Sekirov Dictionary

diaper

UK /ˈdaɪ(ə).pə/US /ˈdaɪ(ə).pəɹ/

noun 7
verb 2
forms 3
phrases 1

noun7

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(US, Canada) An absorbent garment worn around the crotch that retains the wearer's urine and feces, often worn by a baby or young child who is not yet toilet trained, by an adult who is incontinent (who wets the bed), or under extreme working conditions without access to a toilet; a nappy.
- A bag of baby-clothes, containing 1 sheet, 1 shi[r]t, 1 bedgown, 12 diapers, 2 child's bedgowns, 2 child's shirts, 2 child's robes, 2 child's nightcaps and a wrapper. — 1810
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(US, informal) A container that absorbs and collects (retains) liquid or waste material, similar to a diaper.
- Pendent straps in front and behind support a diaper, or its equivalent, during the period of the menses. — 1868
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(informal, disapproving) A piece of clothing that resembles the shape of a diaper but lacks the absorbency.
- "Not me," he said. "I don't wanna go around singin' and dancin' with lipstick on my face and wearin' a diaper." "It's not a diaper — it's a loincloth." "Call it what you want, it's a diaper." — 1975
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A repeating geometrical or (often stylized) floral pattern, usually of small diamonds evenly spaced, that decorates a flat surface, sometimes in bas-relief; diaperwork.
- The troilled piece, that woven like a course gauze, and the lining in a diaper pattern, present samples which prove that the art of weaving was far advanced at that period. — 1783
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A repeating geometrical or floral pattern, used to cover the surface of a shield and forming the ground for any charges.
- It consists of an heraldic diaper within a "tapestry" border below, where the Thorpe arms of a fess between six and fleur-de-lys alternate with another coat on lozenges. — 1949
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(historical) A textile fabric having a repeating pattern, especially of diamonds or flowers, formed by alternating directions of thread.
- Diaper table clothes the peece containing xx.yards xl.s — 1574
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(no longer used) A towel, napkin, or tablecloth made from the diaper fabric.
- Let one attend him with a silver basin, […] / Another bear the ewer, the third a diaper. — 1590

verb2

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To put diapers on someone.
- Diapering a baby is something you have to learn fast.
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To draw geometrical or floral patterns, as upon cloth.
- If you diaper upon folds, let your work be broken. — 1622

forms

diapered · diapering · diapers

Phrases with diaper

red-diaper
Of or pertaining to the children of radical, left-wing, especially Communist, parents.

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