sweater

Etymology
From, equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
 * 2)  A similar garment worn for warmth.
 * 3)  One who sweats (produces sweat).
 * 4) One who or that which causes to sweat.
 * 5) A diaphoretic remedy.
 * 6)  An exploitative middleman who subcontracted piece work in the tailoring trade.
 * 7) * 1894, New York (State) Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, Annual Report (volumes 7-8, page 158)
 * If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union.
 * 1)  One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
 * 2)  A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
 * 3) * William Lecky, quoted in 1965, Gilbert Geis, Juvenile Gangs (page 6)
 * Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground,
 * 1) * 1894, New York (State) Bureau of Mediation and Arbitration, Annual Report (volumes 7-8, page 158)
 * If the piecework system had not existed there never would have been any sweatees. The men who are sweaters, I am sorry to say, are men who formerly belonged to our union.
 * 1)  One who sweats coins, i.e. removes small portions by shaking them.
 * 2)  A London street ruffian in Queen Anne's time who prodded passers-by with his sword-point.
 * 3) * William Lecky, quoted in 1965, Gilbert Geis, Juvenile Gangs (page 6)
 * Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground,
 * 1) * William Lecky, quoted in 1965, Gilbert Geis, Juvenile Gangs (page 6)
 * Among them were the "sweaters" who formed a circle round their prisoner and pricked him with their swords until he sank exhausted to the ground,

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Azerbaijani: sviter
 * Belarusian: сві́тар, швэ́дар
 * Bulgarian: суи́тър
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Hindi:
 * Ingrian: lankapaita
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Macedonian: џемпер
 * Malay: sweater
 * Maori: poraka
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , , ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: џемпер
 * Roman:
 * Spanish: sudadera,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: светр
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese: săng-đay, pu-lơ-vơ


 * Afrikaans: trui
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: سْوِيتَر
 * Morocco: تريكو
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: sviter
 * Basque: jertse
 * Belarusian: сві́тар, пуло́вер, швэ́дар
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: pulovr,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: pulovero
 * Estonian: sviiter, kampsun
 * Finnish:
 * French:, ,
 * Georgian:, პულოვერი
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: sweater
 * Irish: geansaí
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: свитер, пуловер
 * Khmer: អាវរងា, អាវយឺត
 * Korean:, 풀오버
 * Kyrgyz: свитер, пуловер
 * Lao: ເສື້ອຂົນສັດ
 * Latin: thorax
 * Latvian: pulovers, džemperis
 * Lithuanian: megztinis
 * Macedonian: џемпер,
 * Malay: baju panas, baju sejuk, sweater
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: битүү захтай ноосон цамц, битүү захтай цамц
 * Navajo: éétsoh naatsʼǫǫdii, ééʼnaatsʼǫǫdii
 * Northern Sami: buser, báidi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: genser
 * Oromo: shurraaba
 * Persian:
 * Iranian Persian:, پُلیوِر
 * Plautdietsch: Woljak
 * Polish:, pulower
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:, , , , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: geansaidh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: џемпер
 * Roman:
 * Sinhalese: ස්වේටර්
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene: pulover
 * Spanish:,  ,  ,  ,  ,  ,  , sueta ,
 * Swahili: sweta
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik: свитер
 * Thai: เสื้อขนสัตว์
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: switer, pulower
 * Ukrainian: светр, пуло́вер
 * Urdu: سْویٹَر
 * Uyghur: پوپايكا
 * Uzbek:, pulover
 * Vietnamese:
 * Winnebago: woonąžį zizik


 * Finnish: hikoilija
 * Japanese: あせっかき
 * Portuguese: suador

Verb

 * 1)  To dress in a sweater.