Synonyms of the word chemise


CHEMISEDRESS - FROCK - SACK - SHIFT - SHIMMY - SLIP - TEDDY - UNDERGARMENT - UNMENTIONABLE

chemise

  • n. (historical) A loose shirtlike undergarment, especially for women.
  • n. A short nightdress, or similar piece of lingerie.
  • n. A woman's dress that fits loosely; a chemise dress.
  • n. A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

dress

  • n. (countable) An item of clothing (usually worn by a woman or young girl) which both covers the upper part…
  • n. (uncountable) Apparel, clothing.
  • n. The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
  • n. A dress rehearsal.
  • v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To prepare oneself; to make ready.
  • v. To adorn, ornament.
  • v. (nautical) To ornament (a ship) by hoisting the national colours at the peak and mastheads, and setting…
  • v. (transitive) To treat (a wound, or wounded person).
  • v. (transitive) To prepare (food) for cooking, especially by seasoning it.
  • v. (transitive) To fit out with the necessary clothing; to clothe, put clothes on (something or someone).
  • v. (intransitive) To clothe oneself; to put on clothes.
  • v. (intransitive) Of a man, to allow the genitals to fall to one side or other of the trousers.
  • v. To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready.
  • v. (transitive) To prepare the surface of (a material; usually stone or lumber).
  • v. (transitive) To bolt or sift flour.
  • v. (military, transitive, intransitive) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to…
  • v. To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.

frock

  • n. A dress, a piece of clothing for a female, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
  • n. An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals, a habit.
  • v. To clothe in a frock.
  • v. To make a cleric.
  • n. (dialectal) A frog.

sack

  • n. A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse material for storage and handling of various commodities,…
  • n. The amount a sack holds; also, an archaic or historical measure of varying capacity, depending on commodity…
  • n. (uncountable) The plunder and pillaging of a captured town or city.
  • n. (uncountable) Loot or booty obtained by pillage.
  • n. (American football) A successful tackle of the quarterback. See verb sense4 below.
  • n. (baseball) One of the square bases anchored at first base, second base, or third base.
  • n. (informal) Dismissal from employment, or discharge from a position, usually as give (someone) the sack…
  • n. (colloquial, US) Bed; usually as hit the sack or in the sack. See also sack out.
  • n. (dated) (also sacque) A kind of loose-fitting gown or dress with sleeves which hangs from the shoulders,…
  • n. (dated) A sack coat; a kind of coat worn by men, and extending from top to bottom without a cross seam.
  • n. (vulgar, slang) The scrotum.
  • v. To put in a sack or sacks.
  • v. To bear or carry in a sack upon the back or the shoulders.
  • v. To plunder or pillage, especially after capture; to obtain spoils of war from.
  • v. (American football) To tackle, usually to tackle the offensive quarterback behind the line of scrimmage…
  • v. (informal) To discharge from a job or position; to fire.
  • v. (colloquial) In the phrase sack out, to fall asleep. See also hit the sack.
  • n. (dated) A variety of light-colored dry wine from Spain or the Canary Islands; also, any strong white wine…
  • v. Alternative spelling of sac.
  • n. Alternative spelling of sac.

shift

  • n. (historical) A type of women's undergarment, a slip.
  • n. A change of workers, now specifically a set group of workers or period of working time.
  • n. An act of shifting; a slight movement or change.
  • n. (US) The gear mechanism in a motor vehicle.
  • n. Alternative spelling of Shift (“a modifier button of computer keyboards”).
  • n. (computing) A bit shift.
  • n. (baseball) The infield shift.
  • n. (Ireland, crude slang, often with the definite article, usually uncountable) The act of sexual petting.
  • n. (archaic) A contrivance, device to try when other methods fail.
  • n. (archaic) A trick, an artifice.
  • n. In building, the extent, or arrangement, of the overlapping of plank, brick, stones, etc., that are placed…
  • n. (mining) A breaking off and dislocation of a seam; a fault.
  • v. (transitive) To change, swap.
  • v. (transitive) To move from one place to another; to redistribute.
  • v. (intransitive) To change position.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To change (one's clothes); also to change (someone's) underclothes.
  • v. (intransitive) To change gears (in a car).
  • v. (typewriters) To move the keys of a typewriter over in order to type capital letters and special characters.
  • v. (computer keyboards) To switch to a character entry mode for capital letters and special characters.
  • v. (transitive, computing) To manipulate a binary number by moving all of its digits left or right; compare…
  • v. (transitive, computing) To remove the first value from an array.
  • v. (transitive) To dispose of.
  • v. (intransitive) To hurry.
  • v. (Ireland, vulgar, slang) To engage in sexual petting.
  • v. (obsolete) To resort to expedients for accomplishing a purpose; to contrive; to manage.
  • v. To practice indirect or evasive methods.

shimmy

  • n. A dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately.
  • n. An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle.
  • n. A dance that was popular in the 1920s.
  • n. (rare) A sleeveless chemise.
  • v. (dance) To perform a shimmy (dance movement involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately).
  • v. To climb something (e.g. a pole) gradually (e.g. using alternately one's arms then one's legs).
  • v. (intransitive) To vibrate abnormally, as a broken wheel.
  • v. (intransitive, rare) To shake the body as if dancing the shimmy.
  • v. (intransitive, video games) To move across a narrow ledge, either by hanging from it or by strafing on…

slip

  • n. (obsolete) Mud, slime.
  • n. (ceramics) A thin, slippery mix of clay and water.
  • n. A twig or shoot; a cutting.
  • n. (obsolete) A descendant, a scion.
  • n. A young person (now usually with of introducing descriptive qualifier).
  • n. A long, thin piece of something.
  • n. A small piece of paper, especially one longer than it is wide.
  • n. (marine insurance) A memorandum of the particulars of a risk for which a policy is to be executed. It…
  • v. (intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
  • v. (intransitive) To err.
  • v. (intransitive) To accidentally reveal a secret or otherwise say something unintentional.
  • v. (intransitive) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; often with out, off, etc.
  • v. (transitive) To pass (a note, money, etc.), often covertly.
  • v. (transitive) To cause to move smoothly and quickly; to slide; to convey gently or secretly.
  • v. (intransitive) To move quickly and often secretively; to depart, withdraw, enter, appear, intrude, or…
  • v. (intransitive, figuratively) To move down; to slide.
  • v. (transitive, falconry) To release (a dog, a bird of prey, etc.) to go after a quarry.
  • v. (transitive, cooking) To remove the skin of a soft fruit, such as a tomato or peach, by blanching briefly…
  • v. (obsolete) To omit; to lose by negligence.
  • v. To cut slips from; to cut; to take off; to make a slip or slips of.
  • v. To cause to slip or slide off, or out of place.
  • v. To bring forth (young) prematurely; to slink.
  • n. An act or instance of slipping.
  • n. A woman's undergarment worn under a skirt or dress to conceal unwanted nudity that may otherwise be revealed…
  • n. A slipdress.
  • n. A mistake or error.
  • n. (nautical) A berth; a space for a ship to moor.
  • n. (nautical) A difference between the theoretical distance traveled per revolution of the propeller and…
  • n. (medicine) A one-time return to previous maladaptive behaviour after cure.
  • n. (cricket) Any of several fielding positions to the off side of the wicket keeper, designed to catch the…
  • n. A number between 0 and 1 that is the difference between the angular speed of a rotating magnetic field…
  • n. A leash or string by which a dog is held; so called from its being made in such a manner as to slip, or…
  • n. An escape; a secret or unexpected desertion.
  • n. (printing, dated) A portion of the columns of a newspaper etc. struck off by itself; a proof from a column…
  • n. (dated) A child's pinafore.
  • n. An outside covering or case.
  • n. (obsolete) A counterfeit piece of money, made from brass covered with silver.
  • n. Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.
  • n. (ceramics) An aqueous suspension of minerals, usually clay, used, among other things, to stick workpieces…
  • n. A particular quantity of yarn.
  • n. (Britain, dated) A narrow passage between buildings.
  • n. (US) A long seat or narrow pew in churches, often without a door.
  • n. (mining) A dislocation of a lead, destroying continuity.
  • n. (engineering) The motion of the centre of resistance of the float of a paddle wheel, or the blade of an…
  • n. (electrical) The difference between the actual and synchronous speeds of an induction motor.
  • n. A fish, the sole.

teddy

  • n. Abbreviation of teddy bear.
  • n. By extension, any stuffed toy.
  • n. A type of all-in-one piece of women's underwear.

undergarment

  • n. Any garment worn underneath others, especially one worn next to the skin; an item of underwear.
  • n. (religion, in the plural) Temple garments worn by the followers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day…

unmentionable

  • adj. Not mentionable.

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