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What (who) is VEST - definition
SLEEVELESS GARMENT FOR THE UPPER BODY, USUALLY WORN OVER A SHIRT AND BELOW A COAT; IT COVERS THE BACK, SHOULDERS AND BUST
Vest; Fishing vest; Padded vest; Flannel vest; Weskit; Wasitcoat; Waist coat; Waistcoats; Vests; Sleeveless coat; Sleeveless jacket; Modi jacket; Modi vest
![Woman wearing a modern [[denim]] waistcoat.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Girl in denim waistcoat 2008.JPG?width=200 "Woman wearing a modern [[denim]] waistcoat.")
![[[John Constable]], detail from ''[[The Cornfield]]'' (1826), [[National Gallery]], London](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John constable, il campo di granoturco, 1826, 02 bambino che beve.jpg?width=200 "[[John Constable]], detail from ''[[The Cornfield]]'' (1826), [[National Gallery]], London")
![waistcoat of silk woven to shape]], 1747.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waistcoat MET C.I.66.14.2 S2.jpg?width=200 "waistcoat of silk woven to shape]], 1747.")
![French waistcoat in silk, circa 1750, [[LACMA]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/French waistcoat.jpg?width=200 "French waistcoat in silk, circa 1750, [[LACMA]].")
![French waistcoat in cotton, circa 1760, [[LACMA]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Man's waistcoat with corded quilting c. 1760.jpg?width=200 "French waistcoat in cotton, circa 1760, [[LACMA]].")
![''Child's Beaded Waistcoat'', Sioux (Native American), late 19th or early 20th century, [[Brooklyn Museum]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Child's Beaded Waistcoat, late 19th or early 20th century, X98.jpg?width=200 "''Child's Beaded Waistcoat'', Sioux (Native American), late 19th or early 20th century, [[Brooklyn Museum]]")
![Guitarist [[Ruthie Morris]] of [[Magnapop]] wearing a [[leopard print]] vest on stage.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruthie Morris 1994 01.jpg?width=200 "Guitarist [[Ruthie Morris]] of [[Magnapop]] wearing a [[leopard print]] vest on stage.")
vest
(vests, vesting, vested)
1.
A vest is a piece of underwear which you can wear on the top half of your body in order to keep warm. (BRIT; in AM, use undershirt
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N-COUNT
2.
A vest is a sleeveless piece of clothing with buttons which people usually wear over a shirt. (AM; in BRIT, use waistcoat
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N-COUNT
3.
If something is vested in you, or if you are vested with it, it is given to you as a right or responsibility. (FORMAL)
All authority was vested in the woman, who discharged every kind of public duty...
The mass media have been vested with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies...
There's an extraordinary amount of power vested in us.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed in n, be V-ed with n, V-ed
vest
¦ noun
1. Brit. an undergarment worn on the upper part of the body, typically sleeveless.
2. a sleeveless garment worn on the upper part of the body for a particular purpose: a bulletproof vest.
3. N. Amer. & Austral. a waistcoat or sleeveless jacket.
¦ verb
1. (vest something in) confer or bestow power, property, etc. on: executive power is vested in the President.
(usu. be vested with) give (someone) the legal right to power, property, etc.
2. put on vestments.
literary dress (someone).
Phrases
play (or keep) one's cards close to one's vest see chest.
Origin
ME: the verb from OFr. vestu 'clothed', past participle of vestir, from L. vestire; the noun from Fr. veste, via Ital. from L. vestis 'garment'.
Vest
·noun Any outer covering; array; garb.
II. Vest ·noun Specifically, a waistcoat, or sleeveless body garment, for men, worn under the coat.
III. Vest ·noun An article of clothing covering the person; an outer garment; a vestment; a dress; a vesture; a robe.
V. Vest ·noun To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to Dress; to Robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
VI. Vest ·noun To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession.
VII. Vest ·vi To come or descend; to be fixed; to take effect, as a title or right;
- followed by in; as, upon the death of the ancestor, the estate, or the right to the estate, vests in the heir at law.
VIII. Vest ·noun To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another;
- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
IX. Vest ·noun To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to Invest; to Furnish; to Endow;
- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death.
Wikipedia
Waistcoat
A waistcoat (UK and Commonwealth, or ; colloquially called a weskit), or vest (US and Canada), is a sleeveless upper-body garment. It is usually worn over a dress shirt and necktie and below a coat as a part of most men's formal wear. It is also sported as the third piece in the traditional three-piece male suit. Any given waistcoat can be simple or ornate, or for leisure or luxury. Historically, the waistcoat can be worn either in the place of, or underneath, a larger coat, dependent upon the weather, wearer, and setting.
Daytime formal wear and semi-formal wear commonly comprises a contrastingly coloured waistcoat, such as in buff or dove gray, still seen in morning dress and black lounge suit. For white tie and black tie, it is traditionally white or black, respectively.
Examples of use of VEST
1. Pekearo was wearing a bulletproof vest, but only one shot hit the vest; bullets punctured his skin six times.
2. Your paddle, life vest and kayak should appear fairly new.
3. He was later reported to be wearing a white vest.
4. Trousers with a dropped crutch and a basketball vest.
5. He was not wearing his customary bulletproof vest.