sweater

«sweater» in Mova's school dictionary: A warm piece of clothing, often knitted from wool, that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a sweater, sweaters)

meaning for a pupil

1) A warm piece of clothing, often knitted from wool, that covers the top half of the body and the arms. tree →

2) (rare) A person who sweats a lot. tree →

sense in the lessons

Everyday clothing word, especially in the USA and Canada; in the UK and Ireland people often say «jumper», in Australia and New Zealand «jumper» or «jersey». Appears in maths shopping problems (a sweater costs 25 dollars) and in weather and dressing stories. Phrases: «put on a sweater», «a wool sweater», «an ugly holiday sweater».

examples

• Put on your sweater, it's cold outside. tree →
• Grandma knitted me a blue sweater. tree →
• The sweater costs 30 dollars, but it is 10 dollars off. tree →
• My sweater is too itchy. tree →
• He took off his sweater after running. tree →
• She wore a sweater with a reindeer on it. tree →
• I lost my school sweater in the playground. tree →
• On John’s footer days she never once forgot his sweater, and she usually carried an umbrella in her mouth in case of rain. tree →

note

Countable: a sweater, two sweaters. Pronounced «SWET-er» (like «sweat»), not «sweet». Regional words: UK «jumper», Australia/NZ «jumper» or «jersey»; in the USA «jumper» is a sleeveless dress. A cardigan opens at the front; a sweater usually does not.

In the corpora

• A sweater, a coat, a shirt with long sleeves — each has 2 sleeves, one for each arm.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «sweater» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.