tog

American  

[tog] / tɒg /

noun

1. a coat.

2. Usually togs. clothes.

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verb (used with object)

togs, present (3rd person singular) togged, past participle, past togging present participle

1. to dress (often followed by out orup ).

tog ¹ British  

/ tɒɡ /

noun

1. 1. a unit of thermal resistance used to measure the power of insulation of a fabric, garment, quilt, etc. The tog-value of an article is equal to ten times the temperature difference between its two faces, in degrees Celsius, when the flow of heat across it is equal to one watt per m²

   2. ( as modifier )

      tog-rating

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tog ² British  

/ tɒɡ /

verb

1. to dress oneself, esp in smart clothes

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noun

1. See togs

Other Word Forms

Conjugated Forms

Present

• have togged
  perfect
• has togged
  perfect 3rd person singular
• is togging
  progressive 3rd person singular
• are togging
  progressive
• am togging
  progressive 1st person singular
• has been togging
  perfect progressive 3rd person singular
• have been togging
  perfect progressive
• togging
  participle
• togs
  singular 3rd person

Past

• had togged
  perfect
• were togging
  progressive plural
• was togging
  progressive singular
• had been togging
  perfect progressive
• togged
  participle
• togged
  simple

Future

• will tog
  simple
• will have togged
  perfect
• will be togging
  progressive
• will have been togging
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of tog

1775–85; apparently short for earlier cant togeman ( s ), togman cloak, coat, equivalent to toge ( late Middle English < Latin toga toga ) + -man ( s ) obsolete cant suffix < ?

Example Sentences

If you need a new mattress, spend time choosing one that is appropriate, and make sure your duvet is the right tog for the season.

From The Guardian • Nov. 5, 2018

During a visit to Iceland, she sees native sheep whose coats “grow two distinct kinds of fiber” called tog and thel.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2016

China can not continue tog row at 10 percent forever and we will need to make accommodations for that fact.

From New York Times • Jan. 15, 2016

He was a splendid-looking buck and he dressed as men dress who've got the money to tog themselves out right back this way.

From Taking Chances by Cullen, Clarence L.

It is made up as follows: Savig a knife, ik pretty, sini buy, ariartok go away, asuar hasten, omar wilt, y in like manner, otit thou, tog also, og he says.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various