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# underwear

noun (underwear — uncountable)

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

## Everyday

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

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

## On Mova

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