SMOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does smock mean? 

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

1. a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles

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

• SMOCK (verb)
  The verb SMOCK has 1 sense:

1. embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally

  Familiarity information: SMOCK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SMOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dust coat; duster; gabardine; gaberdine; smock

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

coverall (a loose-fitting protective garment that is worn over other clothing)

Derivation:

smock (embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally)

• SMOCK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they smock    ... he / she / it smocks   
Past simple: smocked   
Past participle: smocked   
-ing form: smocking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Embellish by sewing in straight lines crossing each other diagonally

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

The folk dancers wore smocked shirts

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

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

smock (a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles)

smocking (embroidery consisting of ornamental needlework on a garment that is made by gathering the cloth tightly in stitches)

 Context examples 

That which gave me most uneasiness among these maids of honour (when my nurse carried me to visit then) was, to see them use me without any manner of ceremony, like a creature who had no sort of consequence: for they would strip themselves to the skin, and put on their smocks in my presence, while I was placed on their toilet, directly before their naked bodies, which I am sure to me was very far from being a tempting sight, or from giving me any other emotions than those of horror and disgust: their skins appeared so coarse and uneven, so variously coloured, when I saw them near, with a mole here and there as broad as a trencher, and hairs hanging from it thicker than packthreads, to say nothing farther concerning the rest of their persons.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)