bra

noun
/bɹɑː/

Etymology

Clipping of brassiere, borrowed from French brassière, from Old French braciere (originally a lining inside armor to protect the arm, but later a garment), from Old French brace (“arm”), from Latin bracchia, plural of Latin bracchium (“forearm”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “forearm”), from Proto-Hellenic *brəkʰús (“short”) (because the forearm is shorter than the upper arm), inherited from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus.

  1. derived from *mréǵʰus
  2. derived from *brəkʰús
  3. derived from βραχίων
  4. derived from bracchium
  5. derived from bracchia
  6. derived from brace
  7. derived from braciere
  8. derived from brassière

Definitions

  1. An item of clothing, usually underwear worn to support the breasts.

    • Her housecoat had fallen open. She was wearing only panties and bra, which did nothing to make her scrawny, wrinkled body appealing.
  2. One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum…

    One of the two vectors in the standard notation for describing quantum states in quantum mechanics, the row vector; the other (column) vector being its complex conjugate, the ket.

  3. Alternative form of bro

    Alternative form of bro; friend, mate

    • Take it easy, bra!
    • “Famalam, I ain't even gon lie to ya man, I am super happy to be finally maxing out on parole my real. This violation was definitely a reality check Bra!” Influence replied to his comrade.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A city in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy

      A city in Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy; known for being the birthplace of the Bra sausage, and the Bra cheese.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bra. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA