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- Dictionarygarb/ɡɑːb/
noun
- 1. clothing, especially of a distinctive or special kind: "kids in combat garb"
verb
- 1. dress in distinctive clothes: "she was garbed in Indian shawls"
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1. obsolete : fashion, manner. 2. a. : a style of apparel. b. : outward form : appearance. garb. 2 of 2. verb. garbed; garbing; garbs. transitive verb. : to cover with or as if with clothing. Synonyms. Noun. costume. drag. dress. getup. guise.
noun [ U ] fml us / ɡɑrb / Add to word list. clothes that are in a particular style: She was dressed in Roman garb for the play.
4 meanings: 1. clothes, esp the distinctive attire of an occupation or profession 2. style of dress; fashion 3. external.... Click for more definitions.
noun [ U ] fml us / ɡɑrb / Add to word list. clothes that are in a particular style: She was dressed in Roman garb for the play.
Your garb is what you are wearing — your clothing. You may choose the garb of an auto mechanic, even though you don’t know the difference between a carburetor and a catalytic converter, just because you like the look.
Garb definition: a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind. See examples of GARB used in a sentence.
n. 1. (Clothing & Fashion) clothes, esp the distinctive attire of an occupation or profession: clerical garb. 2. (Clothing & Fashion) style of dress; fashion. 3. external appearance, covering, or attire. vb. ( tr) to clothe or cover; attire. [C16: from Old French garbe graceful contour, from Old Italian garbo grace, probably of Germanic origin]
garb. noun. /ɡɑːb/. /ɡɑːrb/. [uncountable] (formal or humorous) clothes, especially unusual clothes or those worn by a particular type of person. prison garb. He was dressed in his full clerical garb. Some were in uniform, others in civilian garb.
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Origin of Garb From Middle French garbe (“graceful outline”) (Modern French galbe ), from Italian garbo (“grace, elegance”), perhaps from Germanic (compare Old High German garwi , garawi (“dress, equipment, preparation”) and English gear ).
