VEST


Meaning of VEST in English

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

A ~ is a piece of underwear which you can wear on the top half of your body in order to keep warm. (BRIT; in AM, use undershirt )

N-COUNT

2.

A ~ is a sleeveless piece of clothing with buttons which people usually wear over a shirt. (AM; in BRIT, use waistcoat )

N-COUNT

3.

If something is ~ed in you, or if you are ~ed with it, it is given to you as a right or responsibility. (FORMAL)

All authority was ~ed in the woman, who discharged every kind of public duty...

The mass media have been ~ed with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies...

There’s an extraordinary amount of power ~ed in us.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed in n, be V-ed with n, V-ed

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