vest
21vest — [v] authorize, entrust belong, bestow, confer, consign, empower, endow, furnish, invest, lodge, pertain, place, put in the hands of*, settle; concepts 50,88 Ant. disapprove …
22vést — 1 í ž, daj., mest. ed. vésti (ẹ̑) 1. občutek, zavest o moralni vrednosti lastnega ravnanja, mišljenja, ki vzbuja občutek moralne odgovornosti: oblikovati, vzbuditi komu vest; ekspr. vest je neizprosen sodnik; ekspr. vest mi govori, šepeta: kriv… …
23vest — de·vest; di·vest; di·vest·ment; har·vest·able; har·vest·er; har·vest·less; har·vest·man; in·vest·able; re·vest; un·vest; vest·ee; vest·less; vest·let; vest·ment; vest·ment·ed; har·vest; in·vest; in·vest·ment; vest; in·vest·ible; vest·men·tal; …
24vest — I n. (AE) a bulletproof (BE has bulletproof jacket); life (CE has life jacket) vest USAGE NOTE: In BE, the basic meaning of vest is undershirt ; in AE, it is waistcoat . II v. (formal) 1) (d; tr.) to vest in (to vest power in smb.) 2) (d; tr.) to …
25Vest — *Sleeveless jackets or coats, known as vests in the US and as waistcoats in the UK and Ireland.EtymologyThe term vest derives from French veste , Italian vesta , veste robe, gown, and Latin vestis , from vestire to clothe . The sleeveless garment …
26vest — vestless, adj. vestlike, adj. /vest/, n. 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. Cf. dickey1 (def …
27vest — Become applicable or exercisable. A term mainly used on the context of employee stock ownership or option programs. Employees might be given equity in a firm but they must stay with the firm for a number of years before they are entitled to the… …
28vest — I vest 1. vest sb., en, e, ene (et klædningsstykke), i sms. veste , fx vestelomme II vest 2. vest sb. (verdenshjørne, landområde) (fork.: V) (jf. vesten, I) III vest 3. vest adv.; vest for; vest om byen (jf. vestom) …
29vest — I UK [vest] / US noun [countable] Word forms vest : singular vest plural vests 1) British a piece of underwear for the top half of your body. The American word is undershirt. 2) a) American a waistcoat b) a piece of clothing with no sleeves or… …
30vest — vest1 [vest] n ↑vest, ↑undershirt [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: veste, from Latin vestis piece of clothing ] 1.) BrE a piece of underwear without ↑sleeves that you wear on the top half of your body American Equivalent: undershirt 2.) a… …
