high-visibility
/hˈaɪvˌɪzəbˈɪlɪɾi/
adjectivedescribing brightly colored clothing made of reflective material in a way that is easily seen
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1. Other common uses are in alarm systems, theatrical lighting (for example, to simulate lightning), and as high-visibility navigation lights.
2. Other common uses are in alarm systems, theatrical lighting (for example, to simulate lightning), and as high-visibility navigation lights.
3. Well, this is what an electric SLS looks like if you take its high-visibility jacket off.
4. They were told to wear high-visibility clothing, and he did.
5. The examiner may not be the person who usually sits next to you, and they may be wearing a high-visibility vest and holding a clipboard, but imagine they are another instructor carrying out a mock test with you.
plunging
/ˈpɫəndʒɪŋ/
adjective(of a woman's clothing) having a deep V-shaped neckline that reveals a lot of the top and cleavage
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1. Just because Donald Trump is wrong about Joe Biden's polling plunging doesn't mean Trump can't necessarily win.
2. Now, the fixed router is even simpler because we don't have to do any plunging.
worn-out
/wˈoːɹnˈaʊt/
adjectivevery damaged or old in a way that has become unusable
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loose
/ˈɫus/
adjectivenot tight; not fitting tightly or closely
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1. His hands look loose.
2. Loosing their two front teeth.
3. Is the heart loose?
4. The pig was loose.
5. Loosing your sense of self.
tight
/ˈtaɪt/
adjective(of clothes or shoes) fitting closely or firmly, especially in an uncomfortable way
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1. Keeping the core tight.
2. Is your eye contact tight?
3. Keep your back and abs tight.
4. Lower your upper body toward the desk with your core tight.
5. Keep your core tight.
backless
/ˈbækɫəs/
adjective(of a woman's clothing) showing most of the back or shoulders
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1. - It's a backless romper!
2. Okay, Kasey is in her backless gown.
3. She's dressed in nothing else but her backless hospital gown.
4. She also wanted to wear a bit more revealing clothing, like a backless top she requested.
5. and it's backless.
low-cut
/lˈoʊkˈʌt/
adjective(of women's clothing) revealing the neck and the upper part of the chest
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1. Oh, well, if I wear something low-cut.
2. She's a woman, and she's wearing a low-cut round scoop dress.
3. A lot of women there will stick to high necklines or wear layers under low-cut tops just to err on the side of caution.
4. She explained to PopSugar, "To be completely honest, one of my videos went viral when I had a slight wardrobe malfunction involving a low-cut top and I started to get a lot of new followers!"
5. For the occasion, Gia chose a powdery blue, floor-length gown with a low-cut neckline.
clinging
/ˈkɫɪŋɪŋ/
adjective(of clothes) tight-fitting in a way that shows the shape of the body
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1. Similar to laundry clinging to each other in a dryer after it's been operating.
2. Found clinging to their Paddle Board in Brevard County, STRONG winds are believed to have pushed them off SHORE and were drifting further out to SEA.
3. The Buddhist meditation teaching always says that we need to let go of our clinging, our grasping, and holding on to things.
4. He has been a bit more clinging and maybe had a little bit of stranger anxiety, not badly or anything.
5. (metal clinging) All the non choking toys are over here.
ragged
/ˈɹæɡəd/
adjective(of clothes) shabby, old and in poor condition
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1. Her breath was ragged and she quieted it.
2. The flimsy sheet fell into three ragged pieces.
3. This is the Ragged Chute hydropower plant on the Montreal River in eastern Ontario, Canada.
4. We're going to go down to Ragged Beach.
5. I always draw my strength and my comfort from Ragged Beach.
revealing
/ɹiˈviɫɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈviɫɪŋ/
adjective(of a piece of clothing) displaying more of the wearer's body than usual
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1. Advertising provides a revealing window into these stubborn prejudices.
2. This conversation was so revealing.
3. That's terribly revealing.
4. In response he posted more revealing photos.
5. That's so revealing.
scanty
/ˈskænti/
adjective(of a piece of clothing) revealing and not covering much of the body
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1. I suspect that to those who don't deal in the ancient world, the evidence I'm about to present would appear unbelievably scanty.
2. And you can tell a lot about this building from both the scanty remains, but also from other evidence that allows us to be able to reconstruct it relatively accurately.
3. and I think it's somewhat justified, because the evidence is just so scanty.
4. A small wool hat rested on the top of his nose, for so his scanty strip of forehead might be called, and the skirts of his black coat fluttered out almost to the horses tail.
5. As they sat grouped about their spoil, in the scanty light afforded by the old man’s lamp, he viewed them with a detestation and disgust, which could hardly have been greater, though they had been obscene demons, marketing the corpse itself.
scooped
/ˈskupt/
adjective(of a woman's clothing) having a rounded and low-cut neckline
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1. - There's no brain scooped.
2. It goes over to JACKSONVILLE tomorrow AFTERNOON and QUICKLY out to SEA, but a lot of the Tropical Moisture will be SCOOPED up into an Approaching Front pushing through the CAROLINAS.
see-through
/sˈiːθɹˈuː/
adjective(particularly of clothes) so thin that light passes through and therefore one is able to see through it
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1. I'd take retro see-through over vegan leather any day of the week.
2. And my favorite part: even the track pad has its own see-through teardown protection.
3. The Pink See-Through Fantasia is a sea cucumber that leaves nothing to the imagination.
4. This is a little bit see-through.
5. The beading is absolutely beautiful and I actually really like the see-through.
skimpy
/ˈskɪmpi/
adjective(of clothing) close-fitting and revealing the body
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1. This is not a skimpy amount of ice cream.
2. You don't want those skimpy cookies.
3. Don't be skimpy with the cheese.
4. Because thongs is very skimpy women's underwear.
5. It just looks a little skimpy.
ready-to-wear
/ɹˈɛdiɾəwˈɛɹ/
adjective(of clothes) ready-made and provided in all sizes rather than suiting only a particular customer
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1. But, it's still ready-to-wear last.
2. Shoes are, of course, John Lobb ready-to-wear.
3. Most ready-to-wear brands will not provide a crotch measurement or a rise measurement.
4. The one-piece collar is exceptionally rare in ready-to-wear shirts.
5. The designer's ready-to-wear pieces range from $500 to around $4,000, while pieces from her bridal collection will cost you at least $2,000 without additions.
mini
/ˈmɪni/
adjectivevery small or shorter in length or duration compared to what is typical or expected
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1. Having a mini.
2. Mac mini delivers the Mac desktop experience in an incredibly small form factor.
3. With the 8-core CPU in M1, Mac mini delivers up to three times faster CPU performance than the previous quad-core version.
4. For ports, this guy has a mini-HDMI, a micro-USB port, headphone jack, power button, a full-size USB, as well as a tiny Windows key.
5. The good guys place their minis on any space behind the start line on the rocket stage side of the board.
midi
/ˈmidi/
adjectivedescribing a dress or skirt that falls below the knee but above the ankle
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1. You can also use MIDI files.
2. So MIDI files have been around for a long time.
3. Now I'm just going to drag a standard MIDI file.
4. You can download a lot of MIDI files from the internet.
5. Now this is a MIDI arrangement of Rachmaninoff's Prelude.
maxi
/ˈmæksi/
adjectiveextending down to the ankles or floor
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1. And that is Maxi the Taxi from the Colgate Comedy Hour.
2. Jo maxi simply means taxi.
3. Okay, this next one is actually a maxi dress.
4. It's another blue maxi.
5. I got this denim maxi dress.
knitted
/ˈnɪtəd/, /ˈnɪtɪd/
adjectivedescribing something that has been made by interlocking loops of yarn with knitting needles
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1. The Hole in the World submitted a knitted piece about Monet's water colors.
2. Piqué is a knitted fabric that has kind of a waffle structure.
3. In the English language, you can call a knitted material fabric and a woven material fabric.
4. Next up is a knitted sweater.
5. I have my knitted sweater.
A-line
/ˈeɪlˈaɪn/
adjective(of a skirt, dress, etc.) being narrow at top and slightly wider at the bottom
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1. Meet the A-line dress, also known as the fit and flare.
2. The A-line dress also comes in a floor-length maxi version for an extra touch of glam.
3. A-line dresses can also make the perfect wedding dresses.
4. A-line dresses work for the same reason.
5. Emphasize your shapely bottom half with pencil and A-line skirts.
polo-neck collar
/pˈoʊloʊnˈɛk kˈɑːlɚ/
nouna lifted collar that fits around the neck
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brief
/ˈbɹif/
adjective(of clothes) short and revealing
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1. Linnaeus’s time at Lund was brief.
2. - I wear briefs.
3. Life is brief.
4. B stands for Brief.
5. One of your options are briefs.
flared
/ˈfɫɛɹd/
adjective(especially of clothes) having a shape that slightly widens toward the bottom
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1. The correct position is a little bit flared.
2. It featured a flared hemline and was brought together with a belt tucked in at the back.
3. You will need Clingy fabrics Belted clothing Body-hugging styles Flared pants and pencil and a-line skirts.
4. Choose bottoms that balance your bust, like wide-legged pants and flared skirts.
5. A lot of girls had the flared skirts and the plaid which was really like really nice.
skinny
/ˈskɪni/
adjectiveclose-fitting and very tight
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1. My arms look so skinny.
2. His street name is Skinny.
3. Your forehead is skinny though.
4. "All ya'll are skinny."
5. My jeans are really skinny.
well-cut
/wˈɛlkˈʌt/
adjective(of clothes) made with care and style and therefore highly priced
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1. He actually, he wore these expensive, well-cut suits.
2. A well-cut pair of wide trousers that feature a proper amount of break for your leg length will probably be more flattering to more men than the current trend for super skinny styles.
3. The fourth thing I look at in pants is the knee area because if the crease hangs straight center in the front and in the back, you know you have a well-cut pair of pants.
waterproof
/ˈwɔtɝˌpɹuf/
adjectivenot damaged by the water or not letting water through
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1. This one is finally waterproof.
2. - This one is waterproof.
3. -This material is waterproof.
4. No phone is waterproof.
5. This thing is even waterproof.
skintight
/skˈɪntaɪt/
adjective(of clothes) very tight
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1. It is, like, skintight.
2. [Jesse laughing] - Did any of you guys know that the fade started in World War Two, when African American soldiers started wearing their hair skintight.
3. but she's in a skintight catsuit.
4. But, for Kate Middleton, skintight pants might be forever in the past.
5. But what does the royal dress code say about skintight denim?
sleeveless
/ˈsɫivɫɪs/
adjective(of clothes) without any sleeves
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1. Now every shirt becomes a sleeveless.
2. What's a sleeveless glove?
3. sleeveless shirt.
4. Sleeveless and skirted During the winter 2018
5. [Bailey] Wear a sleeveless. -
slinky
/ˈsɫɪŋki/
adjective(of a woman’s clothing) tight fitting in a way that makes the figure appear attractive
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1. Along with play-doh, everyone loves a slinky.
2. Everyone loves a slinky ♪
3. They lost the Slinky butt job.
4. This one has like a slinky on it.
5. - I got a slinky thingy.
strapless
/stɹˈæpləs/
adjective(especially of a dress or bra) having no shoulder straps
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1. No, it's strapless.
2. Say it out loud with me: strapless.
3. First strapless one I've tried on
4. Okay, are you thinking the strapless or?
5. and it just becomes strapless.
V-neck
/vˈiːnˈɛk/
noun(of a piece of clothing) having a neckline in the shape of the letter V
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1. - V-neck is this, not here.
2. Now are V-necks shirts?
3. - I said white v-neck tee.
4. For that reason, I much prefer v-neck sweaters.
5. He hates v-necks.
crew neck
/kɹˈuː nˈɛk/
nouna plain round neckline on a sweater or shirt that has no collar
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1. Choose from zip-ups, crew necks and pullovers.
2. Choose from zip-ups, crew necks and pullovers.
3. And the crew neck one is great.
4. So, I chose this crew neck pullover in Pink.
5. They're regular old crew necks.
short sleeve
/ʃˈɔːɹt slˈiːv/
nounan item of clothing with sleeves that extend from one's shoulders to one's elbows
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long sleeve
/lˈɑːŋ slˈiːv/
nouna style of garment in which the sleeves extend to cover the arm from the shoulder to the wrist
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extra small
/ˈɛkstɹə smˈɔːl/
nounclothing or garments that are designed for individuals who require sizes beyond the standard range, typically larger or smaller than the average sizes available
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small
/ˈsmɔɫ/
nouna size or measurement that is typically smaller than average, often used to describe clothing or other physical objects
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1. A small break in a pipe can eventually create a sinkhole that swallows whatever stood above it.
2. Their new house had a garden, but the garden was very small.
3. Then he asked for some butter and jam, and she brought a very small serving of butter and a very small jar of jam.
4. This involves a doctor examining the cervix through a microscope, and possibly taking a small biopsy of tissue for closer examination.
5. But if delta x got a little bit smaller, then the secant line would look like that.
medium
/ˈmidiəm/
adjectivedescribing a size that is neither too big nor too small, but rather in the middle
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1. Modern media are likely to make things even stranger.
2. People say "media."
3. Media has a piece of this.
4. Try medium.
5. Media always reflects the conditions of its creation.
large
/ˈɫɑɹdʒ/
nouna size or quantity that is greater than average or standard
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1. Supermarkets and other large stores quickly installed machines to scan these bar codes.
2. The decline in trading jobs and revenue hurt the big banks and large investment firms.
3. This is in large part, due to home equity being bequeathed from one generation to the next.
4. In the larger scheme of things, those things don't change your narrative.
5. This one was larger.
extra large
/ˈɛkstɹə lˈɑːɹdʒ/
noun(of a size) bigger or larger than what is considered standard or normal
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1. Available font sizes are Small, Medium, Large, Larger, Very Large, and Extra Large.
2. So they have different sizes: MEDIUM, LARGE, Extra Large.
extra extra large
/ˈɛkstɹəˈɛkstɹə lˈɑːɹdʒ/
nounclothing or garments that are designed for individuals who require sizes larger than the standard range
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one-size-fits-all
/ˌwʌn.saɪz.fɪtsˈɑːl/
nounitems that are designed to fit a wide range of body sizes or shapes without the need for specific sizing
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loose-fitting
/lˈuːsfˈɪɾɪŋ/
adjective(of clothing) large, comfortable, and not fitting the body closely
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1. Well you'll be brought into a private room and from there it's important that you have a loose-fitting short sleeve shirt on.
2. I always recommend is to get loose-fitting gloves and then that way you can take the gloves off and keep the dirt out of the truck or the cab of the vehicle and you can simply just pull them off hang onto the gloves and put them in wherever you store them in the vehicle and that way you keep the dirt out of the vehicle because we always want to keep the dirt out of the vehicle
3. You will need Moisturizer Calamine lotion and loose-fitting clothes.
4. Wear loose-fitting clothes made of natural fibers to avoid aggravation.
5. Cover the mixture with loose-fitting plastic wrap or lay plastic wrap underneath the carton with a bit of cooking oil spread around the carton's base to keep bugs away.
close-fitting
/klˈoʊsfˈɪɾɪŋ/
adjective(of clothes) fitting tightly in a way that is not annoying and shows the shape of the body
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1. For example, at some universities, students wear a close-fitting cap topped by a flat square.
2. Before bicycles were invented, in Western countries women usually wore large, close-fitting dresses.
3. Sherlock Holmes was pacing up and down the platform, his tall, gaunt figure made even gaunter and taller by his long grey travelling-cloak and close-fitting cloth cap.
one-piece
/wˈʌnpˈiːs/
adjectivemade in a single piece without separate parts
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1. Two different countries, slept in a one-piece.
2. For women we have one-piece.
3. This is a one-piece suit.
4. It's strapless one-piece and strapless.
5. The one-piece collar is exceptionally rare in ready-to-wear shirts.
two-piece
/tˈuːpˈiːs/
adjectiveconsisting of two separate pieces
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1. "Can I get a two-piece meal with mashed potatoes?"
2. That's two-piece.
3. That's two-piece.
4. You’ll also notice these two-piece tail lights.
5. You’ll also notice these two-piece tail lights.
tight-fitting
/tˈaɪtfˈɪɾɪŋ/
adjectivebeing snug and covering the body closely
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1. But rather being made to cover up, all men swimming in public have to instead wear tight-fitting swimming trunks.
2. Buying shoes that are too small: Tight-fitting shoes lead to blisters and black toenails.
3. Keep leftover paint by covering with a tight-fitting lid.
4. Use the rubber spatula to transfer the paste to a jar with a tight-fitting lid.
5. You've gone from like a smock to a very tight-fitting bat suit that I can't pee in.
outfitted
/ˈaʊtˌfɪtɪd/
adjectivebeing dressed or equipped in a particular way, typically for a specific activity or purpose
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1. Up to that point, people who wanted to sleep comfortably on wheels had to resort to outfitted railway cars.
2. You're outfitted.
3. It's fully outfitted, and it also has the island with the beautiful stone.
4. Prices vary for Vivos's dozen or so locations, but the company had a $7,000 bunk bed option prior to covid-19, and a fully-outfitted, family-sized bunker at the South Dakota location runs about $145,000.
undressed
/ənˈdɹɛst/
adjectivenot having any clothes on
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1. They're also mostly undressed, by the way, but that changes quickly.
2. Even in it's undressed state, it will still function.
3. Yeah, it's horrible just getting undressed.
4. And getting undressed after a long day is somewhat of a ritual.
5. I think a lot of people will see undressed babies, and it can really freak them out, because they're used to being in snow or inclement weather.
figure-hugging
/fˈɪɡjɚhˈʌɡɪŋ/
adjective(of a piece of clothing) close-fitting in a way that shows the outline of a woman's figure
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unfastened
/ʌnfˈæsənd/
adjectivenot securely fixed or closed, often suggesting openness or looseness
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1. Chains that have held you back are about to be UNFASTENED.
2. That takes care of the points about quantity and fastened versus unfastened.
bare
/ˈbɛɹ/
adjective(of a part of the body) not covered by any clothing
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1. The little girl now walks over the snow in her bare feet.
2. A 26-foot drop at extreme low tide lays the whole waterfront bare.
3. These quotes from right after Barkley's knee surgery bare the faintest aroma of beef.
4. Bares the black bear ill will.
5. The bear was bare.
turtleneck collar
/tˈɜːtəlnˌɛk kˈɑːlɚ/
nouna high, close-fitting collar that covers most of the neck, often folded over and sometimes extended into a roll-neck
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three-quarter length sleeve
/ˈθɹi ˈkwɔɹtɝ ˈɫɛŋkθ ˈsɫiv/
nouna sleeve that ends between the elbow and wrist, covering approximately three-quarters of the arm's length
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fringed
/fɹˈɪndʒd/
adjectivehaving decorative threads or strands hanging from the edge of a garment or material
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1. An automated spool then winds up the fringed, green PVC.
2. Papillons have large, upright, fringed ears that look like butterfly wings.
3. Fringed edges of her flight feathers break up the flapping noise that a normal bird makes.
4. Still, fans looked past the mess and complimented the plush, fringed rug, artwork, and wall color.
solid
/ˈsɑɫəd/
adjectivebeing of a single color
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1. The phone feels solid.
2. The quality is solid.
3. That thing is solid.
4. The wide angle camera lens is solid.
5. Introducing solids!
mid-length
/mˈɪdlˈɛŋθ/
adjectiveneither short nor long, but falls in between in terms of length
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1. Mid-length custom boards cost around $2300, but if you're a bona fide surfer dude or dudette, you'll think it's worth every cent, given the craftsmanship and feel of it in the water.
2. Jodi Dery, owner of Cloud 10 Blow Dry Bar, echoed the mid-length prediction, saying, "We are seeing women embrace their natural texture and hair versus trying to change it."
3. Shoulder- to mid-length hair can actually work really well for rectangular faces.
4. Although neither of these famous men's noses made up the top celebrity rhinoplasty requests, similar slim and mid-length noses did.
5. They're mid-length dresses and the sleeves are kind of big.
shabby
/ˈʃæbi/
adjective(of clothing) worn-out, frayed, or in poor condition, often indicating a lack of care or upkeep in its appearance
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1. Not too freaking shabby, hey.
2. This side doesn't look too shabby.
3. It's too shabby.
4. And the drivers weren't too shabby either.
5. Ain't too freaking shabby.
sleeved
/ˈsɫivd/
adjectivedescribing the garments that have sleeves
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1. Number five is weird sleeved shirts.
long-sleeved
/lɑːŋsliːvd/
adjective(of an item of clothing) having sleeves that are long enough to reach one's wrist
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tall
/ˈtɔɫ/
nouna size category that is designed for people who are taller than average, typically above 6 feet or 183 centimeters in height
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1. There are beautiful flowers in it, and twelve tall trees.
2. The tall lady speaks to Alissa.
3. - 3000 series is tall.
4. These people are tall.
5. Today's word is tall.
button-through
/bˈʌʔn̩θɹˈuː/
adjective(of clothing) secured with buttons in a vertical row along the entire length of the garment
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delicate
/ˈdɛɫəkət/
adjectivefine or intricate in texture, structure, or design
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1. Her shoulders are delicate.
2. This pizza is delicate.
3. A snake of this size is rather delicate.
4. Hair is naturally delicate
5. Today's word is delicate.