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blouse

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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 Regional 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 U.S. 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 .]

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
[from French, of unknown origin]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.blouseblouse - 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"
Translations
blouse [blaʊz] N
1. (= woman's garment) → blusa f
he's a big girl's blousees un mariquita
2. (US) (Mil) → guerrera f

blouse [ˈblaʊz] nchemisier m, corsage m

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 painbei Schmerzen ist er ein ziemlicher Jammerlappen (inf); you girl’s blouse!du Weichei! (inf)

blouse [blaʊz] ncamicetta
blouse [blaʊz] ncamicetta

blouse
n blouse [blauz]
a woman's (often loose) garment for the upper half of the body a skirt and blouse. bloese صِدْريَّه، بْلوزَه дамска блуза halen(k)a bluse die Bluse γυναικείο πουκάμισο, μπλούζα blusa pluus پیراهن زنانه pusero chemisier חוּלצַת נָשִׁים ब्लाउज, कुर्ती ženska košulja, bluza blúz blus (kven)blússa camicetta ブラウス 블라우스 palaidinukė blūze balus blouse bluse bluzka blusa bluză блуз(к)а blúzka bluza bluza blus เสื้อครึ่งตัวของสตรี bluz 寬大的女短衫 блузка بلاؤز ، عورتوں کی چھوٹی قمیص áo cánh

blouse بلوزة blůza bluse Bluse γυναικεία μπλούζα blusa naisten paitapusero chemise bluza camicetta ブラウス 블라우스 blouse bluse bluzka blusa блузка blus เสื้อสตรี bluz sơ mi nữ 女衬衫


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The only legitimate attachment to print stuff, I was told, was to print stuff in the form of blouse, tennis, or boating costume.
A richly wrought leathern girdle, studded with precious stones, and held in place by a huge carved buckle of gold, clasped the garment about her waist so that the upper portion fell outward over the girdle after the manner of a blouse.
I took them off with all the coolness of an old hand, and then I placed him on my knee and removed his blouse.
 
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