close-fitting

English

Alternative forms

• closefitting

Adjective

close-fitting (comparative more close-fitting, superlative most close-fitting)

1. (of clothing etc.) Snug, tight, form-fitting.

   Her close-fitting clothes showed off her assets.

   • 1945 November and December, A. B. MacLeod, “Development of the L.B.S.C.R. Driver's Cab”, in Railway Magazine, pages 335–336:

     Though this arrangement was a vast improvement on what had gone before, the engine crew were still very conscious of a side wind round their legs, and it was not until 1892 that R. J. Billinton rectified this, when he built his "D3" Class 0-4-4 bogie tank engines Nos. 363-398, and provided them with waist-high close-fitting cab doors.

Synonyms

• clingy, figure-hugging; see also Thesaurus:close-fitting

Translations

tight

• Bulgarian: тесен (bg) (tesen), впит (vpit)
• French: serré (fr)
• Georgian: მოკვალთული (moḳvaltuli)
• Greek: εφαρμοστός (el) (efarmostós)
• Icelandic: þröngur (is) m, aðskorinn m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tettsittende

• Portuguese: justo (pt) m
• Russian: облегающий (ru) (oblegajuščij)
• Swedish: åtsittande
• Turkish: dar (tr), sıkı (tr)