vest

Noun

1. (Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.
2. (British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.
3. A sleeveless top, typically with identifying colours or logos, worn by an athlete or member of a sports team.
4. Any sleeveless outer garment, often for a purpose such as identification, safety, or storage.
5. A vestment.
6. Clothing generally; array; garb.
7. (archaic) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.

Verb

1. (passive) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
2. To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
3. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
4. To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
5. (intransitive) (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
6. (intransitive) To become vested, to become permanent.
7. (obsolete) To invest; to put.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛst/

Etymology

Cognate with English: wear

Cognate with Sanskrit: वस्त्र

Cognate with Spanish: vestir

In summary

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.

Synonyms

waistcoat

undershirt

shirt

👕

singlet

invest

undershirt

jacket

weskit

robe

enthrone

jersey

🇯🇪

tank top

attire

dress

👗

endue

T-shirt

clothe

confer

cardigan

etc

garb

gird

intrust

jerkin

muscle shirt

pocket

pullover

put on

repose

rig

shimmy

stomacher

Livonian

sweater

tricot

trust

undervest

underwear

wear

wrap up

give to

indue

pull-over

shut in

sleeveless jacket

gilet

sleeveless shirt

sleeveless vest

half-sweater

sleeveless T-shirt

Sentences

Luckily , the dagger couldn't penetrate the bullet proof vest .