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# jersey

noun (a jersey, jerseys; Jersey — the island)

«jersey» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A jersey is a knitted top with sleeves, like a jumper or sweater. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/#m1)
2. A jersey is a shirt worn by players in a sports team, often with a number on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/#m2)
3. Jersey is a soft stretchy cloth used for T-shirts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/#m3)
4. Jersey is an island in the English Channel, and a Jersey is a breed of cow from there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, in New Zealand and Australia a jersey is the usual word for a jumper; in the USA and Canada a jersey usually means a sports shirt. In PE and sports, teams wear jerseys with numbers and colours. New Jersey is a state in the USA, named after the island. Phrases: team jersey, football jersey, a woolly jersey.

### Examples

- Put on your jersey, it's cold outside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/#x1)
- Our team jerseys are blue with white numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/#x2)
- He wore number ten on his jersey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/#x3)
- Grandma knitted me a woolly jersey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/#x4)
- Jersey cows give very creamy milk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/#x5)
- My pyjamas are made of soft jersey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/#x6)

### Note

Countable: jerseys (just add s). Capital J for the island, the state New Jersey and the cow breed. Its meaning changes by country: jumper (UK), sweater (US), jersey (NZ).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «jersey» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/jersey/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«jersey» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/jersey.html) on Mova free.