underwear — ozdic

Collocations

10

1

(noun.)

ADJ

QUANT

change, set

After his workout, he decided to change his underwear before going to the office.

PREP

in your ~

She felt embarrassed when she realized she was standing in her underwear in front of the mirror.

Definitions

noun

1

Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.

Don't scratch and bite, my little bear, you'll soon need bigger underwear.

As a couple of soldiers sing a dirty song, he loses sight of the edge of the stage and falls off in the middle of his dance like a seasoned slapstick artist, his white legs in the air and his filthy underwear visible to all.

2

Underpants (boxers, briefs, panties, etc) and often bras.

“A thong,” she answered him breathlessly. Now completely turned on by the fact that his man was sniffing her underwear and grinning like a tiger that took down its prey. That is if tigers could smile and still look sexy.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — undergarment worn next to the skin and under the outer garme

underclothes
underclothing

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

6

01

Don't scratch and bite, my little bear, you'll soon need bigger underwear.

Wiktionary

02

As a couple of soldiers sing a dirty song, he loses sight of the edge of the stage and falls off in the middle of his dance like a seasoned slapstick artist, his white legs in the air and his filthy u

Wiktionary

03

“A thong,” she answered him breathlessly. Now completely turned on by the fact that his man was sniffing her underwear and grinning like a tiger that took down its prey. That is if tigers could smile

Wiktionary

04

I'm pleased with my new underwear.

Tatoeba · #258793

05

We're going to buy underwear. You're still not wearing underpants, are you?

Tatoeba · #328126

06

The only evidence was the traces of semen stuck to the underwear.

Tatoeba · #393913

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, underwear is marked as colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.