Jeans

American  

[jeenz] / dʒinz /

noun

1. Sir James (Hopwood) 1877–1946, English astrophysicist and author.

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Jeans ¹ British  

/ dʒiːnz /

noun

1. Sir James Hopwood. 1877–1946, English astronomer, physicist, and mathematician, best known for his popular books on astronomy. He made important contributions to the kinetic theory of gases and the theory of stellar evolution

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jeans ² British  

/ dʒiːnz /

plural noun

1. informal trousers for casual wear, made esp of denim or corduroy

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Usage

What are jeans? Jeans are a type of pants traditionally made from denim (a kind of cotton fabric).The word most commonly refers to denim blue jeans. Jeans can be other colors, but they’re most commonly blue. The defining feature of most jeans is that they’re made out of some kind of denim or denim-like fabric. Most jeans have seams and pockets that are reinforced with rivets—small metal fasteners.The word jeans can technically be used to refer to pants made from other materials, such as corduroy, but this isn’t common. For example, pants made out of corduroy are commonly called corduroys.Jeans were originally worn as pants for rugged work, but they are now most commonly worn as casual attire.Like the words pants and trousers, jeans is always used in the plural form when referring to the pants.The word jean (without an s at the end) can be used to refer to the material and is typically used as a modifier to describe garments that are made of this material, as in jean jacket or jean shorts. Example: I love being able to wear jeans to work on casual Fridays.

Etymology

Origin of jeans

plural of _jean

Example Sentences

I’ve bought some new clothes in the past few weeks—stuff that’s more appropriate for middle school than a Hawaiian vacation—so I carefully remove the tags from cardigans, blouses, and blue jeans and fold them in a pile.

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“Here we are,” Glory said, and pulled out a pair of jeans and a T-shirt that looked like a long-sleeved baseball shirt but instead of a team logo, there was a knight brandishing a sword.

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Sunday night I got my clothes ready for the next morning: black jeans, black T-shirt, black socks.

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He was wearing jeans and hiking boots, the sleeves to his sky blue dress shirt rolled up to just below the elbow.

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He was wearing faded jeans, scuffed work boots, and a sleeveless T-shirt that showed off his tan and well-defined biceps and forearms.

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