baggy /'b<egi: [adj] baggy trousers, shirts etc are designed to be big and loose and they hide the shape of your body: He was wearing baggy jeans and a T-shirt. I a
comfortable baggy sweater
well -dressed weldresN [adjl someone
who is well-dressed is wearing good quality clothes and looks as if they have taken a lot of care about how they look: The photograph showed a well-dressed man in his ecrly 50s.
fashionable fjepnotvl [adj] fashionable clothes are in a style that is popular at the moment: Long skirts are very fashionable these days. I a pair of fashionable and expensive-looking trainers
smart smui't [adj] British if you look smart or your clothes are smart, you are dressed in an attractive way and you look very tidy: a smart suit I You look really smart today, Paul. Have you got a job interview or something?
casual /кжзиЫ [adj] casual clothes are comfortable clothes that you wear when you are relaxing, not clothes that you wear on formal occasions: a casual jacket
scruffy /нкглП |adj] people or clothes that are scruffy look dirty and untidy: Change out of those scruffy jeans. I You look too scruffy to go out to a restaurant.
match .maetj [y I/T] if clothes match each other, or if they match, they look good together, especially because they are a similar colour: That shirt doesn't match your jacket.
+ out of Ed went upstairs to change out of his work clothes.
hat/scai//tie to match (=the same colour as something else) I've got some blue shoes - now I need a bag to match.
Suit /su:t' sju:t|su.t/ [и T] if a piece of clothing or a type of clothing suits you, it looks good on you: Short skirts don't really suit me.
fit 'fit/ It) I/n if clothes fit, they are the right size: He's put on so much weight that his clothes don't fit any more. I Do those shoes still fit you?
fitting - fitted иК fit -w) - have
fitted
В the way that clothes look
Style /stail/ [n C] the way that clothes look and how they have been designed: I like the colour, but I don't really like the style. I 70s styles are coming back into fashion.
Q wearing no clothes
Qhave nothing on haev ,пл6п] nn
especially spoken to not be wearing any clothes: Don't come in yet - I have nothing on!
Have nothing on your/eet I had nothing on my feet and some of the stones were really sharp.
naked /'neikjd/ [adj] wearing no clothes - use this especially when it is surprising that someone is not wearing clothes: He was lying on the bed completely naked. I The magazine was full of pictures of naked men.
stark naked (also buck naked american)
^completely naked) She was standing there stark naked.
undressed /^ndrest/ [adj] wearing no clothes, because you have just taken them off, for example to have a bath or go to bed: She went upstairs to make sure that the children were all undressed and ready for bed.
bare /Ьеэг/ [adj] a part of your body that is bare is not covered by any clothes: My arms were bare and they got badly sunburned. \ In summer all the kids go around in bare feet.
COLD
m opposite H0T
see also WC1- dry/ weather
II weather
cold kaold/ [adj] a cold January morning I This is the coldest winter we've had for years.
it's cold (=the weather is cold) Put your gloues on - it's cold outside today! freezing cold (=extremely cold) It gets freezing cold at night in the mountains. bitterly cold (^extremely cold and unpleasant) a bitterly cold north wind
the cold /Аэ 'kaoldj [n singular] cold weather - use this to emphasize how unpleasant and uncomfortable it is outside: Come in. Don't stand out there in
the cold!
cool kuil [adj] cold in a pleasant way,
especially after the weather has been hot: a cool sea breeze
it's cool (=the weather is cool) Although the days are very hot, it 's much cooler at night.
chilly /ФЬ/ [adj] cold, but not extremely cold: a chilly morning in April it's chilly (=the weather is chilly) It's getting chilly ~ I think we'll go inside.
/rosty / frosti||'fro:sti [adj] very cold, when even^hing is covered in a thin white layer of ice, and the sky is often very bright and clear: a bright frosty morning
freezing /'friizii]/ [adj] extremely cold, so that rivers, streams etc turn to ice: The freezing weather continued all through February.
freezing cold (=the weather is extremely
cold) It was freezing cold outside.
it's freezing I'd never go on holiday there - it's always frezing.
Q person
cold /kauld/ [adj not before noun] feeling cold
be cold Dad, I'm cold. Can I put the heater on?
feel cold He woke up in the middle of the night feeling cold. look cold Come and sit by the fire. You look cold.
Q/reezing /,fn:z,f]/ Mj) spoken feeling very cold and uncomfortable: "Are you
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warm enough?" "No, I'm absolutely freezing!"
place/room
cold /k^old; [adj] He waited an hour for the train on a cold platform. it's cold Why is it always so cold in this office?
cool k111' [cacfy] cold in a pleasant way. especially when the weather is hot: Our hotel room was lovely and cool. it's cool It's much cooler downstairs.
chilly tJi 1 i [adj] a little too cold for you to feel comfortable They have to get washed and dressed in a chilly bathroom.
it's chilly It's chilly in here - why don't you turn the heater on?
draughty BRITISH dra/ty African
;"dra:fti||'dricfti [adj] a room that is draughty has cold air blowing into it from outside: a cold, draughty apartment