, waistcoat
a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat

2. (verb) singlet, vest, undershirt
a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body

3. (verb) invest, vest, enthrone
provide with power and authority
"They vested the council with special rights"

4. (verb) vest
place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
"She vested her vast fortune in her two sons"

5. (verb) vest
become legally vested
"The property vests in the trustees"

6. (verb) vest
clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments

7. (verb) vest, robe
clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

Definition of 'Vest'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) vest
a sleeveless item of clothing worn on the top part of your body
a fur-lined vest

2. vest
undershirt
***He wasn't wearing a vest.

Definition of 'Vest'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Vest
an article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe

2. (noun) Vest
any outer covering; array; garb

3. (noun) Vest
specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat

4. (noun) Vest
to clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely

5. (noun) Vest
to clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death

6. (noun) Vest
to place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts

7. (noun) Vest
to invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses

8. (noun) Vest
to clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession

9. (verb) Vest
to come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right; -- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law

Translation of 'Vest'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a kind of sleeveless shirt worn under a shirt, blouse etc He was dressed only in (a) vest and underpants.
Afrikaans: onderhemp	Arabic: صِدار، صُدْرَه	Bulgarian: потник
Brazilian: camiseta	Czech: tílko	German: das Unterhemd
Danish: undertrøje	Greek: φανέλα	Spanish: camiseta
Estonian: särk	Farsi: زیر پوش	Finnish: aluspaita
French: camisole	Hebrew: גוּפִייָה	Hindi: अंगरखा
Croatian: odjeća, ruho	Hungarian: atlétatrikó	Indonesian: baju tak berlengan
Icelandic: nærskyrta	Italian: maglietta	Japanese: 肌着
Korean: 조끼	Lithuanian: berankoviai marškiniai	Latvian: apakškrekls
Malay: anak baju	Dutch: onderhemd	Norwegian: undertrøye
Polish: podkoszulek	Portuguese: camisola interior	Romanian: maiou
Russian: майка	Slovak: tričko, košieľka	Slovenian: majica
Serbian: potkošulja	Swedish: undertröja	Thai: เสื้อกล้าม
Turkish: iç gömleği, fanilâ	Taiwanese: 背心汗衫	Ukrainian: жилет, жилетка
Urdu: زير جامہ	Vietnamese: áo lót	Chinese: 汗衫
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