SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN noun garments collectively; clothes ; raiment; apparel. a covering.
Origin of clothing Middle English word dating back to
1150–1200; see origin at
clothe ,
-ing1 verb (used with object), clothed or clad, cloth·ing. to dress; attire.
to cover with or as with clothing.
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Origin of clothe before 950; Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of
clāth cloth Related forms half-clothed , adjective pre·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 Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for clothing habiliment ,
habit ,
garb ,
sack ,
costume ,
array ,
dress ,
accouterment ,
frippery ,
rigging ,
things ,
equipment ,
panoply ,
ensemble ,
duds ,
regalia ,
trappings ,
gear ,
caparison ,
vestment Examples 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 ?
He ran up the staircase to his room and flung on some clothing .
If it were not for the necessity of bread and clothing , what a good time a fellow might have.
The kind of clothing worn by a man whose tailor is a blacksmith.
All their clothing was wet and they were discolored with mud.
British Dictionary definitions for clothing noun garments collectively
something that covers or clothes
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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
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Word Origin for clothe Old English clāthian, from clāth cloth ; related to Old Norse klætha
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Word Origin and History for clothing n. 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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v. Old English claðian , from claþ (see cloth ). Related: Clothed , clothing . Other Old English words for this were scrydan and gewædian .
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Idioms and Phrases with clothing see wolf in sheep's clothing.
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