tailor
1a person whose occupation is the making, mending, or altering of clothes, especially suits, coats, and other outer garments.
to make by tailor's work.
to fashion or adapt to a particular taste, purpose, need, etc.: to tailor one's actions to those of another.
to fit or furnish with clothing.
Chiefly U.S. Military. to make (a uniform) to order; cut (a ready-made uniform) so as to cause to fit more snugly; taper.
to do the work of a tailor.
Origin of tailor
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a stroke of a bell indicating someone's death; knell.
Origin of tailor
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How to use tailor in a sentence
It’s a way to get properly fitted clothing without a trip to the tailor, where social distancing is impossible, or having to try on clothes in crowded retail stores.
For Amazon’s $25 custom T-shirt, your body is a wonderland (of data) | Heather Kelly | January 5, 2021 | Washington PostI worked with my stylists and friends Marni Senofonte and Deonte Nash to create a custom look with our tailor Arturo and his daughter Christina from Rancho Tailors.
The team of milliners, tailors and textile experts has been studiously sewing face coverings since the spring, so everyone working on the 300-acre property, whether they’re maintenance or Martha Washington, has masks made on-site.
At tourist sites, masking up without diluting the experience | Vicky Hallett | November 23, 2020 | Washington PostOur next step is to combine cuts and folds, thereby becoming even better tailors.
It can identify and reproduce the “chemical fingerprints” of aged liquors, he said, or tailor tastes, colors and aromas to specific requirements.
One minute the script, the next a story about Ivor Novello's tailor or the Tahiti steamer schedule in the Thirties.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had a tailor who ran up dozens of the same suit in different sizes to account for slight variations in his weight.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe looked, that dreadful afternoon, as if he had just come from his barber, tailor and haberdasher.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire | H.L. Mencken | October 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe reason why these guys are so successful is because they have no egos, and specifically tailor the parts for the actor.
Dave Franco Uncut: The Actor on ’22 Jump Street,’ ‘The Room,’ and His Bro’s Nude Instagrams | Marlow Stern | June 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe should think about mental health more like how we tailor physical training routines.
The tailor of the fairy tale with his "seven at a blow" is not in it with the gunnery Lieutenant of a battleship.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonBut she is greatly interested in certain shops that she is buying out, and especially in her visits to her tailor.
Confidence | Henry JamesIs a tailor, that can make a new Coat well, the worse Workman, because he can mend an old one?
A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope | Colley CibberWell, I am either a tailor or a cooper, and for the life of me I can't tell which: at any rate, I'm either one or the other.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousPurt was gorgeous in a Canadian skating suitor so the tailor who sold it to him had called it.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
British Dictionary definitions for tailor
/ (ˈteɪlə) /
a person who makes, repairs, or alters outer garments, esp menswear: Related adjective: sartorial
a voracious and active marine food fish, Pomatomus saltator, of Australia with scissor-like teeth
to cut or style (material, clothes, etc) to satisfy certain requirements
(tr) to adapt so as to make suitable for something specific: he tailored his speech to suit a younger audience
(intr) to follow the occupation of a tailor
Origin of tailor
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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