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clothing

[kloh-thing] Origin

cloth·ing

[kloh-thing]
noun
1.
garments collectively; clothes; raiment; apparel.
2.
a covering.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English; see clothe, -ing1

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clothe

[klohth]
verb (used with object), clothed or clad, cloth·ing.
1.
to dress; attire.
2.
to provide with clothing.
3.
to cover with or as with clothing.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of clāth cloth

half-clothed, adjective
pre·clothe, verb (used with object), -clothed, -cloth·ing.
re·clothe, verb (used with object), -clothed or -clad, -cloth·ing.
un·der·clothed, adjective
well-clothed, adjective

close, cloth, clothe, clothes, cloze (see synonym note at close).


1. robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.

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clothing (ˈkləʊðɪŋ)
 
n
1.  garments collectively
2.  something that covers or clothes

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Word Origin & History

clothe
O.E. claþian (see cloth).
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Idioms & Phrases

clothing

see wolf in sheep's clothing.

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