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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underwire.wav [US] Forms: underwires [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English wire English underwire From under- + wire. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|under-|wire|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English wire English underwire [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*under", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*undar", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "under-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "under-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "under-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "wire", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "underwire", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="underwire"> From under- + wire. Head templates: {{en-noun}} underwire (plural underwires)
  1. A semicircular wire placed in a bra to support the breasts.
    Sense id: en-underwire-en-noun-zHhYP1YY
  2. A bra that includes such wires. Translations (bra type): Bügel-BH [masculine] (German), bygelbehå [common-gender] (Swedish), balen (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-underwire-en-noun-Spao96UA Categories (other): Underwear Disambiguation of Underwear: 32 68 0 Disambiguation of 'bra type': 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (wire placed in bra): kostice [feminine] (Czech), Bügel [masculine] (German), ferretto [masculine] (Italian), bygel [common-gender] (Swedish), balen (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'wire placed in bra': 51 49

Verb [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-underwire.wav [US] Forms: underwires [present, singular, third-person], underwiring [participle, present], underwired [participle, past], underwired [past]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English wire English underwire From under- + wire. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|under-|wire|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-tér Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *h₂én Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi ? Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English wire English underwire [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*under", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*undar", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "under-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "under-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "under-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "wire", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "underwire", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="underwire"> From under- + wire. Head templates: {{en-verb}} underwire (third-person singular simple present underwires, present participle underwiring, simple past and past participle underwired)
  1. To fix such a wire in place.
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Inflected forms

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      "sense": "wire placed in bra",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "bra type",
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      "sense": "bra type",
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      "word": "bygelbehå"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "sense": "bra type",
      "word": "balen"
    }
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}

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