Definitions for vest

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IPA: /vɛst/

Vest is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 29 anagrams from letters in vest (estv).

Definitions for vest

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. Compare dickey1 (def 1).
3. a waist-length garment worn for protective purposes:
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:
5. British. 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.

Idioms

1. play it close to the vest, Informal. to avoid taking unnecessary risks.

verb (used with object)

1. to clothe; dress; robe.
2. to dress in ecclesiastical vestments:
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):
5. to invest or endow (a person, group, committee, etc.) with something, as powers, functions, or rights:

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.

Origin of vest

1375-1425; (noun) late Middle English Italian veste robe, dress Latin vestis garment; (v.) late Middle English Middle French vestir Latin vestīre to clothe, derivative of vestis; akin to

Examples for vest

To date, Gowdy has played his cards close to the vest as to what the committee will actually investigate.

And, firm and dauntless, Morton laid his hand on the giant's vest.

He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.

The news reports quoted him as saying he wore the vest to celebrate Sunday Mass in Apatzingán.

In the photo, Sherman stands, dressed in an elaborate embroidered velvet frock coat and vest from the late eighteenth century.

I pressed the dime-sized rubber button on my vest, which was linked to my radio.

She heard him take off his coat and vest and hang them on the back of a chair.

He dipped into his vest pocket and produced his silver stop watch.

He pulled his watch from the pocket of his vest, hanging on the bedpost.

She again touches it; it is drawn from her vest; it falls to the ground.