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Definition: Drawers |
DrawersNoun1. (usually in the plural) underpants worn by men. 2. (usually in the plural) underpants worn by women; "she was afraid that her bloomers might have been showing". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "drawers" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | DRAWERS. Stockings. CANT. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: DrawersSynonyms: bloomers (n), jockey shorts (n), knickers (n), pants (n), shorts (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agent | Workman, artisan; craftsman, handicraftsman; mechanic, operative; working man; laboring man; demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy; hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack; mere tool; beast of burden, drudge, fag; lumper, roustabout. |
Clothing | Pants, trousers, trowsers; breeches, pantaloons, inexpressibles, overalls, smalls, small clothes; shintiyan; shorts, jockey shorts, boxer shorts; tights, drawers, panties, unmentionables; knickers, knickerbockers; philibeg, fillibeg; pants suit; culottes; jeans, blue jeans, dungarees, denims. |
Commonalty | Peasant, countryman, boor, carle, churl; villain, villein; terrae filius; serf, kern, tyke, tike, chuff, ryot, fellah; longshoreman; swain, clown, hind; clod, clodhopper; hobnail, yokel, bog-trotter, bumpkin; plowman, plowboy; rustic, hayseed, lunkhead, chaw-bacon, tiller of the soil; hewers of wood and drawers of water, groundling; gaffer, loon, put, cub, Tony Lumpkin, looby, rube, lout, underling; gamin; rough; pot-wallopper, slubberdegullion; vulgar fellow, low fellow; cad, curmudgeon. |
Receptacle | Closet, commode, cupboard, cellaret, chiffonniere, locker, bin, bunker, buffet, press, clothespress, safe, sideboard, drawer, chest of drawers, chest on chest, highboy, lowboy, till, scrutoire, secretary, secretaire, davenport, bookcase, cabinet, canterbury; escritoire, etagere, vargueno, vitrine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Drawers |
| English words defined with "drawers": buffet, bureau ♦ cabinet, Calzoons, Chemiloon, chest, chest of drawers, chiffonier, commode, counter ♦ desk, dresser ♦ highboy ♦ long underwear ♦ niere ♦ Pantalet, Pyjama ♦ sideboard ♦ tallboy ♦ underneath, union suit. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "drawers": ASSEMBLY INSPECTOR ♦ BLOW-OFF WORKER ♦ DRAWER LINER, DRAWER UPFITTER, drawer-hardware worker ♦ file-drawer finisher, follower block, FURNITURE ASSEMBLER, FURNITURE ASSEMBLER-AND-INSTALLER ♦ Gibeonite ♦ HARDWARE ASSEMBLER, harriers, HERBARIUM WORKER ♦ library assistant, LIBRARY TECHNICAL ASSISTANT, library technician, LOCK INSTALLER, LOST-AND-FOUND CLERK ♦ machine riveter ♦ Nethinium ♦ parts assembler, PROOFSHEET CORRECTOR ♦ rivet-hammer-machine operator, RIVETING-MACHINE OPERATOR, RUM DRAWERS ♦ STOCK DRAWERS ♦ upfitter. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Our drawers. They're sticking (Are You Being Served?; writing credit: John T. Chapman; David Croft) Ooh! Make sure you look in somebody's sock drawers. Rich people have hilarious sock drawers (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset) | |
Lyrics | Pause, just because you wanna get up in my drawers (Take Your Time; performing artist: HOT) Make your woman drawers melt like butter (Danger (Been So Long); performing artist: Mystikal) Dropping down their drawers, where did you get yours (Buffalo Stance; performing artist: Neneh Cherry) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Medicine - Military - Equipment : MD 1 showing drawers for dressings. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Scene in the ship's after cabin in 1886, when Captain Henry L. Howison was Commanding Officer. Probably photographed by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City. Note the fancy oil lamp above the table, pictures and other items on the chest of drawers, and Japanese fan and extensive book shelving on the bulkheads. The large set of identically-bound volumes on the top shelf at left is "The American Encyclopædia". Credit: NAVY. |
 | Man cleaning chest of drawers in cluttered room. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. Albert Yaeger putting coal in stove where a tray of corn below and drawers of apples are drying. The dryer has been in the family for five generations. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Dehydrated pencil pod beans still on dryer drawers. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Cremona, Major Davidson's residence in Mechanicsville, Maryland by Schuyler & Lounsbery. Chest of drawers in interior of Cremona. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Miscellaneous subjects. Drawers or card files I. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "Chest of drawers" by Jeffrey Lingmont Commentary: "Chest of drawers." | "My Drawers" by Christie Ortiz Commentary: "Looking down on my kitchen drawers." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | As between enemies no negotiable instrument made before the war shall be deemed to have become invalid by reason only of failure within the required time to present the instrument for acceptance or payment or to give notice of non-acceptance or nonpayment to drawers or indorsers or to protest the instrument, nor by reason of failure to complete any formality during the war. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Young Zaphod Plays It Safe | Douglas Adams | Any sophisticated knowledgable person, who had knocked about, seen a few things, would probably have remarked on how much the craft looked like a filing cabinet--a large and recently burgled filing cabinet lying on its back with its drawers in the air and flying |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | He noisily stripped the deep drawers full of toilets of all his wives, of all his mistresses, and of all his ancestresses |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And the mice moved in and stored weed seeds in corners, in boxes, in the backs of drawers in the kitchens |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You may find droppings in places where you store your food or your pet/animal food, such as in cupboards and drawers or in bins. Because mice like to run in places that offer them some protection from predators, you may find droppings in cupboards or under the sink, along walls, or on top of wall studs or beams. (references) | |
Human Rights | Sri Lanka | Methods of torture included electric shock, beatings (especially on the soles of the feet), suspension by the wrists or feet in contorted positions, burning, slamming testicles in desk drawers, and near drowning. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Drawers" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Drawers" is used about 647 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 100% | 647 | 10,096 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "drawers": a pair of drawers ♦ chest of drawers ♦ nest of drawers. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "drawers": chest-of-drawers, petition-drawers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "drawers"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | mbathje (pants, wear), linjta (underpants), brekë (pantie, panties, pants, trunks). (various references) | |
Arabic | سراويل تحتية (underpants), أدراج. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | долни гащи (underpants). (various references) | |
Chinese | 褲 (pants, trousers), 抽屉 (Drawer). (various references) | |
Czech | spodky (briefs, inexpressibles, underpants). (various references) | |
Danish | underbukser (panties, underpants). (various references) | |
Dutch | onderbroek (panties, underpants). (various references) | |
Esperanto | kalsono (panties, underpants). (various references) | |
Faeroese | undirbuksur (panties, underpants). (various references) | |
Finnish | alushousut (panties, underpants). (various references) | |
French | culotte, caleçon. (various references) | |
German | Zeichner (artist, designer, draftsman, draftsmen, draughtsman, drawer, subscriber), Schubladen, Schubfächer. (various references) | |
Greek | σώβρακο (briefs, pants, trunks, underpants). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מכנסיים תחתונים, תחתונים (briefs, underpants, underwear). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gatya (breeches, pair of drawers), fiókos szekrény (bureau, chest of drawers, commode, dresser, tallboy), bugyi (briefs, knickers, panties, pants), alsónadrág (pair of drawers, panties, pants, shorts, trunks, underpants, undershorts). (various references) | |
Italian | mutande (brief, briefs, knickers, panties, pants, underpants). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ズボン吊り (drag bunt, driving safely, jumper, safe, safeguard, safety bunt, safety net, sage, save, suspenders, sweater). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ズロース . (various references) | |
Korean | 서랍 (Drawer). (various references) | |
Manx | fo-vreechyn, fo-hroosyn (knickers, underpants). (various references) | |
Norwegian | underbukse (panties, underpants). (various references) | |
Papiamen | djòki (panties, underpants), karsonsio (panties, underpants), karson di abou (panties, underpants). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | awersdray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | gavetas, cuecas (knickers, panties, pants, underpants, undershorts), ceroulas (drawer, long johns, panties, underpants). (various references) | |
Romanian | izmene, indispensabili (pants, underwear), chiloţi (knickers, pants, slips, trunks). (various references) | |
Russian | трусы (underpants, undershorts), кальсоны (pants, underdrawers). (various references) | |
Scottish | drathais. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | gaće (underpants). (various references) | |
Spanish | calzoncillos (briefs, pair of pants, panties, pants, shorts, underpants). (various references) | |
Sranan | ondrobruku (panties, underpants). (various references) | |
Swedish | kalsonger (pants, underpants). (various references) | |
Turkish | don (briefs, Don, freeze, frost, frostiness, glazed frost, underpants), külot (a pair of drawers, briefs, panties, pants, panty-, scanties, shorts, slip, step-ins, underpants, undershorts). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | кальсони (pants). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Joshua Chapter 9, Verse 23 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai nun epikataratoi este ou mh ekliph ex umwn douloV oude xulokopoV emoi kai tw qew mou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Itaque sub maledictione eritis et non deficiet de stirpe vestra ligna caedens aquasque conportans in domum Dei mei |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And so vnder cursynge ye shulen be, and there shal not fayl of your lynage, kyttynge trees, and watris berynge, in to the hows of my God. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bond-men, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Now because of this you are cursed, and you will for ever be our servants, cutting wood and getting water for the house of my God. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Joshua Chapter 9, Verse 23 |
| Cebuano | Busa karon mga tinunglo na kamo, ug walay bisan kinsa kaninyo nga dili mahimong ulipon, mga mangangahoy ug mga magkakalus sa tubig sa balay sa akong Dios. |
| Chinese | 現 在 你 們 是 被 咒 詛 的 ． 你 們 中 間 的 人 、 必 斷 不 了 作 奴 僕 、 為 我 神 的 殿 、 作 劈 柴 挑 水 的 人 。 |
| Croatian | Zato æe sada na vama biti kletva i nikada neæe nestati meðu vama ropstva: bit æete drvosjeèe i vodonoše za Dom Boga moga." |
| Danish | Derfor skal I nu være forbandede, og ingen af eder skal nogen Sinde ophøre at være Træl; Brændehuggere og Vandbærere skal I være ved min Gus Hus!" |
| Dutch | Nu dan, vervloekt zijt gijlieden! en onder ulieden zullen niet afgesneden worden knechten, noch houthouwers, noch waterputters ten huize mijns Gods. |
| Finnish | Sentähden olkaa kirotut! Älköön ikinä ketään teistä päästettäkö olemasta minun Jumalani huoneen palvelijana, halonhakkaajana ja vedenkantajana." |
| French | Maintenant vous êtes maudits, et vous ne cesserez point d`être dans la servitude, de couper le bois et de puiser l`eau pour la maison de mon Dieu. |
| German | Darum sollt ihr verflucht sein, daß unter euch nicht aufhören Knechte, die Holz hauen und Wasser tragen zum Hause meines Gottes. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Karena kalian berbuat begitu, Allah menghukum kalian. Bangsamu akan selalu menjadi hamba, tukang belah kayu dan tukang pikul air untuk Rumah Allahku." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sekarang tertanggunglah kutuk kepadamu; di antara kamu seorang juapun akan tiada, yang tiada menjadi hamba dan pembelah kayu dan penimba air bagi bait Allahku. |
| Italian | Orbene voi siete maledetti e nessuno di voi cesserà di essere schiavo e di tagliar legna e di portare acqua per la casa del mio Dio». |
| Korean | 그 러 므 로 너 희 가 저 주 를 받 나 니 너 희 가 영 영 히 종 이 되 어 서 다 내 하 나 님 의 집 을 위 하 여 나 무 패 며 물 긷 는 자 가 되 리 라' |
| Maori | No reira ka kanga koutou; a e kore e kore he kaimahi o koutou, hei tapatapahi rakau, hei utuutu wai hoki mo te whare o toku Atua. |
| Norwegian | Derfor skal I nu være forbannet; ingen av eder skal slippe for å være træl og hugge ved og bære vann til min Guds hus. |
| Rumanian | Acum sknteyi blestemayi, wi nu veyi knceta sq fiyi kn robie, sq tqiayi lemne wi sq scoateyi apq pentru casa Dumnezeului meu``. |
| Spanish | Ahora pues, vosotros sois malditos, y no faltarán de entre vosotros siervos, ni cortadores de leña, ni portadores de agua para la casa de mi Dios. |
| Swedish | Så varen I därför nu förbannade; I skolen aldrig upphöra att vara trälar, vedhuggare och vattenbärare vid min Guds hus." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "drawers": redrawers, underdrawers, wiredrawers. (additional references) | |
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"Drawers" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Dharwars, Diawara, drawar, drawes, drawrer, Drewes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "drawers" (pronounced drô"rz) |
| 4 | -r ô" r z | roars. |
| 3 | -ô" r z | abhors, adores, cores, corps, bores, chores, deplores, doors, explores, floors, fours, gores, guarantors, ignores, implores, oars, ores, outdoors, pores, pours, restores, scores, shores, soars, sores, spores, stores, underscores, wars, whores. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: redraws, rewards, warders. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-r-r-s-w" | |
-1 letter: darers, dewars, drawer, drears, redraw, reward, waders, warder, warred. | |
-2 letters: darer, dares, dears, dewar, draws, drear, rared, rares, rased, raser, rawer, reads, rears, resaw, sawed, sawer, sewar, sward, sware, swear, wader, wades, wards, wared, wares, wears. | |
-3 letters: ares, arse, awed, awes, dare, daws, dear, dews, draw, drew, ears, eras, errs, rads, rare, rase. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-r-r-s-w" | |
+1 letter: awarders, drawlers, redwares, wardress. | |
+2 letters: drawbores, hardwares, hardwires, overdraws, rearwards, redrawers, rerewards, rewarders, shoreward, sternward, swearword, wanderers, wardrobes, wiredraws. | |
+3 letters: afterwards, afterwords, arrowheads, dewaterers, drawerfuls, earthwards, forwarders, forwardest, greensward, newsreader, riverwards, shorewards, sternwards, swearwords, wardenries, wardresses, waterbirds, wizardries. | |
+4 letters: afterworlds, cordwainers, dinnerwares, drawbridges, dreamworlds, forwardness, frowardness, greenswards, handworkers, newsreaders, snowboarder, swordplayer, threadworms, weaverbirds, wiredrawers, woodcarvers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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