clothe (klōth) tr.v.
clothed or clad (klād), cloth·ing, clothes
To put clothes on; dress.
To provide clothes for.
To cover as if with clothing.
[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.
clothes (klōz, klōthz) pl.n.
Articles of dress; wearing apparel; garments.
Bedclothes.
[Middle English, from Old English clāthas, pl. of clāth, cloth.]