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cloth⋅ing

  [kloh-thing]
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–noun
1. garments collectively; clothes; raiment; apparel.
2. a covering.
Origin:
1150–1200; ME; see clothe, -ing 1
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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:
bef. 950; ME clothen, OE clāthian, deriv. of clāth cloth

Synonyms:
1. robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.
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clothe   (klōth)   
tr.v.   clothed or clad (klād), cloth·ing, clothes

  1. To put clothes on; dress.

  2. To provide clothes for.

  3. 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.
cloth·ing   (klō'thĭng)   
n.  

  1. Clothes considered as a group; wearing apparel.

  2. A covering.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

clothe 
O.E. claþian (see cloth).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

clothing

see wolf in sheep's clothing.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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