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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The party issued guidelines to avoid clothing, banners, campaign slogans or "expressions that constitute offense to opponents."
From Barron's
Then she said something I will never forget: “I don’t want to. My mother will get tired from washing my clothes.”
From Los Angeles Times
With obscure sports, fewer events and far more clothing, the Winter Olympics have always been weird.
I like the playfulness with clothes and it also speaks to the playfulness of our relationship.
From Los Angeles Times
For the whole walk home, my clothes smelled of Breizh’s signature buckwheat and brown butter.
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