TROUSERS

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I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately

Example:

he had a sharp crease in his trousers

Synonyms:

pair of trousers; pant; trousers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("trousers" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Meronyms (parts of "trousers"):

trouser cuff (a cuff on the bottoms of trouser legs)

trouser (a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers)

slide fastener; zip; zip fastener; zipper (a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab)

seat (the cloth covering for the buttocks)

hip pocket (a pocket in rear of trousers)

pant leg; trouser leg (the leg of a pair of trousers)

lap; lap covering (the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs)

leg (a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "trousers"):

trews ((used in the plural) tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan)

sweat pants; sweatpants (loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes)

stretch pants (trousers made of a stretchy fabric)

slacks ((used in the plural) pants for casual wear)

short pants; shorts; trunks ((used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee)

salwar; shalwar (a pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez))

pedal pushers; toreador pants ((used in the plural) snug trousers ending at the calves; worn by women and girls)

pantaloon (trousers worn in former times)

pajama; pyjama (a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries)

long pants; long trousers (trousers reaching to the foot)

jodhpur breeches; jodhpurs; riding breeches ((used in the plural) flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots)

blue jeans; denim; jeans ((used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear)

flannel; gabardine; tweed; white ((usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth)

cords; corduroys (cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth)

churidars (tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta))

chinos ((plural) trousers made with chino cloth)

breeches; knee breeches; knee pants; knickerbockers; knickers ((used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee)

bell-bottoms; bellbottom pants; bellbottom trousers ((used in the plural) trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s)

Credits

Context examples:

This person (who had thus, from the first moment of his entrance, struck in me what I can only describe as a disgustful curiosity) was dressed in a fashion that would have made an ordinary person laughable; his clothes, that is to say, although they were of rich and sober fabric, were enormously too large for him in every measurement—the trousers hanging on his legs and rolled up to keep them from the ground, the waist of the coat below his haunches, and the collar sprawling wide upon his shoulders.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

That Mr. Ends resented this, was patent; and Martin saw the twitch of his arm as if to protect his trousers pocket.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He had nothing on save only his trousers and shirt.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His dress was quiet and sombre—a black frock-coat, dark trousers, and a touch of colour about his necktie.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had just completed his examination when the hall lights flew up, the door opened, and the owner of the house, a jovial, rotund figure in shirt and trousers, presented himself.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Some of them were just like the peasants at home or those I saw coming through France and Germany, with short jackets and round hats and home-made trousers; but others were very picturesque.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

When Steerforth, in white trousers, carried her parasol for her, I felt proud to know him; and believed that she could not choose but adore him with all her heart.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

All together, after repeated digs, its trousers pocket yielded four dollars and fifteen cents.