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blouse

 (blous, blouz)
n.
1. A woman's or child's loosely fitting shirt that extends to the waist or slightly below. See Note at greasy.
2. A loosely fitting garment resembling a long shirt, worn especially by European workmen.
3. The service coat or tunic worn by the members of some branches of the US armed forces.
intr. & tr.v. bloused, blous·ing, blous·es
To hang or cause to hang loosely and fully.

[French, possibly alteration (influenced by blousse, wool scraps, of Germanic origin) of obsolete French blaude, from Old French bliaut, probably of Germanic origin .]
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blouse

(blaʊz)
n
1. (Clothing & Fashion) a woman's shirtlike garment made of cotton, nylon, etc
2. (Clothing & Fashion) a loose-fitting smocklike garment, often knee length and belted, worn esp by E European peasants
3. (Military) a loose-fitting waist-length belted jacket worn by soldiers
vb
to hang or make so as to hang in full loose folds
[C19: from French, of unknown origin]
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blouse

(blaʊs, blaʊz)

n., v. bloused, blous•ing. n.
1. a garment, usu. for women and children, covering the body from the neck or shoulders to the waistline, with or without a collar and sleeves; waist.
2. a single-breasted, semifitted military jacket.
3. a loose outer garment, reaching to the hip or thigh or below the knee, and sometimes belted.
v.i.
4. to puff out in a drooping fullness, as a blouse above a fitted waistband.
v.t.
5. to dispose in loose folds.
[1820–30; < French]
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blouse

- First a garment, usually belted at the waist, worn by peasants or workmen.
See also related terms for waist.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.

blouse


Past participle: bloused
Gerund: blousing

Imperative
blouse
blouse
Present
I blouse
you blouse
he/she/it blouses
we blouse
you blouse
they blouse
Preterite
I bloused
you bloused
he/she/it bloused
we bloused
you bloused
they bloused
Present Continuous
I am blousing
you are blousing
he/she/it is blousing
we are blousing
you are blousing
they are blousing
Present Perfect
I have bloused
you have bloused
he/she/it has bloused
we have bloused
you have bloused
they have bloused
Past Continuous
I was blousing
you were blousing
he/she/it was blousing
we were blousing
you were blousing
they were blousing
Past Perfect
I had bloused
you had bloused
he/she/it had bloused
we had bloused
you had bloused
they had bloused
Future
I will blouse
you will blouse
he/she/it will blouse
we will blouse
you will blouse
they will blouse
Future Perfect
I will have bloused
you will have bloused
he/she/it will have bloused
we will have bloused
you will have bloused
they will have bloused
Future Continuous
I will be blousing
you will be blousing
he/she/it will be blousing
we will be blousing
you will be blousing
they will be blousing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been blousing
you have been blousing
he/she/it has been blousing
we have been blousing
you have been blousing
they have been blousing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been blousing
you will have been blousing
he/she/it will have been blousing
we will have been blousing
you will have been blousing
they will have been blousing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been blousing
you had been blousing
he/she/it had been blousing
we had been blousing
you had been blousing
they had been blousing
Conditional
I would blouse
you would blouse
he/she/it would blouse
we would blouse
you would blouse
they would blouse
Past Conditional
I would have bloused
you would have bloused
he/she/it would have bloused
we would have bloused
you would have bloused
they would have bloused
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.blouse - a top worn by womenblouse - a top worn by women      
garibaldi - a loose high-necked blouse with long sleeves; styled after the red flannel shirts worn by Garibaldi's soldiers
guimpe - a short blouse with sleeves that is worn under a jumper or pinafore dress
middy, middy blouse - blouse with a sailor collar
neckline - the line formed by the edge of a garment around the neck
shirtwaist, shirtwaister - a blouse with buttons down the front; "in Britain they call a shirtwaist a shirtwaister"
top - a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips; "he stared as she buttoned her top"
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Translations
بُلُوزةصِدْريَّه، بْلوزَه
blůzahalen a
bluse
naisten paitapuseropaitapusero
bluza
blúz
blússa
ブラウス
블라우스
palaidinukė
blūze
bluza
blus
เสื้อสตรี
sơ mi nữ

blouse

[blaʊz] N
1. (= woman's garment) → blusa f
he's a big girl's blousees un mariquita
2. (US) (Mil) → guerrera f
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

blouse

[ˈblaʊz] nchemisier m, corsage m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

blouse

n
Bluse f
(US Mil) → (Feld)bluse f
(esp US inf) he’s a big girl’s blouse or a bit of a blouse when it comes to painbei Schmerzen ist er ein ziemlicher Jammerlappen (inf); you girl’s blouse!du Weichei! (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

blouse

[blaʊz] ncamicetta
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

blouse

(blauz) noun
a woman's (often loose) garment for the upper half of the body. a skirt and blouse.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

blouse

بُلُوزة blůza bluse Bluse γυναικεία μπλούζα blusa naisten paitapusero chemisier bluza camicetta ブラウス 블라우스 blouse bluse bluzka blusa блузка blus เสื้อสตรี bluz sơ mi nữ 女衬衫
Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

blouse

n. blusa, corpiño.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

blouse

n blusa
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References in classic literature ?
The only legitimate attachment to print stuff, I was told, was to print stuff in the form of blouse, tennis, or boating costume.
A richly wrought leathern girdle, studded with precious stones, and held in place by a huge carved buckle of gold, clasped the garment about her waist so that the upper portion fell outward over the girdle after the manner of a blouse. In the girdle was a long dagger of beautiful workmanship.
I took them off with all the coolness of an old hand, and then I placed him on my knee and removed his blouse. This was a delightful experience, but I think I remained wonderfully calm until I came somewhat too suddenly to his little braces, which agitated me profoundly.
His sailor trousers were long and wide at the bottom, and the broad collar of his blouse had gold anchors sewed on its corners.
"Yes," we said, "there is the flag-staff, but where is the flag?" "Here it is," he answered, pulling off his blouse and fixing it to the stick.
She knew what I was talking about, the hussy, and I saw her out of the corner of my eyes listening with all her ears, while she pretended to iron a blouse that she had been washing for me.
She was plainly dressed in white linen and a cool muslin blouse, but there was something about her, unmistakable even to Trent, which placed her very far apart indeed from any woman likely to have become his unbidden guest.
A profound stillness lasted for a few seconds, and then the door was brusquely opened by a short, black-eyed woman in a red blouse, with a great lot of nearly white hair, done up negligently in an untidy and unpicturesque manner.
He was dressed in a common gray blouse and velvet cap, but his carefully arranged hair, beard and mustache, all of the richest and glossiest black, ill accorded with his plebeian attire.
On the contrary she came toward him smiling, and when she was close her slender, shapely fingers touched the sleeve of his torn blouse as a curious child might handle a new toy, and still with the same smile she examined him from head to foot, taking in, in childish wonderment, every detail of his apparel.
She took off her jacket and sat more at ease in her blouse, of some soft, flimsy silk.
So saying he donned the butcher's blouse and apron, and, climbing into the cart, drove merrily down the road to the town.