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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

lowcut en · ADJ

Etymology

From low + cut.

Meanings

  1. Of clothing: having a low cut, i.e. revealing more skin than usual.
    • A guy washing his car dropped the hose when he saw her in her lowcut jeans and halter top. She was definitely smoking today. However, sex was not on her mind. 2003, Reggie Chesterfield, Black Bra and Pantie:
    • The lowcut bodice enveloped her rounded shoulders with a smoothness born of art. Its edging of lace, wrought by the loom of her dextrous fingers, adorned in modesty the superb contour of her neck and bust. 1972, George Banghart Henry Swayze, Yarb and Cretine: or, Rising from bonds:
    • 1996, Rosalyn Drexler - Art does (not!) exist She was wearing a very lowcut blouse, so low cut that her red nipples surrounded by a large brownish halo were revealed to me.
    • They were attractive women who frequently wore lowcut gowns as part of their image as television "glamour girls." For years, such beautiful women had appeared on TV wearing mildly suggestive costumes, usually in background roles on "sophisticated" nightclub formats. 2003, Harry Castleman, Walter J. Podrazik, Watching TV: six decades of American television:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most lowcut Degree=Sup lexicographic
low-cut alternative lexicographic
more lowcut Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

highcut