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[klohz, klohthz] Pronunciation Key
[klohz, klohthz] Pronunciation Key —Synonyms 1. clothing, attire, raiment, costume, garb; vestments, habiliments.
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| clothe
(klōth) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. clothed or clad (klād), cloth·ing, clothes
[Middle English clothen, from Old English clāthian, from clāth, cloth.] Synonyms: These verbs mean to cover as if with clothes: trees clothed in leafy splendor; mist that cloaks the mountains; a beam draped with cobwebs; a boulder mantled with moss; snow robing fields and gardens. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| clothes
(klōz, klōthz) Pronunciation Key
pl.n.
[Middle English, from Old English clāthas, pl. of clāth, cloth.] |
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O.E. claðas "clothes," originally pl. of clað "cloth," which acquired a new pl., cloths, 19c. to distinguish it from this word. Clothespin is from 1846; clothing is from c.1200; clothier is from 1362. Clothes-horse "upright wooden frame for hanging clothes to dry" is from 1806; figurative sense of "person whose sole function seems to be to show off clothes" is 1850.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| clothes | |
noun | |
| clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel] |
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Clothes\ (? or ?; 277), n. pl. [From Cloth.]1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort. She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. --Shak. If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. --Mark. v. 28. 2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes. She turned each way her frighted head, Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes. --Prior. Body clothes. See under Body. Clothes moth (Zo["o]l.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species (T. flavifrontella)is yellowish white. The larv[ae] eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk. Syn: Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.
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