PANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pant mean? 

• PANT (noun)
  The noun PANT has 3 senses:

1. the noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)

2. (usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately

3. a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

  Familiarity information: PANT used as a noun is uncommon.

• PANT (verb)
  The verb PANT has 2 senses:

1. breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

2. utter while panting, as if out of breath

  Familiarity information: PANT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("pant" is a kind of...):

noise (sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound))

Sense 2

Meaning:

(usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pair of trousers; pant; trousers

Context example:

he had a sharp crease in his trousers

Hypernyms ("pant" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Meronyms (parts of "pant"):

trouser (a garment (or part of a garment) designed for or relating to trousers)

trouser cuff (a cuff on the bottoms of trouser legs)

pant leg; trouser leg (the leg of a pair of trousers)

slide fastener; zip; zip fastener; zipper (a fastener for locking together two toothed edges by means of a sliding tab)

seat (the cloth covering for the buttocks)

leg (a cloth covering consisting of the part of a pair of trousers that covers a person's leg)

lap; lap covering (the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs)

hip pocket (a pocket in rear of trousers)

Domain usage:

plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pant"):

pajama; pyjama (a pair of loose trousers tied by a drawstring around the waist; worn by men and women in some Asian countries)

trews ((used in the plural) tight-fitting trousers; usually of tartan)

sweat pants; sweatpants (loose-fitting trousers with elastic cuffs; worn by athletes)

stretch pants (trousers made of a stretchy fabric)

slacks ((used in the plural) pants for casual wear)

short pants; shorts; trunks ((used in the plural) trousers that end at or above the knee)

salwar; shalwar (a pair of light loose trousers with a tight fit around the ankles; worn by women from the Indian subcontinent (usually with a kameez))

pedal pushers; toreador pants ((used in the plural) snug trousers ending at the calves; worn by women and girls)

pantaloon (trousers worn in former times)

bell-bottoms; bellbottom pants; bellbottom trousers ((used in the plural) trousers with legs that flare; worn by sailors; absurdly wide hems were fashionable in the 1960s)

long pants; long trousers (trousers reaching to the foot)

jodhpur breeches; jodhpurs; riding breeches ((used in the plural) flared trousers ending at the calves; worn with riding boots)

blue jeans; denim; jeans ((used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear)

flannel; gabardine; tweed; white ((usually in the plural) trousers made of flannel or gabardine or tweed or white cloth)

cords; corduroys (cotton trousers made of corduroy cloth)

churidars (tight trousers worn by people from the Indian subcontinent (typically with a kameez or kurta))

chinos ((plural) trousers made with chino cloth)

breeches; knee breeches; knee pants; knickerbockers; knickers ((used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

gasp; pant

Context example:

she gave a gasp and fainted

Hypernyms ("pant" is a kind of...):

aspiration; breathing in; inhalation; inspiration; intake (the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing)

Derivation:

pant (breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted)

pant (utter while panting, as if out of breath)

• PANT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they pant    ... he / she / it pants   
Past simple: panted   
Past participle: panted   
-ing form: panting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

gasp; heave; pant; puff

Context example:

The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily

Hypernyms (to "pant" is one way to...):

blow (exhale hard)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

pant (a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open)

panting (breathing heavily (as after exertion))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Utter while panting, as if out of breath

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "pant" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

pant (a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open)

panting (breathing heavily (as after exertion))

 Context examples 

She lay panting on her side.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Regaining my room, I threw myself panting upon the bed and tried to think....

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

After two efforts, they stood still, panting.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He was so fat that he was obliged to pant some time before he could say: That's right.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“Have you got them? Have you found them?” she panted.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Hope Norton's there," he panted a little later, resisting Martin's effort to relieve him of the two demijohns.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The next moment he had staggered back to his bed, exhausted and panting after his one tremendous outflame of energy.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His half-minute had not enabled him to recover his breath, and his huge, hairy chest was rising and falling with a quick, loud panting like a spent hound.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I slipped the bolt at once, and we stood and panted for a moment in the dark, alone in the house with the dead captain's body.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Dress himself/herself in the appropriate order (undergarments, pant/dress, shoes)?

(DAD - Dress in the Appropriate Order, NCI Thesaurus)