"underwire" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: underwires [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: under- + wire Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|wire}} 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. Categories (topical): Underwear Translations (bra type): Bügel-BH [masculine] (German), bygelbehå [common-gender] (Swedish), balen (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-underwire-en-noun-Spao96UA Disambiguation of Underwear: 33 66 1 Disambiguation of 'bra type': 33 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (wire placed in bra): Bügel [masculine] (German), ferretto [masculine] (Italian), bygel [common-gender] (Swedish), balen (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'wire placed in bra': 49 51

Verb

Forms: underwires [present, singular, third-person], underwiring [participle, present], underwired [participle, past], underwired [past]
Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ) Etymology: under- + wire Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|wire}} 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.
    Sense id: en-underwire-en-verb-4QHvh~0U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 26 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 27 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 20 19 61

Inflected forms

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