vest

[ vest ]

/ vɛst /

noun

a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.

a part or trimming simulating the front of such a garment; vestee. Compare dickey¹(def 1).

a waist-length garment worn for protective purposes: a bulletproof vest.

a sleeveless, waist- or hip-length garment made of various materials, with a front opening usually secured by buttons, a zipper, or the like, worn over a shirt, blouse, dress, or other article for style or warmth: a sweater vest; a down vest.

British. an undervest or undershirt.

a long garment resembling a cassock, worn by men in the time of Charles II.

Archaic.

dress; apparel.
an outer garment, robe, or gown.
an ecclesiastical vestment.

verb (used with object)

to clothe; dress; robe.

to dress in ecclesiastical vestments: to vest a bishop.

to cover or drape (an altar).

to place or settle (something, especially property, rights, powers, etc.) in the possession or control of someone (usually followed by in): to vest authority in a new official.

to invest or endow (a person, group, committee, etc.) with something, as powers, functions, or rights: to vest the board with power to increase production; to vest an employee with full benefits in the pension plan.

verb (used without object)

to put on vestments.

to become vested in a person, as a right.

to devolve upon a person as possessor; pass into possession or ownership.

Idioms for vest

play it close to the vest, Informal. to avoid taking unnecessary risks.

Origin of vest

1375–1425; (noun) late Middle English < Italian veste robe, dress < Latin vestis garment; (v.) late Middle English < Middle French vestir < Latin vestīre to clothe, derivative of vestis; akin to wear

OTHER WORDS FROM vest

vest·less, adjective vest·like, adjective

Words nearby vest

vespid, vespine, vespucci, vessel, vessel element, vest, vest-pocket, vest-pocket park, vesta, vestal, vestal virgin

Example sentences from the Web for vest

The news reports quoted him as saying he wore the vest to celebrate Sunday Mass in Apatzingán.

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I pressed the dime-sized rubber button on my vest, which was linked to my radio.

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To date, Gowdy has played his cards close to the vest as to what the committee will actually investigate.

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In the photo, Sherman stands, dressed in an elaborate embroidered velvet frock coat and vest from the late eighteenth century.

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Some reports said she had been captured in the vest and others said Zahir had fled with it.

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He snatched them up with his left hand, and slipped them inside his vest.

File No. 113 |Emile Gaboriau
A giant Irishman was standing there, with shirt collar and vest unbuttoned, and no coat on.

Following the Equator, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
And I was completely won when I donned it; it was like a vest of silk.

The Colonel of the Red Huzzars |John Reed Scott
One of Alfred's tormentors lay upon the floor, his face and vest literally covered with salad and other cold lunch.

Watch Yourself Go By |Al. G. Field
From a vest pocket he drew a little silver case, identical with that he had found in the desk up-town.

The Silent Bullet |Arthur B. Reeve

British Dictionary definitions for vest

vest

/ (vɛst) /

noun

an undergarment covering the body from the shoulders to the hips, made of cotton, nylon, etc US and Canadian equivalent: T-shirt, undershirt Austral equivalent: singlet

a similar sleeveless garment worn as outerwear Austral equivalent: singlet

US, Canadian and Australian a man's sleeveless waistlength garment worn under a suit jacket, usually buttoning up the front Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): waistcoat

obsolete any form of dress, esp a long robe

verb

(tr foll by in) to place or settle (power, rights, etc, in) power was vested in the committee

(tr foll by with) to bestow or confer (on) the company was vested with authority

(usually foll by in) to confer (a right, title, property, etc, upon) or (of a right, title, etc) to pass (to) or devolve (upon)

(tr) to clothe or array

(intr) to put on clothes, ecclesiastical vestments, etc

Derived forms of vest

vestless, adjective vestlike, adjective

Word Origin for vest

C15: from Old French vestir to clothe, from Latin vestīre, from vestis clothing

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