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BLOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A top worn by women
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("blouse" is a kind of...):
top (a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips)
Meronyms (parts of "blouse"):
neckline (the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blouse"):
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)
shirtwaist; shirtwaister (a blouse with buttons down the front)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb blouse
