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# bra

«bra» in Mova's school dictionary: **A piece of underwear worn by women and older girls to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a bra, bras)

### meaning for a pupil

A piece of underwear worn by women and older girls to support and cover their breasts. Short for «brassiere». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bra/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health and growing-up lessons (puberty), girls learn that wearing a bra is a normal, personal choice as the body changes; a «first bra» or «training bra» is common for older girls. In PE, a sports bra gives extra support. It is a private, everyday word, not rude.

### examples

- She bought a sports bra for netball. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bra/#x1)
- Mum took my sister to buy her first bra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bra/#x2)
- Bras come in many sizes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bra/#x3)
- The bra is hanging on the washing line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bra/#x4)
- A sports bra helps when running and jumping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bra/#x5)
- You can ask the school nurse questions about puberty and bras. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bra/#x6)

### note

Countable: a bra, bras. Short for «brassiere» (a French-looking word; in French «bras» means arm). It is a normal word, not a swear word; joking about someone's underwear can be unkind teasing.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bra» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bra/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.