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Meanings of vest in English

Russian
костюмный жилет
Portuguese
colete
Spanish
chaleca
Catalan
armilla
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Sleeveless garment for the upper body, usually worn over a shirt and below a coat; it covers the back, shoulders and bust.

        костюмный жилет
        Portuguese
        colete
        Catalan
        camiseta
        Spanish
        camiseta

        A collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body.

              colete
              Portuguese
              vestido
              Catalan
              vestir
              Spanish
              vestir

              Clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes.

                    vestido

                    Provide with power and authority.

                        Usage of vest in English
                        1
                        Increase the challenge by wearing a weight vest or using smaller holds.
                        Climbing Magazine
                        2
                        Dr. Olgin said patients seemed to have all-or-nothing approach to the vest.
                        Reuters
                        3
                        I'd prepared the tac vest with this kind of situation in mind.
                        Side Jobs
                        4
                        Thinking several steps ahead, Adams plucked the folded blueprints from his vest.
                        Transfer of power
                        5
                        His free hand pats various pockets and then reaches into his vest.
                        WATER FOR ELEPHANT
                        6
                        Not in yore vest pockets, but hid out in the brush somewheres.
                        Gunsight Pass: How Oil Came to the Cattle Country and Brought a ...
                        7
                        First, you'll need to know how to create a paper bag vest.
                        Wired
                        8
                        A destroyed suicide vest was found at the blast site, officials said.
                        Reuters
                        9
                        On November 4th Pepys dressed himself in the new vest and coat.
                        Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 46: October 1666
                        10
                        Luckily I have a little money; I found it inside my vest.
                        The Pomp of Yesterday
                        11
                        This he would have rolled-up in his LEFT vest pocket-justin case.
                        Epistles from Pap: Letters from the man known as 'The Will Roger...
                        12
                        Seward was wearing a bullet proof vest with a press label attached.
                        Radio NZ
                        13
                        At least Jamie was wearing a shirt beneath his leather vest today.
                        The devil wears plaid
                        14
                        He felt in his vest pocket; there was a ten-dollar bill there.
                        The Awakening, and Selected Short Stories
                        15
                        Besides I had two marks, and the nickels in my vest pocket-and
                        Pixy's Holiday Journey
                        16
                        In a brand-new suit of checkered tweed and a low-cut satin vest
                        Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1
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