verb
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to dress or attire (a person)
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to provide with clothing or covering
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to conceal or disguise
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to endow or invest
Other Word Forms
- half-clothed adjective
- preclothe verb (used with object)
- reclothe verb (used with object)
- underclothed adjective
- well-clothed adjective
Etymology
Origin of clothe
before 950; Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of clāth cloth
Example Sentences
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Firefighters and medics quickly took over, he said, but he tried to help where he could, offering water and clothes to the injured.
From BBC
In addition, he has increasingly avoided wearing club tracksuits - opting instead for his own clothing.
From BBC
“When I met you I had my own everything,” Smith texted Yaghoubtil July 18, 2022 “Now I don’t even have clothes.”
From Los Angeles Times
They were possibly stitched onto clothing or attached to a piece of jewellery.
From BBC
In addition, he has increasingly avoided wearing club tracksuits, opting instead for his own clothing.
From BBC
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