English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "lyf" is 'n noupassende kledingstuk vir die boonste deel van die liggaam, wat dikwels deur vroue as 'n bloes of 'n deel van 'n rok gedra word. Dit bedek tipies die bolyf van die skouers tot by die middel en word dikwels gemaak met 'n styfpassende of gestruktureerde ontwerp om die figuur te beklemtoon. Bodies kan van 'n verskeidenheid materiale gemaak word, insluitend katoen, sy of kant, en kan versier word met dekoratiewe elemente soos borduurwerk of kralewerk. Die term "bodice" word dikwels gebruik in die konteks van historiese mode of formele drag, maar dit kan ook gebruik word om meer gemaklike of moderne style van klere te beskryf.

Sentence Examples

  1. She found him in the inglenook, buried beneath a woman who was sat astride him, skirts round her waist and bodice unlaced and falling on its way to meet them.
  2. The dress was beautiful, with a hem that trailed the ground and a puckered, sweetheart bodice that emphasized my curves.
  3. Instead of all white with a lace bodice, this one was satin with a train that seemed to go on forever.
  4. Delicately embroidered flowers flowed diagonally across the bodice.
  5. The chest was heart-shaped with fabric emphasizing where her breasts would rest in the upper bodice.
  6. Making love with Robert had been amazing, trashy bodice ripper paperback romance amazing, and I was almost able to forget about Nicnevin and the killer seal pups and the rest of the monsters.
  7. I send thee here a green hunting suit that my lady the duchess gave me alter it so as to make a petticoat and bodice for our daughter.
  8. Finally the landlady dressed up the curate in a style that left nothing to be desired she put on him a cloth petticoat with black velvet stripes a palm broad, all slashed, and a bodice of green velvet set off by a binding of white satin, which as well as the petticoat must have been made in the time of king Wamba.
  9. Pulling her shoulders back, her breasts, only partly cupped within her bodice, added to the invitation which played across her face.
  10. He bent and pressed hot, silky lips against her collarbone and trailed them further south, the path preceded by his fingertips tugging at the strap of her dress, pushing her bodice down until one breast was bared to him.