clothe

[ klohth ]

/ kloʊð /

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verb (used with object), clothed or clad, cloth·ing.

to dress; attire.

to provide with clothing.

to cover with or as with clothing.

Nearby words

cloth yard, cloth-cap, cloth-eared, cloth-of-gold, clothbound, clothe, clothed, clothes, clothes horse, clothes moth, clothes peg

Origin of clothe

before 950; Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of clāth cloth

SYNONYMS FOR clothe

1 robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.

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Related forms

half-clothed, adjectivepre·clothe, verb (used with object), pre·clothed, pre·cloth·ing.re·clothe, verb (used with object), re·clothed or re·clad, re·cloth·ing.un·der·clothed, adjective

well-clothed, adjective

Can be confusedcloth clothe clothes

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Examples from the Web for clothe

She details how he, for many years, wanted no one but her to wash, clothe, and feed him.
The Other Side of Stephen Hawking: Strippers, Aliens, and Disturbing Abuse Claims|Marlow Stern|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Daily Pic: Phil Collins shows how the toughest style can clothe a heart of gold.
Skinheads with a Delicate Touch|Blake Gopnik|September 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As PJ O'Rourke once remarked, "The biblical injunction is to clothe the poor, not style them."
Treat the Symptom, Not the Measurement|Megan McArdle|November 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It is to share your bread with the hungry, and to take the wretched poor into your home; when you see the naked, to clothe him.
On African Refugees and Jewish Heartlessness|Emily L. Hauser|September 21, 2012|DAILY BEAST

After all, I could barely bathe, feed, or clothe my widowed self.
A Daughter, Rediscovered on Facebook|Tré Miller Rodríguez|May 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
It is not enough to clothe and feed the body of this Nation, and instruct and inform its mind.
United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches|Various
Of their own efforts they had merely to clothe themselves and pay the rent of their quarters.
The Unwilling Vestal|Edward Lucas White
Clothe me in the true wedding garment, that I may appear at Thy heavenly board a worthy guest.
Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week|John Habermann
One day, I remember, two boys came in, and we had everything to clothe them with except a jacket for one of them.
In Answer to Prayer|W. Boyd Carpenter
Washington's army naturally looked with contempt upon a Government that could not feed or clothe its own soldiers.
Beginnings of the American People|Carl Lotus Becker

British Dictionary definitions for clothe

clothe

/ (kləʊð) /

verb clothes, clothing, clothed or clad (tr)

to dress or attire (a person)

to provide with clothing or covering

to conceal or disguise

to endow or invest

Word Origin for clothe

Old English clāthian, from clāth cloth; related to Old Norse klætha

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Word Origin and History for clothe

clothe

Old English claðian, from claþ (see cloth). Related: Clothed, clothing. Other Old English words for this were scrydan and gewædian.

clothe

verb (used with object), clothed or clad, cloth·ing.

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clothe

verb clothes, clothing, clothed or clad (tr)

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