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- 1. put clothes on (oneself or someone); dress: "Francesca was clothed in white" Similar Opposite
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Definition of clothe verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to provide or cover someone with things to wear: They have eight kids to feed and clothe. (Definition of clothe from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of clothe.
1. to dress or attire (a person) 2. to provide with clothing or covering. 3. to conceal or disguise. 4. to endow or invest. Collins English Dictionary.
The meaning of CLOTHE is to cover with or as if with cloth or clothing : dress. How to use clothe in a sentence.
1. To put clothes on; dress: The children were clothed in warm fleece. 2. To provide clothes for. 3. To cover as if with clothing: "People clothe the act of vengeance in all sorts of justifications" (James Carroll). 4. To endow with a trait or attribute. [Middle English clothen, from Old English clāthian, from clāth, cloth .]
To clothe someone is to give them something to wear, or to dress them in clothing. If you clothe your dog in cute outfits, you may traumatize him for life. You can clothe yourself, or someone else — for example, you might clothe yourself in black for a relative's funeral or clothe yourself in sequins and feathers for the school dance.
Clothe definition: to dress; attire.. See examples of CLOTHE used in a sentence.
clothe meaning, definition, what is clothe: to put clothes on your body: Learn more.
verb. clothed, clothes, clothing. To put clothes on; dress. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To provide with clothes. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cover over as if with a garment. Hills clothed in snow. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To endow with a trait or attribute. American Heritage. Synonyms: mantle. drape.
clothe/kləʊð/vb (clothes, clothing, clothed, clad) (transitive) to dress or attire (a person) to provide with clothing or covering. to conceal or disguise. to endow or invest. Etymology: Old English clāthian, from clāthcloth; related to Old Norse klætha.
