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单词 clothe
释义

clothe

verb

ˈklōt͟h How to pronounce clothe (audio)
clothed or clad ˈklad How to pronounce clothe (audio) ; clothing

transitive verb

1
a
: to cover with or as if with cloth or clothing : dress
b
: to provide with clothes
the cost of feeding and clothing a family
2
: to express or enhance by suitably significant language : couch
treaties clothed in stately phraseology
3
: to endow especially with power or a quality
the nobility in which religion and history can clothe humanity D. R. Wallace

Synonyms

  • apparel
  • array
  • attire
  • bedeck
  • caparison
  • costume
  • deck (out)
  • do up
  • dress
  • dress up
  • enrobe
  • garb
  • garment
  • get up
  • gown
  • habit
  • invest
  • rig (out)
  • robe
  • suit
  • tog (up or out)
  • toilet
  • vesture
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Example Sentences

the cost of feeding and clothing your children they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people
Recent Examples on the Web This example, chassis no. 57767, was built in 1938 and features a body by Gangloff, the Swiss/French coachbuilder commissioned by many Bugatti customers to clothe rolling chassis with bespoke bodywork. Robert Ross, Robb Report, 4 July 2022 The nonprofit also helps neighboring Assistance League chapters clothe children of military families at Camp Pendleton. Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2022 The nonprofit also helps neighboring Assistance League chapters clothe children of military families at Camp Pendleton. Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2022 At a price of 71 cents a pound, Ms. Lira was on her way to collecting a haul big enough to clothe most of her 13 grandchildren at Ludy’s Ropa Usada in downtown McAllen. New York Times, 10 Apr. 2022 It’s that mixture of brine, fish, digestion, rancid oil, and Death — an aggressive smell that will clothe me for weeks after. Peter Wayne Moe, Longreads, 25 Feb. 2022 The nonprofit also helps neighboring Assistance League chapters clothe children of military families at Camp Pendleton. Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2022 As for the costumes, The Fifth Element team had to think of how to clothe Jovovich during her birth scene. Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 11 May 2022 The nonprofit also helps neighboring Assistance League chapters clothe children of military families at Camp Pendleton. Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Old English clāthian, from clāth

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

clothe

verb

ˈklōt͟h How to pronounce clothe (audio)
clothed or clad
ˈklad
; clothing
1
: to cover with or as if with clothing : dress
2
: to provide with clothes

clothe

verb

1
as in to dress
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • dress
  • garment
  • attire
  • robe
  • apparel
  • garb
  • costume
  • vesture
  • gown
  • toilet
  • wrap
  • bedeck
  • drape
  • caparison
  • suit
  • habit
  • enrobe
  • array
  • furnish
  • cloak
  • frock
  • invest
  • jacket
  • equip
  • uniform
  • dress up
  • get up
  • outfit
  • tog (up or out)
  • mantle
  • rig (out)
  • deck (out)
  • vest
  • tailor
  • swaddle
  • swathe
  • do up
  • bedight
  • accoutre
  • enswathe
  • huddle
  • habilitate
  • underdress
  • hap
  • accouter
  • dress down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • undress
  • strip
  • disrobe
  • disarray
  • unclothe
  • denude
  • uncover
  • divest
  • untruss
  • unveil
  • undrape
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2
as in to express
to convey in appropriate or telling terms regulations clothed in obscure terminology

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • express
  • say
  • put
  • articulate
  • state
  • formulate
  • word
  • couch
  • phrase
  • describe
  • translate
  • craft
  • disclose
  • tell
  • speak
  • render
  • intimate
  • imply
  • suggest
  • communicate
  • hint
  • insinuate
  • frame
  • summarize
  • paraphrase
  • rephrase
  • restate
  • utter
  • reword
  • verbalize
  • talk
  • write up
  • vocalize
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