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vest¹
- /vɛst/
Rhymes with -ɛst
Where it comes from
Derived from French veste (“a vest, jacket”), from Latin vestis (“a garment, gown, robe, vestment, clothing, vesture”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéstis, from *wes- (“to be dressed”) (English wear). Cognate with Sanskrit वस्त्र (vastra) and Spanish vestir.
noun vests
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A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them.
Similar: waistcoat
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A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
Similar: singlet, tank top, undershirt
- A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
- Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage. He gripped some of the shreds and pulled off his vest and the shirt beneath it, his clothing disintegrating around him. What in the hell point was there in wearing a twenty-five-pound bulletproof vest if you could still get gunned to death?
- A vestment. In state attended by her maiden train, / Who bore the vests that holy rites require.
- Clothing generally; array; garb. Not seldom, clad in radiant vest / Deceitfully goes forth the morn.
- A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.
verb vests · vesting · vested
- To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely. Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
- To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred. to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death
- To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor. The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
- To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of. to vest a person with an estate
- (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended. Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality.
- To become vested, to become permanent. My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit.
- To invest; to put. to vest money in goods, land, or houses
Vest²
proper noun Vests
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: waistcoat, undershirt, robe, singlet, enthrone, invest, jersey, hoodie, coat, jacket, sweater, shirt, blazer, suit, weskit, bikini
Translations
Every language
noun garment worn under a shirt
| Español | camiseta de tirantes |
|---|---|
| Português | regata |
| Français | tricot de corps |
| Deutsch | Unterhemd |
| Italiano | canottiera |
| Ελληνικά | φανέλα fanéla |
| Русский | ма́йка májka |
| العربية | صُدَيْرِيّ ṣudayriyy |
noun confer/give property or power
| Deutsch | verleihen, übergeben |
|---|---|
| Italiano | investitura |
noun garment worn over a shirt
| Español | chaleco |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 조끼 jokki |
| 日本語 | チョッキ chokki, ベスト besuto |
| 中文 | 坎肩 kǎnjiān, 背心 bèixīn |
| Português | colete |
| Français | gilet |
| Deutsch | Weste, Gilet |
| Italiano | panciotto, gilè, corpetto |
| Ελληνικά | γιλέκο giléko |
| Русский | жиле́т žilét, безрука́вка bezrukávka, жиле́тка žilétka |
| Tiếng Việt | áo gi lê, gi-lê |
noun sleeveless top with identifying colours or logos
| Italiano | canottiera, casacca |
|---|---|
| Русский | ма́йка májka |
noun any sleeveless outer garment
| 中文 | 馬甲 /马甲 mǎjiǎ |
|---|---|
| Italiano | giubbetto, giubbotto, giacchetta, giubbino |
| Русский | безрука́вка bezrukávka, жиле́т žilét |
Talk about this word "vest." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vest. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vest. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vest "vest." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vest.Cite this
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title = {vest},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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