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blouse
(blous, blouz)n.
1. A woman's or child's loosely fitting shirt that extends to the waist or slightly below. See Note at greasy.
2. A loosely fitting garment resembling a long shirt, worn especially by European workmen.
3. The service coat or tunic worn by the members of some branches of the US armed forces.
intr. & tr.v. bloused, blous·ing, blous·es
To hang or cause to hang loosely and fully.
[French, possibly alteration (influenced by blousse, wool scraps, of Germanic origin) of obsolete French blaude, from Old French bliaut, probably of Germanic origin .]
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blouse
(blaʊz)n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's shirtlike garment made of cotton, nylon, etc
2. (Clothing & Fashion) a loose-fitting smocklike garment, often knee length and belted, worn esp by E European peasants
3. (Military) a loose-fitting waist-length belted jacket worn by soldiers
vb
to hang or make so as to hang in full loose folds
[C19: from French, of unknown origin]
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blouse
(blaʊs, blaʊz)n., v. bloused, blous•ing. n.
1. a garment, usu. for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves; waist.
2. a single-breasted, semifitted military jacket.
3. a loose outer garment, reaching to the hip or thigh or below the knee, and sometimes belted.
v.i. 4. to puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.
v.t. 5. to dispose in loose folds.
[1820–30; < French]
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blouse
- First a garment, usually belted at the waist, worn by peasants or workmen.See also related terms for waist.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
blouse
Past participle: bloused
Gerund: blousing
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Noun | 1. | blouse - a top worn by women garibaldi - a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers guimpe - a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress middy, middy blouse - blouse with a sailor collar neckline - the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck shirtwaist, shirtwaister - a blouse with buttons down the front; "in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister" top - a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips; "he stared as she buttoned her top" |
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Translations
بُلُوزةصِدْريَّه، بْلوزَه
blůzahalen a
bluse
naisten paitapuseropaitapusero
bluza
blúz
blússa
ブラウス
블라우스
palaidinukė
blūze
bluza
blus
เสื้อสตรี
sơ mi nữ
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
blouse
n
→ Bluse f
(US Mil) → (Feld)bluse f
(esp US inf) he’s a big girl’s blouse or a bit of a blouse when it comes to pain → bei Schmerzen ist er ein ziemlicher Jammerlappen (inf); you girl’s blouse! → du Weichei! (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
blouse
(blauz) noun a woman's (often loose) garment for the upper half of the body. a skirt and blouse.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
blouse
→ بُلُوزة blůza bluse Bluse γυναικεία μπλούζα blusa naisten paitapusero chemisier bluza camicetta ブラウス 블라우스 blouse bluse bluzka blusa блузка blus เสื้อสตรี bluz sơ mi nữ 女衬衫Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
blouse
n. blusa, corpiño.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
blouse
n blusaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.