Vest (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
  2. a part or trimming simulating the front of such a garment; vestee.
  3. a waist-length garment worn for protective purposes: a bulletproof vest.
  4. a sleeveless, waist- or hip-length garment made of various materials, with a front opening usually secured by buttons, a zipper, or the like, worn over a shirt, blouse, dress, or other article for style or warmth: a sweater vest; a down vest.
  5. an undervest or undershirt.
  6. a long garment resembling a cassock, worn by men in the time of Charles II.
  7. Archaic.
    • dress; apparel.
    • an outer garment, robe, or gown.
    • an ecclesiastical vestment.
verb (used with object)
  1. to clothe; dress; robe.
  2. to dress in ecclesiastical vestments: to vest a bishop.
  3. to cover or drape (an altar).
  4. to place or settle (something, especially property, rights, powers, etc.) in the possession or control of someone (usually followed by in): to vest authority in a new official.
  5. to invest or endow (a person, group, committee, etc.) with something, as powers, functions, or rights: to vest the board with power to increase production; to vest an employee with full benefits in the pension plan.
verb (used without object)
  1. to put on vestments.
  2. to become vested in a person, as a right.
  3. to devolve upon a person as possessor; pass into possession or ownership.
Idioms
  1. to avoid taking unnecessary risks.
noun
  1. an undergarment covering the body from the shoulders to the hips, made of cotton, nylon, etc
  2. a similar sleeveless garment worn as outerwear
  3. a man's sleeveless waistlength garment worn under a suit jacket, usually buttoning up the front
  4. any form of dress, esp a long robe
verb
  1. to place or settle (power, rights, etc, in)
  2. to bestow or confer (on)
  3. to confer (a right, title, property, etc, upon) or (of a right, title, etc) to pass (to) or devolve (upon)
  4. to clothe or array
  5. to put on clothes, ecclesiastical vestments, etc
Vest (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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