[
UK
/ɡˈaʊn/
]
[ US /ˈɡaʊn/ ]
[ US /ˈɡaʊn/ ]
VERB
- dress in a gown
NOUN
-
the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located
the relations between town and gown are always sensitive - protective garment worn by surgeons during operations
- lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women
- outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
- a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions
How To Use gown In A Sentence
- If the stylist is still alive and well today, it’s only because Ms. Houston hadn’t also tripped over the long train on that gown, but I’d venture a guess that his or her days of working for Whitney are Oh-Oh-Ooooh-Oh-ver. Whitney Houston wardrobe malfunction: Yikes, she really didn't need that... | EW.com
- Refreshed and regowned, again in dark colors unrelieved by any bright embroidery, Aene paced nervously along a subtly lit path towards the Castrea residence.
- Before scrubbing, gowning, and gloving, the surgeon usually performs a rectal examination and proctoscopy to suction out any remaining stool in the distal rectum.
- Tru hung her gown away safely, then tore off her sweat-soaked uniform before she sloshed water all over her body, scrubbing away her stench with soap.
- Shoes are available in many styles in fabrics which can be custom dyed to match the gown.
- The case - possibly the ultimate in town versus gown - revolves around a former manse on a quiet street in St Andrews, where students already occupy more than half the town centre accommodation.
- Success in that final exam ensures that their parents' dream, which by now should also be their own, of a cap and gown clad university graduate is within grasp.
- Unless the circulating nurse is in a sterile gown, the instrument tray can be contaminated by unsterile clothing.
- Isn't there something revolting about catering to the imagined needs of a tiny group of spoiled ladies, a Marie Antoinette–ish situation that reached its apotheosis when John Galliano showed his infamous clochard collection—the word means bum or hobo in French, and the tattered gowns, hand-stenciled to look filthy, trailed pots, pans, and other refuse—at the 1997 Dior haute couture show? Art in the Parks 3: Nan Kempner's Clothing
- The gowns were grand and formal, but still utterly feminine.