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gown
[ goun ]
noun
- a woman's dress or robe, especially one that is full-length.
Synonyms:
- a loose, flowing outer garment in any of various forms, worn by a man or woman as distinctive of office, profession, or status:
an academic gown.
- the student and teaching body in a university or college town.
verb (used with object)
- to dress in a gown.
gown
/ ɡʊ /
noun
- any of various outer garments, such as a woman's elegant or formal dress, a dressing robe, or a protective garment, esp one worn by surgeons during operations
- a loose wide garment indicating status, such as worn by academics
- the members of a university as opposed to the other residents of the university town Compare town
verb
- tr to supply with or dress in a gown
Other yvlog Forms
- ܲ·ǷɲԱ adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of gown1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of gown1
Idioms and Phrases
see cap and gown ; town and gown .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Caselotti would be called upon to reprise the role in the flesh – yellow and blue gown and all – to promote a few of the subsequent releases of the film as well as other Disney films.
In her graduation photo, De Santiago stares the camera down, resplendent in her black satin cap and gown.
Jurors heard Ms Thomas was found unresponsive wearing a dressing gown on the floor of a bedroom on the top floor.
Ms Turner had been strangled with a dressing gown cord, her hair chopped and ripped out as well as being hit with mugs, a machete, a bat, golf club, chain and radio.
“Next chapter, motherhood,” the 2012 Miss Universe wrote on social media, captioning two photos of herself sitting and cradling her growing belly in a flowing white gown.
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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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