PANTS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pants mean? 

• PANTS (noun)
  The noun PANTS has 1 sense:

1. (used in the plural) underpants worn by women

  Familiarity information: PANTS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANTS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(used in the plural) underpants worn by women

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bloomers; drawers; knickers; pants

Context example:

she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing

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

underpants (an undergarment that covers the body from the waist no further than to the thighs; usually worn next to the skin)

Domain usage:

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

 Context examples 

About the centre, and a good way behind the rest, Silver and I followed—I tethered by my rope, he ploughing, with deep pants, among the sliding gravel.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He ripped off his pants' legs to the knees and bound them about his feet.

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

The best way to prevent the disease is to protect yourself from sand fly bites: • Stay indoors from dusk to dawn, when sand flies are the most active • Wear long pants and long-sleeved shirts when outside • Use insect repellent and bed nets as needed

(Leishmaniasis, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The sharp rocks cut through his pants' legs till his knees left a trail of blood; but the hurt was lost in the hurt of his hunger.

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

It was James Gatz who had been loafing along the beach that afternoon in a torn green jersey and a pair of canvas pants, but it was already Jay Gatsby who borrowed a row-boat, pulled out to the Tuolomee and informed Cody that a wind might catch him and break him up in half an hour.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)