clothing
- garments collectively; clothes; raiment; apparel.
- a covering.
Origin of clothing
clothe
- to dress; attire.
- to provide with clothing.
- to cover with or as with clothing.
Origin of clothe
Synonyms for clothe
See more synonyms for on Thesaurus.comRelated Words for clothing
habiliment, habit, garb, sack, costume, array, dress, accouterment, frippery, rigging, things, equipment, panoply, ensemble, duds, regalia, trappings, gear, caparison, vestmentExamples from the Web for clothing
Contemporary Examples of clothing
Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.
Families stuff a life-size male doll with memories of the outgoing year and dress him in their clothing.
His clothing line that his friend described as “upscale and urban” was a dud.
Sneaker and clothing brands routinely dole out buckets of dough to drape their swag over popular cultural characters.
After cleaning up the copious amount of blood on my body in a bathroom, I found my clothing and got dressed.
Historical Examples of clothing
Is not the life more precious than its food, and the body than its clothing?
The Conquest of FearBasil King
He ran up the staircase to his room and flung on some clothing.
KMary Roberts Rinehart
If it were not for the necessity of bread and clothing, what a good time a fellow might have.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
The Devil's DictionaryAmbrose Bierce
All their clothing was wet and they were discolored with mud.
The Rock of ChickamaugaJoseph A. Altsheler
clothing
- garments collectively
- something that covers or clothes
clothe
- to dress or attire (a person)
- to provide with clothing or covering
- to conceal or disguise
- to endow or invest
Word Origin for clothe
Word Origin and History for clothing
c.1200, "action of dressing in clothes," verbal noun from clothe. From late 13c. as "clothes collectively;" 1590s as an adjective.
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Idioms and Phrases with clothing
clothing
see wolf in sheep's clothing.