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# underwear

«underwear» in Mova's school dictionary: **the clothing you wear next to your skin, under your other…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (underwear — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Underwear is the clothing you wear next to your skin, under your other clothes, like pants, knickers, briefs, vests and bras. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwear/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In health and hygiene lessons you change your underwear every day; in body safety lessons the parts covered by underwear are private, and nobody should touch them or ask to see them (the Underwear Rule / PANTS rule). Phrases: «clean underwear», «change your underwear», «thermal underwear».

### examples

- Put on clean underwear every morning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwear/#x1)
- I packed underwear and socks for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwear/#x2)
- Underwear goes in the drawer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwear/#x3)
- Thermal underwear keeps you warm in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwear/#x4)
- The parts your underwear covers are private. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwear/#x5)
- My little brother put his underwear on backwards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwear/#x6)
- Wash new underwear before wearing it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/underwear/#x7)

### note

Uncountable: «some underwear», «a pair of underpants», never «an underwear» or «underwears». Words differ: pants (UK) = underwear; pants (US) = trousers. Body safety: if anyone tries to touch you there or makes you keep a secret about it, tell a trusted adult.

### In the corpora

- ["Unmentionables" is a humorous word for underwear.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/5-drink-mind-and-body/22/)
- [Clean underwear and socks are worn every day, because they hold sweat and germs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/76-washing-your-body-and-hair/12/)
- [Clothes go on in order: underwear first, then clothes, then socks and shoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/79-germs-sneezes-and-dressing-for-the-weather/17/)
- [When dressing, underwear goes on first, then clothes, then socks and shoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/209-sharing-sleep-and-safe-food/6/)
- [Get dressed in order: underwear first, then clothes, then socks and shoes; it is quicker and clothes fit right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/289-teeth-bath-sleep-and-safe-food/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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