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pant 1
(pănt)v. pant·ed, pant·ing, pants
v.intr.
1. To breathe rapidly in short gasps, as after exertion.
2. To beat loudly or heavily; throb or pulsate.
3. To give off loud puffs, especially while moving.
4. To long demonstratively; yearn: was panting for a chance to play.
v.tr.
To utter hurriedly or breathlessly: I panted my congratulations to the winner of the race.
n.
1. A short labored breath; a gasp.
2. A throb; a pulsation.
3. A short loud puff, as of steam from an engine.
[Middle English panten, perhaps alteration of Old French pantaisier, from Vulgar Latin *pantasiāre, to have a nightmare, feel oppressed or short of breath from emotion, from Greek phantasioun, to form mental images, from phantasiā, appearance; see fantasy.]
pant′ing·ly adv.
pant 2
(pănt)n. often pants
Idiom: 1. An outer garment that covers the body below the waist, usually to the ankles, and is divided into sections to fit each leg separately: She decided to wear pants instead of a skirt. He bought a new pair of pants.
2. Underpants.
with (one's) pants down Slang
In an embarrassing position.
[Short for pantaloon.]
Usage Note: You can refer to a single garment either as "pants" or as "a pair of pants." The same holds true not only for other similar garments such as shorts or trousers, but also for other single items that consist of two connected parts, such as glasses or scissors. With pants, the "pair" alludes to the fact that there are two openings for the legs. The use of the singular pant is largely confined to the fields of design, textiles, and fashion: The stylist recommended that the model wear a pant with a checkered print. Pant is also commonly used as the attributive form: pant leg, pant cuff, pant pocket.
wear
(wâr)v. wore (wôr), worn (wôrn), wear·ing, wears
v.tr.
1. To carry or have on one's person as covering, adornment, or protection: wearing a jacket; must wear a seat belt.
2. To carry or have habitually on one's person, especially as an aid: wears glasses.
3. To display in one's appearance: always wears a smile.
4. To bear, carry, or maintain in a particular manner: wears her hair long.
5. To fly or display (colors). Used of a ship, jockey, or knight.
6. To damage, diminish, erode, or consume by long or hard use, attrition, or exposure. Often used with away, down, or off: rocks worn away by the sea; shoes worn down at the heels.
7. To produce by constant use, attrition, or exposure: eventually wore hollows in the stone steps.
8. To bring to a specified condition by long use or attrition: wore the clothes to rags; pebbles worn smooth.
9. To fatigue, weary, or exhaust: Your incessant criticism has worn my patience.
10. Nautical To make (a sailing ship) come about with the wind aft.
v.intr.
1.
a. To last under continual or hard use: a fabric that will wear.
b. To last through the passage of time: a friendship that wears well.
2. To break down or diminish through use or attrition: The rear tires began to wear.
3. To pass gradually or tediously: The hours wore on.
4. Nautical To come about with stern to windward.
n.
Phrasal Verbs: 1. The act of wearing or the state of being worn; use: This shirt is ideal for wear in sultry climates.
2. Clothing, especially of a particular kind or for a particular use. Often used in combination: rainwear; footwear.
3. Damage resulting from use or age: The rug shows plenty of wear.
4. The ability to withstand impairment from use or attrition: The engine has plenty of wear left.
wear down
To break down or exhaust by relentless pressure or resistance: The child's pleading finally wore her parents down.
wear off
To diminish gradually in effect: The drug wore off.
wear out
Idioms: 1. To make or become unusable through long or heavy use: wore out a pair of hockey skates; a vacuum that finally wore out.
2. To exhaust; tire: Raking the leaves wore me out.
3. To use up or consume gradually: His complaining finally wore out my patience.
wear the pants/trousers Informal
To exercise controlling authority in a household.
wear thin
1. To be weakened or eroded gradually: Her patience is wearing thin.
2. To become less convincing, acceptable, or popular, as through repeated use: excuses that are wearing thin.
wear′er n.
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pants
(pænts)pl n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) Brit an undergarment reaching from the waist to the thighs or knees
2. bore the pants off informal to bore extremely
3. scare the pants off informal to scare extremely
adj
slang Brit inferior
[C19: shortened from pantaloons; see pantaloon]
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pants
(pænts)n. (used with a pl. v.)
1. trousers.
2. underpants, esp. for women and children; panties.
3. Brit. men's underpants, esp. long drawers.
Idioms: wear the pants, to have the dominant role, as in a household.
[1830–40; short for pantaloons]
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pants
– shortsIn British English, pants are a piece of clothing worn by men, women, or children under their other clothes. Pants have two holes to put your legs through and elastic round the waist or hips to keep them up.
Men's pants are sometimes referred to as underpants. Women's pants are sometimes referred to as panties or knickers.
In American English, a piece of clothing like this for men is usually referred to as shorts or underpants. For women, they are usually called panties.
In American English, the word pants is used to refer to men's or women's trousers.
He wore brown corduroy pants and a white cotton shirt.
In both British and American English, shorts are also trousers with very short legs that people wear in hot weather or for taking part in sports.
I usually wear shorts and a T-shirt when I play tennis.
Both pants and shorts are plural nouns. You use a plural form of a verb with them.
The pants were white with a lace trim.
His grey shorts were far too big.
Be Careful!
Don't say 'a pants' or 'a shorts'. You can say a pair of pants or a pair of shorts.
It doesn't take long to choose a pair of pants.
He is wearing a pair of shorts and a T-shirt.
You use a singular form of a verb with a pair of pants or a pair of shorts.
Why is this pair of pants on the floor?
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| Noun | 1. |  pants - underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing"underpants - an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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pants
plural noun
1. (Brit.) underpants, briefs, drawers, knickers, panties, boxer shorts, Y-fronts (trademark), broekies (S. African) a matching set of bra and pants
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Translations
بَنْطَلُونبَنطَلون، سِرْواللباس تَحْتي للرجال، كَلسونلِبَاسٌ دَاخِلِيّ
kalhotyspodkykalhotky
bukserunderbukser
housutmiesten alushousutpikkuhousutalushousut
gaćehlače
alsónadrágnadrágpantalló
celana
buxurnærbuxur
ズボンパンツ
바지팬티
kelnaitėstrumpikės
apakšbiksesbikses
nohavice
hlačespodnjice
byxabyxorunderbyxor
กางเกงกางเกงขายาว
quần
pants
[pænts]A. NPL (Brit) (man's) → calzoncillos mpl; (woman's) → bragas fpl (Sp), calzones mpl (LAm) (US) → pantalones mpl
a pair of pants (Brit) (man's) → unos calzoncillos; (woman's) → unas bragas, unos calzones (LAm) (US) → un pantalón, unos pantalones
to bore the pants off sb → aburrir terriblemente a algn
to catch sb with his pants down → pillar a algn desprevenido
she wears the pants → ella es la que manda
a pair of pants (Brit) (man's) → unos calzoncillos; (woman's) → unas bragas, unos calzones (LAm) (US) → un pantalón, unos pantalones
to bore the pants off sb → aburrir terriblemente a algn
to catch sb with his pants down → pillar a algn desprevenido
she wears the pants → ella es la que manda
B. CPD pants press N (US) → prensa f para pantalones
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
pants
[ˈpænts] npl
(British) (woman's) → culotte f; (man's) → slip m
a pair of pants (woman's) → une culotte; (man's) → un slip
a pair of pants (woman's) → une culotte; (man's) → un slip
(US) (= trousers) → pantalon m
a pair of pants → un pantalon
to bore the pants off sb → barber qn
to scare the pants off sb → faire une peur bleue à qn
to fly by the seat of one's pants (= follow one's instinct) → fonctionner à l'intuition
a pair of pants → un pantalon
to bore the pants off sb → barber qn
to scare the pants off sb → faire une peur bleue à qn
to fly by the seat of one's pants (= follow one's instinct) → fonctionner à l'intuition
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
pants
pl (esp US: = trousers) → Hose f; (Brit: = underpants) → Unterhose f; a pair of pants → eine Hose/Unterhose; to beat the pants off somebody (inf) → es jdm ordentlich zeigen; to charm the pants off somebody (inf) → jdm um den Bart gehen; to wear the pants (US fig) → die Hosen anhaben (inf); to be caught with one’s pants down (fig) → auf frischer Tat ertappt werden (inf); to be pants (Brit sl: = awful) → beknackt or beschissen sein (sl)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
pants
[pænts] npl (Brit) (underwear) → mutande fpl, slip m inv (Am) (trousers) → pantaloni mpl, calzoni mplto catch sb with his pants down (fam) → beccare qn in una situazione imbarazzante
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
pants
(pӕnts) noun plural1. (also ˈpanties) a short undergarment worn on the lower part of the body. a pair of pants.
2. (American) trousers.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
pants
→ بَنْطَلُون, لِبَاسٌ دَاخِلِيّ kalhoty bukser Hose, Unterhose παντελόνι calzón, pantalón housut, miesten alushousut pantalon, slip gaće, hlače mutande, pantaloni ズボン, パンツ 바지, 팬티 broek, onderbroek bukser kalesony, spodnie calças, cueca брюки, подштанники byxor, underbyxor กางเกง, กางเกงขายาว külot, pantolon quần 男人短衬裤, 裤子Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
pants
n., pl. pantalones, calzones.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
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pants
npl pantalones mplEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.