kit out en · VERB
Meanings
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(UK, transitive) To provide with equipment.
As the soccer mom-ish leader of nefarious crime cartel the Golden Circle, Poppy rules over the entire global drug trade, which she controls from a jungle lair curiously kitted out as a kitsch 50s utopia, featuring gleaming bowling alleys, diners and nail salons, but also, somewhat confusingly, robot dogs and a captive Elton John.
2017 September 19, Gwilym Mumford, “Kingsman: The Golden Circle review – spy sequel reaches new heights of skyscraping silliness”, in the Guardian:It has been kitted out with horizon scanning and other cameras, radar, 180° thermal imaging software, and acoustic monitors.
2023 February 8, “Network News: World interest in 'Intelligent Train'”, in RAIL, number 976, page 16:
- (UK, transitive) To prepare a boat or vehicle for a voyage or journey.
- (UK, transitive) To supply with or dress in a uniform, especially a sports kit.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| kits out | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| kitting out | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| kitted out | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| kitted out | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (9)
pl wyposażać (to provide with equipment) · es acondicionar (to provide with equipment) · es equipar (to provide with equipment) · it arredare (to provide with equipment) · fr équiper (to provide with equipment) · fr aménager (to provide with equipment) · es proveer (to provide with equipment) · pl wyposażyć (to provide with equipment) · de amenagieren (to provide with equipment)