Sweater

Definition: Sweater

Sweater

Noun

1. A crocheted or knitted garment covering the upper part of the body.

2. A person who perspires.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sweater" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1885. (references)

Synonym: Sweater

Clothing

Sweater, jersey; cardigan; turtleneck, pullover; sweater vest.

Crosswords: Sweater

Look at his sweater. (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen)

You should have ignored the stupid sweater. (Monk; writing credit: Andy Breckman; David Breckman)

And I wear the same stupid sweater every day (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

There's so much wool you could knit a sweater. (Porky's; writing credit: Bob Clark)

My sweater shrunk (Charmed; writing credit: Colman deKay)

Feelin' kinda better, put on your sweater (Get Ready For This; performing artist: 2 Unlimited)

Coogie sweater (Still Fly; performing artist: Big Tymers)

There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM)

A sweater is usually put on a child when the parent feels chilly. (references; author: unknown)

I got a sweater for Christmas... I wanted a screamer or a moaner. (references; author: unknown)

Pluto's Sweater (1949)

Sweater Girl (1942)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The Jean Moss Designer Knits Collection: More Than 30 Original Sweater and Cardigan Patterns (reference)

• The Learn to Knit a Sweater Book (#1258) (reference)

• The Sweater Workshop: Knit Creative, Seam-Free Sweaters on Your Own With Any Yarn (reference)

• The Saltbox Sweater (reference)

• Design & Knit the Sweater of Your Dreams (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Cartoon Festival: The Sweater and Other Fun Family Christmas Films (reference)

• Sweater & 2 Other Tales (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Autumn Sweater [EP] (reference)

• Take Off Da Hot Sweater (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Koala Baby Plush Sweater Knit Baby Blanket - Blue and Yellow (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

4H girl and dad put sweater on lamb. Credit: USDA.

Modeled by Betty Mayer, who was Assistant Superintendent of the Navy Nurse Corps in 1923-1930. Her cap bears the two gold stripes of her position. Seen here is the white indoor duty uniform and blue knit sweater, authorized 22 January 1923. Probably photographed prior to 1929. Credit: NAVY.

The sweater boy with his letter. Credit: Library of Congress.

Mary Pickford, full-length portrait, seated in motion picture studio, facing left, wearing costume for "Sparrows," knitting sweater for disabled veterans for the American Red Cross between scenes. Credit: Library of Congress.

Edward Walsh, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly right, in baseball uniform, with sweater on his right shoulder. Credit: Library of Congress.

Washington Navy Yard, D.C. Lewis Payne, in sweater, seated and manacled. Credit: Library of Congress.

This sweater shop is owned and operated by one man. Fort Hunter, New York. Credit: Library of Congress.

Bond's, business at 6th and Vine Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio. Sweater department. Credit: Library of Congress.

Princeton student, with letter P on sweater, half-length, standing, facing left, holding football(?), with Princeton University behind him] / John E. Sheridan. Credit: Library of Congress.

Football player, with letter I on sweater, holding football, in front of Illinois Field] / Bristow Adams. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

He was in a black sweater and had a hurleystick

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Economic History

Eritrea

A brewery, cigarette factory, small glass and plastics producers, several companies involved in making leather goods, and textile and sweater factories operate in the Asmara area. (references)

Travel

Chad

In the winter months, a light sweater or jacket may be necessary in the evenings. (references)

New Zealand

A sweater should be carried even during the summer months, as the evenings can become cool. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Expressions using "sweater": iceland sweater ♦ polo neck sweater ♦ sweater girl ♦ sweater scarf ♦ sweater vest ♦ turtleneck sweater. Additional references.

Beginning with "sweater": sweater-dress.

Ending with "sweater": jeans-and-sweater, polo-sweater.

Albanian

shfrytëzues (exploiter, slave driver), pulovër (jumper, pullover, slipover, turtleneck sweater). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قميص صوفي (jersey), ‏سترة (coat, jacket, jumper, lounge suit, smock, toga), ‏السترة المعرقة, ‏إستغلالي (profiteer, scrounger). (various references)

Asturian

xersé. (various references)

Basque

jertse (jersey). (various references)

Bemba

sweta. (various references)

Blackfoot

áísaipihkaisoka'sim. (various references)

Bulgarian 

човек който много се поти, експлоататор (driver, exploiter, flayer, flay-flint, slave driver), пуловер (pullover, slip on, slipover). (various references)

Cebuano

kalupo. (various references)

Chinese 

毛衣 , 毛线衣. (various references)

Czech

svetr (cardigan, Jersey, jumper, pullover), pulovr (Jersey, jumper, pullover). (various references)

Danish

sweater (cardigan), cardigan (cardigan, cardigan (ladies), waistcoat). (various references)

Dutch

pullover (pullover sweater), jumper (pullover sweater). (various references)

Esperanto

pulovero (pullover sweater). (various references)

Faeroese

troyggja (blouse, jacket). (various references)

Farsi 

پلوور, کسیکه عرق میکند, ژاکت (Jacket, Pullover), عرق گیر (Pullover). (various references)

Finnish

villatakki (cardigan), villapaita (jersey, woollen shirt), neulepusero (jumper). (various references)

French

tricot. (various references)

Frisian

trui. (various references)

German

Pullover (Jersey, jumper, pullover, sweaters). (various references)

Greek 

πλεκτική μάλλινη ζακέτα (cardigan), πλεκτή φανέλλα, πουλόβερ (jumper, pullover), ζακέτα (coat, jacket, jerkin). (various references)

Hebrew 

מיזע (sweatshirt), מפשול (pullover), פקרס (pullover, shirt, underwear), אפודה (jumper, pullover, vest), סודר (jumper, ordinal, pullover, serial, tippet), סוצ'ר. (various references)

Hungarian

szvetter. (various references)

Indonesian

kemeja dari wol. (various references)

Inuktitut

uviniruq. (various references)

Italian

maglia (Jersey, jumper, knitting, link, mesh, stitch, undershirt, vest). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ズボン吊り (drag bunt, drawers, driving safely, jumper, safe, safeguard, safety bunt, safety net, sage, save, suspenders). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

セーター (jumper). (various references)

Korean 

스웨터. (various references)

Macedonian

dzemper. (various references)

Manx

gansee (jersey, jumper, pullover). (various references)

Norwegian

genser. (various references)

Occitan

tricòt (jersey). (various references)

Papago

sahgo. (various references)

Pig Latin

eatersway.(various references)

Polish

sweter (pullover sweater). (various references)

Portuguese

sueter, suéter, malha (brindle, jersey, knitting, loop, mesh, quoit, stitch, thrashing, threshing), casaco de malha (cardigan), agasalho (boa, coat, wrap). (various references)

Provencal

tricòt. (various references)

Romanian

sveter, pulover (jumper, slipover), jachetã (Guernsey, jacket, undervest, vest), flanelã (felt, flannel, flannelette, singlet). (various references)

Romansch

pullover. (various references)

Ruanda

umupira yimbeho. (various references)

Russian 

свитер (pullover, pull-over, slip on, slipover). (various references)

Samoan

ofumafanafana. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

džemper (jersey, jumper, pull over, pullover). (various references)

Spanish

suéter (cardigan), chompa (jumper, pullover). (various references)

Swahili

sweta (pullover sweater). (various references)

Swedish

ylletröja (Jersey), tröja (jersey, singlet, undershirt, vest). (various references)

Thai

เสื้อที่ถักด้วยขนสัตว์, ผู้ที่เหงื่อไหลไคลย้อย. (various references)

Turkish

süveter (pullover), sömüren işveren, kazak (cossack, Jersey, jumper, kazakh, pullover), köle gibi çalıştıran patron, üç kuruşa işçi çalıştıran patron. (various references)

Ukrainian

светр (pullover, slip on, slip over), експлуататор (exploiter, nigger-driver), потогінний засіб (diaphoretic, sudorific). (various references)

Vietnamese 

kẻ bóc lột công nhân áo vệ sinh, áo nịt, áo len dài tay. (various references)

Welsh

chwyswr. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "sweater": sweaterdress, sweaterdresses, sweaters. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sweater" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: seatek, seater, seuter, sewster, skeeter, sleater, swaiter, swatir, sweather, sweester, sweetey, swetter, weater, zweite. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: aretes, easter, eaters, rawest, reseat, rewets, seater, tawers, teaser, waster, waters, wester.

-2 letters: arete, aster, eater, erase, ester, ewers, rates, reest, resaw, reset, resew, rewet, saree, sawer, setae, sewar, sewer, stare, steer, stere, straw, strew, sware, swart, swear, sweat, sweer, sweet, tares, tawer, tawse, tears, tease, terse, trees, trews, twaes, wares, warts.

+1 letter: dewaters, seawater, stemware, sweaters, sweatier, tarweeds, teawares, wasterie, waterers, weariest, weathers, wetwares, wreathes.

+2 letters: crewmates, eyewaters, rosewater, seawaters, smartweed, stemwares, stewarded, stoneware, treelawns, wasteries, waterages, waterbeds, wateriest, waterless, watershed, waterside, wheatears, yawmeters.

+3 letters: cartwheels, delftwares, dewaterers, earwitness, enwreathes, firewaters, freshwater, headwaters, limewaters, lusterware, meltwaters, metalwares, newmarkets, newscaster, outwearies, overwaters, shearwater, smartweeds, stewardess, stonewares, sweetbread, sweetbriar, sweetheart, tablewares, tidewaters, treenwares, unwreathes, waitressed, waitresses, warrantees, washeteria, wastepaper, wastewater, watercress, wateriness, waterleafs, waterlines, waterscape, watersheds, watersides, waterweeds, wattmeters, whatsoever.