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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sweater
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lambswool jumper/sweater/blanket etc
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
▪ Black and white thick chenille cropped sweater, £293. Black chenille thick sweater with colourful tulip motif, £396.
▪ Louis Blues by the end of this month, Gretzky remains in a silver and black sweater.
▪ I went to Oxford in 1961 with my beatnik uniform, sandals and black sweater.
▪ Cream cropped thick woollen sweater with black flowers, £133. Black thick sweater with cream flowers, £156.
▪ He wore a brown sports jacket with a black roll neck sweater.
▪ He was dressed in black - black jeans and sweater.
▪ Underneath it she was clad in a close-fitting N. Peal black sweater which showed off her figure to full advantage.
▪ How would you like to buy me a black cashmere sweater?
blue
▪ He wore spectacles and a blue sweater and carried a clipboard.
▪ I saw Peter wearing a pastel blue cotton sweater, sheer and delicate-a very fine sweater.
▪ I now wear a blue sweater beneath a navy anorak, dark slacks, anonymous.
▪ Washington defenseman Brendan Witt attacked any blue sweater on the ice.
▪ The collar of a checked shirt peeped from the neck of a thick blue sweater.
▪ For my first day on the job I bought a navy blue sweater with a big duck on the front.
▪ I have four different blue sweaters in my closet at home.
▪ Mrs Witherspoon started off by giving me a blue sweater with red reindeer stitched across the front.
cashmere
▪ Citizen Oswald came to town wearing his dark tie, cashmere sweater and gray flannel suit.
▪ Big tears, all over my cashmere sweater.
▪ Walter would want a cashmere sweater, a blazer from Brooks Brothers, or a Mont Blanc pen.
▪ Purple Label sportswear is filled with chocolate-colored suede trench coats, gray pinstriped cashmere slacks, cashmere sweaters and cashmere overcoats.
old
▪ Once rescued, Eric dried out in an old sweater, and was reassured by owner Stephanie Webb.
▪ He showed concern for her and gave her an old, baggy sweater of his to put over the other garments.
▪ I discarded my unfamiliar new slinky satin pyjamas for my familiar old sweater and jeans and headed for the nearest shops.
▪ Though it was a warm day, he was wearing his old faded high-necked sweater with a frayed shirt collar showing.
red
▪ He dressed casually in a red golfing sweater, pale blue trousers, and deceptively ordinary-looking hand-made shoes.
thick
▪ Black and white thick chenille cropped sweater, £293.
▪ I luxuriate in my thick soft sweater, I am relieved as I hurriedly button my skirt.
▪ Black chenille thick sweater with colourful tulip motif, £396.
▪ Cream cropped thick woollen sweater with black flowers, £133.
▪ Black thick sweater with cream flowers, £156.
▪ The collar of a checked shirt peeped from the neck of a thick blue sweater.
▪ The girl was dressed in jeans, a thick sweater and a thick quilted jacket.
white
▪ Weir was back in his soft shoes and white sweater.
▪ The faded blue jeans she wore that morning, her old tennis shoes, her white cotton sweater.
▪ Feeling refreshed, she changed into pastel pink shorts and a baggy white sweater with matching pink motif.
▪ A heavy white cable-knit sweater was packed, then unpacked.-Jessica?
▪ The woman was in her mid-thirties, dressed in a black trouser suit and white sweater.
▪ On the front of his red and white pullover sweater were the words Terrence Academy.
▪ Her white sweater and neat pleated skirt would have made any man take a second look.
▪ The bar was against the far wall, plentifully stocked and presided over by a bleached blonde in a white beaded sweater.
■ NOUN
wool
▪ Winter collection reductions include half-price wool sweaters, suits down from £79.99 to Pounds 40.
▪ This page Simon Godfrey, left, wears Aran wool sweater from Principles.
▪ Lisa B wears Aran wool sweater from Kent &038; Curwen.
▪ Graham Fink, right, wears Aran wool sweater by Austin Reed.
▪ I sniffed the lanolin of his rough wool sweater and the slaughtered smell of his jacket.
▪ He wore an anorak over a wool sweater with a polo neck and he wore tough cord jeans and walking boots.
■ VERB
pull
▪ I pulled on a sweater and trousers and crept down the stairs in bare feet.
▪ Primo pays his check, pulls on his sweater and walks out front.
▪ The patient pulls the sweater over his head and then puts the unaffected arm into its sleeve.
▪ Quite suddenly the temperature dropped and we pulled on sweaters, gloves, scarves and balaclavas.
put
▪ The oilskins locker is in the passage behind the chart table. Put on a sweater, and bring me one as well.
▪ This morning I went outside, and I almost had to put on a sweater.
▪ Don't put on too many sweaters.
▪ They put on extra sweaters, feeling hardy.
▪ Mabs, Tashie and Joyce joined them; they had all put on warm sweaters, but still had bare feet.
▪ Now there were people putting hoods or sweaters or newspapers over their heads and running for the entrance.
wear
▪ Instead, he would wear several sweaters and a dressing gown on top of his normal clothes.
▪ The nurses all wore sweaters, and a tiny electric heater glowed behind the reception desk.
▪ Lisa B wears Aran wool sweater from Kent &038; Curwen.
▪ My friends were wearing two and three sweaters and had beach towels draped around their shoulders for extra warmth.
▪ Graham Fink, right, wears Aran wool sweater by Austin Reed.
▪ Tothe-knee blazers are worn with V-neck sweaters and ties, creating a slightly dangerous, preppy look.
▪ There, not entirely surprisingly, was Montagu Clements, still wearing my sweater.
▪ Ballesteros wore two navy cashmere sweaters.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Black and white thick chenille cropped sweater, £293.
▪ Her sweaters, which she had imagined quite bulky, proved in fact to be flat and few.
▪ If you have the body of a sweater in cable strips you might leave the sleeves in stocking stitch.
▪ Inspired by the patterns of the Fair Isles, our beautiful sweater will make a fine addition to your wardrobe.
▪ Sweetheart, let me button your sweater.
▪ Three slowly becomes obsessed with cooking, cleaning, nice sweaters and the little specks of food stuck between teeth.
▪ Washington defenseman Brendan Witt attacked any blue sweater on the ice.
▪ We take a look at some of the most sensational sweaters around.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sweater

Sweater \Sweat"er\, n.

  1. One who sweats.

  2. One who, or that which, causes to sweat; as:

    1. A sudorific.

    2. A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes.

    3. An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages. [Slang]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sweater

"woolen vest or jersey, originally worn in rowing," 1882, from earlier sweaters "clothing worn to produce sweating and reduce weight" (1828), plural agent noun from sweat (v.). As a fashion garment, attested from 1925. Earlier it meant "one who works hard" (1520s). Sweater girl is attested from 1940; Lana Turner (1920-1995) was the first, from her appearance in the film "They Won't Forget" (1937).

Wiktionary
sweater

n. 1 A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise. 2 (context US English) A similar garment worn for warm. 3 One who sweats (produces sweat). 4 One who or that which causes to sweat.

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WordNet
sweater

  1. n. a crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body

  2. a person who perspires [syn: perspirer]

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Wikipedia
Sweater

A sweater ( North American English) is a knitted garment intended to cover the torso and arms. A sweater is either a pullover or a cardigan, distinguished in that cardigans open at the front while pullovers do not. In British English, a pullover may also be called a jumper or jersey. There is no hypernym equivalent to sweater covering both pullovers and cardigans.

Sweaters are worn by adults and children of all genders; often over a shirt, blouse, T-shirt, or other top, but sometimes next to the skin. Sweaters were traditionally made from wool, but can now be made of cotton, synthetic fibers, or any combination thereof. Sweaters are maintained by washing or dry cleaning, and the use of a lint roller or pill razor.

Sweater (EP)

Sweater is the debut EP by Eskimo Joe, released in April 1998. The title track "Sweater" received plenty of airplay on Australian youth radio station Triple J, reaching #33 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 1998.

Sweater was said to have been influenced by fellow Perth band Turnstyle who returned the favour by writing their Top 20 ARIA hit "Spray Water on the Stereo" as a parody of Eskimo Joe.

The music video for the song "14Hz" features Claire Hooper, one of the team captains on the news-based comedy quiz show television show, ' Good News Week'.

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Usage examples of "sweater".

After the cheese and fruit dessert, Natalie wanted to visit the aqueduct and take their coffee with them so Saul filled the steel Thermos while she went to her room and got a thick sweater from her suitcase.

This woman of the baggy corduroy lacks and baggier sweater, who hid her femininity like a guilty secret.

His closely trimmed hair was grey at the temples and although most of the men flying that night would be wearing white roll-neck sweaters and stained battledress, Munro was never seen on duty in anything other than his well-tailored barathea with his hand-made shoes polished like patent leather.

A little man with a gray mustache and matching sweater was sitting and rocking on the veranda when Admiral Beagle took the steps.

I pulled my sweater over my head and backed off, placing myself behind Jack, hoping now to lure Beane between the two of us and give Jack the clear shot he needed.

Father Piotr was casually dressed in jeans, black shirt, white Roman collar of his profession, and a light, buttoned sweater.

She was dressed warmly enough in breeches, sweater, and cloak, but it was going to rain and Dacre rode ahead to Captain Harris.

The girls led them up four steep, very long flights of creaking wooden stairs and guided them through a doorway into their own wonderful and resplendent tenement apartment, which burgeoned miraculously with an infinite and proliferating flow of supple young naked girls and contained the evil and debauched ugly old man who irritated Nately constantly with his caustic laughter and the clucking, proper old woman in the ash-gray woolen sweater who disapproved of everything immoral that occurred there and tried her best to tidy up.

October Dinah shivered a bit even though she was wearing a sweater, and hesitated as she got out, her gaze going to the nylon windbreaker in the backseat.

She closed the library early and drove fast along the seamless neighborhood streets, passed the bright clumps of all-night megastores packed with tired people buying groceries, lottery tickets, booze and drugs, sweaters, shoes, dinette sets.

A man in a brown rumpled suit and brown hat stood in the hallway, gun in hand, guarding a dowdily attractive woman in her thirties in a blue-and-white-pattern dress, and a boy in a blue-and-red-striped sweater who was maybe twelve.

The scratch of his wool sweater and whiffs of naphthalene energized him.

She pulled a face at herself as she put on one of her old skirts and sweaters, shocked to discover how frumpish they were.

Seven years ago, she had been a frumpy mother with flyaway hair, hiding her stomach under loose sweaters and, tired of being humiliated at the gym, trying to shape up by drinking carrot juice.

Molinari was standing with a bespectacled little gray-haired man wrapped in a frumpy blue sweater.