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clothing - 6 dictionary results

cloth⋅ing

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

Origin:
1150–1200; ME; see clothe, -ing 1

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


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

Clothing

Cloth"ing\, n. 1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.

From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. --Milton.

As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. --Ps. xxxv. 13

2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.]

Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. --Ray.

3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. --Knight.

4. (Mach.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card.
Language Translation for : clothing
Spanish: ropa,
German: die Kleidung,
Japanese: 衣類

clothing

see wolf in sheep's clothing.

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