Definition of robe in English:

robe

noun rəʊbroʊb

1A long, loose outer garment reaching to the ankles.
a young man in a fez and ragged robe
a baby in christening robes
Example sentencesExamples
- As nomads crossing the desert wear white robes to reflect the sun's rays, trees wearing the specially processed kaolin coat reflect the heat-producing infrared wavelengths, as well as the burning ultraviolet rays.
- She curled up against the cement wall, pulling the robe closer around her.
- A boy behind him sews his robe to the prayer mat so that when the meditation is over and he stands up, the mat stands up with him.
- Five middle-aged businessmen in a desert landscape politely stand before a Middle Eastern man wearing a turban and robe.
- Aidis floated backwards as he descended to the stage, his robe billowing dramatically.
- A woman in a white flowing robe walks through an Egyptian temple as a hawk swoops over her shoulder.
- She wore a black dress that looked like a robe with no sleeves.
- A solid figure steps out nobly, his robe flapping around him in the wind like a cape.
- She wears a long robe patterned with star and sky symbols fringed with delicate pearls.
- The duke touches the arm of a bearded man in Eastern headdress and brocade robe.
- She had on a long, black silk robe, and small black slippers.
- The selection of textiles range from a fragment of printed cotton purchased at a flea market to Parisian couture gowns, African wall hangings and Turkish robes.
- Kayama, who has played a crucial role in the events, kneels at his low writing table in his Japanese robes and sings tentatively.
- Sometimes they played the proud Bambara hunter in patterned brown and black mud-cloth robes.
- The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come wears a long black robe with a hood that conceals its head.
- "He was dressed in an unusually large robe with a hood over his head.
- The killer appeared to be wearing a dark, black hooded robe.
- He changed quite a few cloaks before donning the saffron robe.
- Her silver robe swished softly, the only noise to be heard.
- He pulled a white hooded robe on and threw the cowl over his face, obscuring his features entirely.
Synonyms
cloak, wrap, mantle, cape, kaftan
North American wrapper
Arabic dishdasha, djellaba
Turkish dolman
African kanzu
Hawaiian muumuu
1. 1.1often robes A robe worn, especially on formal or ceremonial occasions, as an indication of the wearer's rank, office, or profession.
  he was dressed in his archbishop's robes after some function
  Example sentencesExamples
  Yesterday controversial councillor donned his robes of office and was sworn in as Hull's Lord Mayor.
  She designed the clothes, which range from suave street garb to ceremonial robes.
  A seated Buddha carved of sandstone in Cave 8 at Yungang also has rounded forms of head and body, similarly wrapped in the monk's robe.
  Whereas Erasmus wears the black robes of an academic, the archbishop dresses in priestly white.
  Kel retorted, shivering as she pulled the heavy black cloak over her mage's robe.
  The woman at the door wore her mage's robe over a nightshirt and boots.
  He notices an older man nearby dressed in monk's robes, sleeping.
  Finally, the King was led behind the altar into St Edward's chapel to be clothed in purple robes and given the Imperial Crown, Orb and Sceptre.
  The presence of several government officials on the upper floor, marked by their red robes and ‘hats with two horizontal legs,’ seems to underline the wine shop's official status.
  He wears his red robes of office as Judge of the King's Bench.
  His priest's robes billowed out behind him as he walked over to her.
  Several, especially the larger ones, are shaped like crosses or vestment robes.
  King Ryan sat down slowly, his robes fluttering about him.
  Synonyms
  garb, regalia, costume, livery, finery, trappings
  garments, clothes
  formal apparel
  archaic raiment, habiliments, vestments, vesture, habit
  vestment, surplice, cassock, rochet, alb, dalmatic, chasuble
  canonicals, pontificals
2. 1.2 A dressing gown or bathrobe.
  he was clad in a short towelling robe
  Example sentencesExamples
  Allison tied the robe around her body and opened her bathroom door let the steam out.
  Wearing a robe, he stumbles out of bed and opens the drapes and shades, gazing down lovingly upon the housekeeper putting Serge's midday snack into his backpack.
  This work, depicting a woman in a long robe sitting on a red chaise, could have been done by a star Matisse acolyte.
  She swung around, tying the robe around her waist, giving him a glare.
  He had gotten up and was tying the belt of his robe around his waist.
  She quickly grabbed a nearby towel and threw on her terry cloth robe.
  She carefully got out wiping her smooth legs dry then putting on the terry cotton robe to answer the door.
  She sits around all day in a shabby robe, dwelling on the past, a time when she used to be ‘so pretty and popular.’
  She wrapped a red silk robe around herself and tied it.
  She put on her night robe over her nightgown before grabbing her crutches.
  Shocked, she stops, gathers her robe and advances just a bit, to be framed perfectly in the doorway.
  She fumbled clumsily, ending up draping her robe over her shoulders.
  Jeffrey quickly hides inside a closet, from which he observes Dorothy disrobe and then reach for a blue velvet robe inside the closet as he recoils in fear of discovery.
  I slowly got out of bed and threw a robe over my nightgown.
  She looked to her changing screen, where her robe was hanging neatly.
  She slipped on a thin robe over her nightgown silently and tiptoed her way to the door.
  With a sigh, Celly tugged her robe tighter before following wonderful smells that led her into the kitchen.
  With that he turned and walked back into his house, the ties on his robe trailing behind him.
  I would have wrapped my warm, terry cloth robe about me, but it wasn't in the bathroom.
  Synonyms
  dressing gown, bathrobe, housecoat, negligee, kimono
  French peignoir, robe de chambre
  North American wrapper
2North American dated
short for lap robe

verb rəʊbroʊb

[with object]usually as adjective robed

1Clothe in a robe.
a circle of robed figures
in combination a white-robed Bedouin
Example sentencesExamples
- In one of the untitled drawings, a characteristically inverted robed figure, skirts ornamented with ink arabesques, topped with a hat, recalls the painted fables of Chagall.
- At the left, they face a robed figure who has entered the shop to pawn an article of clothing.
- A robed figure seated in a cart drawn by a tiger and a leopard follows two foot soldiers.
- Instead of being robed in the skin of a lion or a leopard that is customary for African royalty, he is clad in a cape made from the skin of some wild animal.
- On the balcony, a woman kneels and draws a picture while a robed, spectral figure nearby seems to be ladling water into another tank.
- At the back of the church were a robed choir and musicians making a quartet of stringed instruments.
- The viewer has his eye drawn through the openings of the screens to the end wall on the far side, with several stately blue robed woman gazing through.
- He tells them to sit and when he takes off his cloak they see that he is robed in white.
- Simeon directs his song of praise to an elevated, imposing high priest in a scene dominated by an even more imposing crowned, splendidly robed temple guardian.
- The robed and turbaned figures moving slowly across a sepia ground on the first screen are drawn from an 1895 film.
- To begin with, he is robed in loose but complicated fabrics that obscure all sense of human fragility.
- They are robed in ermine-trimmed royal red, as in Snow White.
- He is robed in black and white, although the background and lighting are red.
- The red robed magician had appeared out of thin air, with the albino in tow.
- A huge chariot approaches carrying a veiled nymph draped in a gross of silver veils sitting upon a throne with a black robed, and veiled figure beside her.
- The roundels in the center show a doge kneeling before an enthroned Saint Mark and a seated, robed figure with the right hand raised, presumably in blessing.
- Before you went into a trance, you told us that those robed figures were coming.
- Until we came across this red robed magician, we didn't even know about real magic.
1. 1.1no object Put on robes, especially for a formal or ceremonial occasion.
  I went into the vestry and robed for the Mass
  Synonyms
  dress oneself, dress, get dressed, attire oneself, enrobe
  archaic apparel oneself

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense 'booty') of rob (because clothing was an important component of booty).

Rhymes

daube, enrobe, globe, Job, lobe, probe, strobe

Definition of robe in US English:

robe

nounroʊbrōb

1A long, loose outer garment.
Example sentencesExamples
- The duke touches the arm of a bearded man in Eastern headdress and brocade robe.
- She wears a long robe patterned with star and sky symbols fringed with delicate pearls.
- He changed quite a few cloaks before donning the saffron robe.
- "He was dressed in an unusually large robe with a hood over his head.
- Her silver robe swished softly, the only noise to be heard.
- She curled up against the cement wall, pulling the robe closer around her.
- Aidis floated backwards as he descended to the stage, his robe billowing dramatically.
- Kayama, who has played a crucial role in the events, kneels at his low writing table in his Japanese robes and sings tentatively.
- As nomads crossing the desert wear white robes to reflect the sun's rays, trees wearing the specially processed kaolin coat reflect the heat-producing infrared wavelengths, as well as the burning ultraviolet rays.
- The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come wears a long black robe with a hood that conceals its head.
- A woman in a white flowing robe walks through an Egyptian temple as a hawk swoops over her shoulder.
- She wore a black dress that looked like a robe with no sleeves.
- Five middle-aged businessmen in a desert landscape politely stand before a Middle Eastern man wearing a turban and robe.
- A solid figure steps out nobly, his robe flapping around him in the wind like a cape.
- She had on a long, black silk robe, and small black slippers.
- Sometimes they played the proud Bambara hunter in patterned brown and black mud-cloth robes.
- A boy behind him sews his robe to the prayer mat so that when the meditation is over and he stands up, the mat stands up with him.
- He pulled a white hooded robe on and threw the cowl over his face, obscuring his features entirely.
- The killer appeared to be wearing a dark, black hooded robe.
- The selection of textiles range from a fragment of printed cotton purchased at a flea market to Parisian couture gowns, African wall hangings and Turkish robes.
Synonyms
cloak, wrap, mantle, cape, kaftan
1. 1.1often robes A long, loose garment worn on formal or ceremonial occasions as an indication of the wearer's office or profession.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Whereas Erasmus wears the black robes of an academic, the archbishop dresses in priestly white.
  His priest's robes billowed out behind him as he walked over to her.
  The presence of several government officials on the upper floor, marked by their red robes and ‘hats with two horizontal legs,’ seems to underline the wine shop's official status.
  Kel retorted, shivering as she pulled the heavy black cloak over her mage's robe.
  Finally, the King was led behind the altar into St Edward's chapel to be clothed in purple robes and given the Imperial Crown, Orb and Sceptre.
  King Ryan sat down slowly, his robes fluttering about him.
  The woman at the door wore her mage's robe over a nightshirt and boots.
  A seated Buddha carved of sandstone in Cave 8 at Yungang also has rounded forms of head and body, similarly wrapped in the monk's robe.
  She designed the clothes, which range from suave street garb to ceremonial robes.
  He notices an older man nearby dressed in monk's robes, sleeping.
  He wears his red robes of office as Judge of the King's Bench.
  Yesterday controversial councillor donned his robes of office and was sworn in as Hull's Lord Mayor.
  Several, especially the larger ones, are shaped like crosses or vestment robes.
  Synonyms
  garb, regalia, costume, livery, finery, trappings
  vestment, surplice, cassock, rochet, alb, dalmatic, chasuble
2. 1.2 A dressing gown or bathrobe.
  Example sentencesExamples
  With a sigh, Celly tugged her robe tighter before following wonderful smells that led her into the kitchen.
  She quickly grabbed a nearby towel and threw on her terry cloth robe.
  I would have wrapped my warm, terry cloth robe about me, but it wasn't in the bathroom.
  He had gotten up and was tying the belt of his robe around his waist.
  She carefully got out wiping her smooth legs dry then putting on the terry cotton robe to answer the door.
  I slowly got out of bed and threw a robe over my nightgown.
  She sits around all day in a shabby robe, dwelling on the past, a time when she used to be ‘so pretty and popular.’
  This work, depicting a woman in a long robe sitting on a red chaise, could have been done by a star Matisse acolyte.
  She fumbled clumsily, ending up draping her robe over her shoulders.
  Allison tied the robe around her body and opened her bathroom door let the steam out.
  She looked to her changing screen, where her robe was hanging neatly.
  She slipped on a thin robe over her nightgown silently and tiptoed her way to the door.
  She put on her night robe over her nightgown before grabbing her crutches.
  Shocked, she stops, gathers her robe and advances just a bit, to be framed perfectly in the doorway.
  She swung around, tying the robe around her waist, giving him a glare.
  Wearing a robe, he stumbles out of bed and opens the drapes and shades, gazing down lovingly upon the housekeeper putting Serge's midday snack into his backpack.
  With that he turned and walked back into his house, the ties on his robe trailing behind him.
  She wrapped a red silk robe around herself and tied it.
  Jeffrey quickly hides inside a closet, from which he observes Dorothy disrobe and then reach for a blue velvet robe inside the closet as he recoils in fear of discovery.
  Synonyms
  dressing gown, bathrobe, housecoat, negligee, kimono
2North American dated A small blanket; lap robe.

verbroʊbrōb

[with object]usually as adjective robed

1Clothe in a long, loose outer garment.
a circle of robed figures
in combination a white-robed Bedouin
Example sentencesExamples
- To begin with, he is robed in loose but complicated fabrics that obscure all sense of human fragility.
- Instead of being robed in the skin of a lion or a leopard that is customary for African royalty, he is clad in a cape made from the skin of some wild animal.
- The viewer has his eye drawn through the openings of the screens to the end wall on the far side, with several stately blue robed woman gazing through.
- They are robed in ermine-trimmed royal red, as in Snow White.
- The red robed magician had appeared out of thin air, with the albino in tow.
- He tells them to sit and when he takes off his cloak they see that he is robed in white.
- Until we came across this red robed magician, we didn't even know about real magic.
- The robed and turbaned figures moving slowly across a sepia ground on the first screen are drawn from an 1895 film.
- On the balcony, a woman kneels and draws a picture while a robed, spectral figure nearby seems to be ladling water into another tank.
- He is robed in black and white, although the background and lighting are red.
- Before you went into a trance, you told us that those robed figures were coming.
- The roundels in the center show a doge kneeling before an enthroned Saint Mark and a seated, robed figure with the right hand raised, presumably in blessing.
- A robed figure seated in a cart drawn by a tiger and a leopard follows two foot soldiers.
- A huge chariot approaches carrying a veiled nymph draped in a gross of silver veils sitting upon a throne with a black robed, and veiled figure beside her.
- In one of the untitled drawings, a characteristically inverted robed figure, skirts ornamented with ink arabesques, topped with a hat, recalls the painted fables of Chagall.
- At the back of the church were a robed choir and musicians making a quartet of stringed instruments.
- At the left, they face a robed figure who has entered the shop to pawn an article of clothing.
- Simeon directs his song of praise to an elevated, imposing high priest in a scene dominated by an even more imposing crowned, splendidly robed temple guardian.
1. 1.1no object Put on robes, especially for a formal or ceremonial occasion.
  I went into the vestry and robed for the Mass
  Synonyms
  dress oneself, dress, get dressed, attire oneself, enrobe

Origin

Middle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense ‘booty’) of rob (because clothing was an important component of booty).

单词	robe
释义	Definition of robe in English: robe noun rəʊbroʊb 1A long, loose outer garment reaching to the ankles. a young man in a fez and ragged robe a baby in christening robes Example sentencesExamples As nomads crossing the desert wear white robes to reflect the sun's rays, trees wearing the specially processed kaolin coat reflect the heat-producing infrared wavelengths, as well as the burning ultraviolet rays. She curled up against the cement wall, pulling the robe closer around her. A boy behind him sews his robe to the prayer mat so that when the meditation is over and he stands up, the mat stands up with him. Five middle-aged businessmen in a desert landscape politely stand before a Middle Eastern man wearing a turban and robe. Aidis floated backwards as he descended to the stage, his robe billowing dramatically. A woman in a white flowing robe walks through an Egyptian temple as a hawk swoops over her shoulder. She wore a black dress that looked like a robe with no sleeves. A solid figure steps out nobly, his robe flapping around him in the wind like a cape. She wears a long robe patterned with star and sky symbols fringed with delicate pearls. The duke touches the arm of a bearded man in Eastern headdress and brocade robe. She had on a long, black silk robe, and small black slippers. The selection of textiles range from a fragment of printed cotton purchased at a flea market to Parisian couture gowns, African wall hangings and Turkish robes. Kayama, who has played a crucial role in the events, kneels at his low writing table in his Japanese robes and sings tentatively. Sometimes they played the proud Bambara hunter in patterned brown and black mud-cloth robes. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come wears a long black robe with a hood that conceals its head. "He was dressed in an unusually large robe with a hood over his head. The killer appeared to be wearing a dark, black hooded robe. He changed quite a few cloaks before donning the saffron robe. Her silver robe swished softly, the only noise to be heard. He pulled a white hooded robe on and threw the cowl over his face, obscuring his features entirely. Synonyms cloak, wrap, mantle, cape, kaftan North American wrapper Arabic dishdasha, djellaba Turkish dolman African kanzu Hawaiian muumuu 1.1often robes A robe worn, especially on formal or ceremonial occasions, as an indication of the wearer's rank, office, or profession. he was dressed in his archbishop's robes after some function Example sentencesExamples Yesterday controversial councillor donned his robes of office and was sworn in as Hull's Lord Mayor. She designed the clothes, which range from suave street garb to ceremonial robes. A seated Buddha carved of sandstone in Cave 8 at Yungang also has rounded forms of head and body, similarly wrapped in the monk's robe. Whereas Erasmus wears the black robes of an academic, the archbishop dresses in priestly white. Kel retorted, shivering as she pulled the heavy black cloak over her mage's robe. The woman at the door wore her mage's robe over a nightshirt and boots. He notices an older man nearby dressed in monk's robes, sleeping. Finally, the King was led behind the altar into St Edward's chapel to be clothed in purple robes and given the Imperial Crown, Orb and Sceptre. The presence of several government officials on the upper floor, marked by their red robes and ‘hats with two horizontal legs,’ seems to underline the wine shop's official status. He wears his red robes of office as Judge of the King's Bench. His priest's robes billowed out behind him as he walked over to her. Several, especially the larger ones, are shaped like crosses or vestment robes. King Ryan sat down slowly, his robes fluttering about him. Synonyms garb, regalia, costume, livery, finery, trappings garments, clothes formal apparel archaic raiment, habiliments, vestments, vesture, habit vestment, surplice, cassock, rochet, alb, dalmatic, chasuble canonicals, pontificals 1.2 A dressing gown or bathrobe. he was clad in a short towelling robe Example sentencesExamples Allison tied the robe around her body and opened her bathroom door let the steam out. Wearing a robe, he stumbles out of bed and opens the drapes and shades, gazing down lovingly upon the housekeeper putting Serge's midday snack into his backpack. This work, depicting a woman in a long robe sitting on a red chaise, could have been done by a star Matisse acolyte. She swung around, tying the robe around her waist, giving him a glare. He had gotten up and was tying the belt of his robe around his waist. She quickly grabbed a nearby towel and threw on her terry cloth robe. She carefully got out wiping her smooth legs dry then putting on the terry cotton robe to answer the door. She sits around all day in a shabby robe, dwelling on the past, a time when she used to be ‘so pretty and popular.’ She wrapped a red silk robe around herself and tied it. She put on her night robe over her nightgown before grabbing her crutches. Shocked, she stops, gathers her robe and advances just a bit, to be framed perfectly in the doorway. She fumbled clumsily, ending up draping her robe over her shoulders. Jeffrey quickly hides inside a closet, from which he observes Dorothy disrobe and then reach for a blue velvet robe inside the closet as he recoils in fear of discovery. I slowly got out of bed and threw a robe over my nightgown. She looked to her changing screen, where her robe was hanging neatly. She slipped on a thin robe over her nightgown silently and tiptoed her way to the door. With a sigh, Celly tugged her robe tighter before following wonderful smells that led her into the kitchen. With that he turned and walked back into his house, the ties on his robe trailing behind him. I would have wrapped my warm, terry cloth robe about me, but it wasn't in the bathroom. Synonyms dressing gown, bathrobe, housecoat, negligee, kimono French peignoir, robe de chambre North American wrapper 2North American dated short for lap robe verb rəʊbroʊb [with object]usually as adjective robed 1Clothe in a robe. a circle of robed figures in combination a white-robed Bedouin Example sentencesExamples In one of the untitled drawings, a characteristically inverted robed figure, skirts ornamented with ink arabesques, topped with a hat, recalls the painted fables of Chagall. At the left, they face a robed figure who has entered the shop to pawn an article of clothing. A robed figure seated in a cart drawn by a tiger and a leopard follows two foot soldiers. Instead of being robed in the skin of a lion or a leopard that is customary for African royalty, he is clad in a cape made from the skin of some wild animal. On the balcony, a woman kneels and draws a picture while a robed, spectral figure nearby seems to be ladling water into another tank. At the back of the church were a robed choir and musicians making a quartet of stringed instruments. The viewer has his eye drawn through the openings of the screens to the end wall on the far side, with several stately blue robed woman gazing through. He tells them to sit and when he takes off his cloak they see that he is robed in white. Simeon directs his song of praise to an elevated, imposing high priest in a scene dominated by an even more imposing crowned, splendidly robed temple guardian. The robed and turbaned figures moving slowly across a sepia ground on the first screen are drawn from an 1895 film. To begin with, he is robed in loose but complicated fabrics that obscure all sense of human fragility. They are robed in ermine-trimmed royal red, as in Snow White. He is robed in black and white, although the background and lighting are red. The red robed magician had appeared out of thin air, with the albino in tow. A huge chariot approaches carrying a veiled nymph draped in a gross of silver veils sitting upon a throne with a black robed, and veiled figure beside her. The roundels in the center show a doge kneeling before an enthroned Saint Mark and a seated, robed figure with the right hand raised, presumably in blessing. Before you went into a trance, you told us that those robed figures were coming. Until we came across this red robed magician, we didn't even know about real magic. 1.1no object Put on robes, especially for a formal or ceremonial occasion. I went into the vestry and robed for the Mass Synonyms dress oneself, dress, get dressed, attire oneself, enrobe archaic apparel oneself Origin Middle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense 'booty') of rob (because clothing was an important component of booty). Rhymes daube, enrobe, globe, Job, lobe, probe, strobe Definition of robe in US English: robe nounroʊbrōb 1A long, loose outer garment. Example sentencesExamples The duke touches the arm of a bearded man in Eastern headdress and brocade robe. She wears a long robe patterned with star and sky symbols fringed with delicate pearls. He changed quite a few cloaks before donning the saffron robe. "He was dressed in an unusually large robe with a hood over his head. Her silver robe swished softly, the only noise to be heard. She curled up against the cement wall, pulling the robe closer around her. Aidis floated backwards as he descended to the stage, his robe billowing dramatically. Kayama, who has played a crucial role in the events, kneels at his low writing table in his Japanese robes and sings tentatively. As nomads crossing the desert wear white robes to reflect the sun's rays, trees wearing the specially processed kaolin coat reflect the heat-producing infrared wavelengths, as well as the burning ultraviolet rays. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come wears a long black robe with a hood that conceals its head. A woman in a white flowing robe walks through an Egyptian temple as a hawk swoops over her shoulder. She wore a black dress that looked like a robe with no sleeves. Five middle-aged businessmen in a desert landscape politely stand before a Middle Eastern man wearing a turban and robe. A solid figure steps out nobly, his robe flapping around him in the wind like a cape. She had on a long, black silk robe, and small black slippers. Sometimes they played the proud Bambara hunter in patterned brown and black mud-cloth robes. A boy behind him sews his robe to the prayer mat so that when the meditation is over and he stands up, the mat stands up with him. He pulled a white hooded robe on and threw the cowl over his face, obscuring his features entirely. The killer appeared to be wearing a dark, black hooded robe. The selection of textiles range from a fragment of printed cotton purchased at a flea market to Parisian couture gowns, African wall hangings and Turkish robes. Synonyms cloak, wrap, mantle, cape, kaftan 1.1often robes A long, loose garment worn on formal or ceremonial occasions as an indication of the wearer's office or profession. Example sentencesExamples Whereas Erasmus wears the black robes of an academic, the archbishop dresses in priestly white. His priest's robes billowed out behind him as he walked over to her. The presence of several government officials on the upper floor, marked by their red robes and ‘hats with two horizontal legs,’ seems to underline the wine shop's official status. Kel retorted, shivering as she pulled the heavy black cloak over her mage's robe. Finally, the King was led behind the altar into St Edward's chapel to be clothed in purple robes and given the Imperial Crown, Orb and Sceptre. King Ryan sat down slowly, his robes fluttering about him. The woman at the door wore her mage's robe over a nightshirt and boots. A seated Buddha carved of sandstone in Cave 8 at Yungang also has rounded forms of head and body, similarly wrapped in the monk's robe. She designed the clothes, which range from suave street garb to ceremonial robes. He notices an older man nearby dressed in monk's robes, sleeping. He wears his red robes of office as Judge of the King's Bench. Yesterday controversial councillor donned his robes of office and was sworn in as Hull's Lord Mayor. Several, especially the larger ones, are shaped like crosses or vestment robes. Synonyms garb, regalia, costume, livery, finery, trappings vestment, surplice, cassock, rochet, alb, dalmatic, chasuble 1.2 A dressing gown or bathrobe. Example sentencesExamples With a sigh, Celly tugged her robe tighter before following wonderful smells that led her into the kitchen. She quickly grabbed a nearby towel and threw on her terry cloth robe. I would have wrapped my warm, terry cloth robe about me, but it wasn't in the bathroom. He had gotten up and was tying the belt of his robe around his waist. She carefully got out wiping her smooth legs dry then putting on the terry cotton robe to answer the door. I slowly got out of bed and threw a robe over my nightgown. She sits around all day in a shabby robe, dwelling on the past, a time when she used to be ‘so pretty and popular.’ This work, depicting a woman in a long robe sitting on a red chaise, could have been done by a star Matisse acolyte. She fumbled clumsily, ending up draping her robe over her shoulders. Allison tied the robe around her body and opened her bathroom door let the steam out. She looked to her changing screen, where her robe was hanging neatly. She slipped on a thin robe over her nightgown silently and tiptoed her way to the door. She put on her night robe over her nightgown before grabbing her crutches. Shocked, she stops, gathers her robe and advances just a bit, to be framed perfectly in the doorway. She swung around, tying the robe around her waist, giving him a glare. Wearing a robe, he stumbles out of bed and opens the drapes and shades, gazing down lovingly upon the housekeeper putting Serge's midday snack into his backpack. With that he turned and walked back into his house, the ties on his robe trailing behind him. She wrapped a red silk robe around herself and tied it. Jeffrey quickly hides inside a closet, from which he observes Dorothy disrobe and then reach for a blue velvet robe inside the closet as he recoils in fear of discovery. Synonyms dressing gown, bathrobe, housecoat, negligee, kimono 2North American dated A small blanket; lap robe. verbroʊbrōb [with object]usually as adjective robed 1Clothe in a long, loose outer garment. a circle of robed figures in combination a white-robed Bedouin Example sentencesExamples To begin with, he is robed in loose but complicated fabrics that obscure all sense of human fragility. Instead of being robed in the skin of a lion or a leopard that is customary for African royalty, he is clad in a cape made from the skin of some wild animal. The viewer has his eye drawn through the openings of the screens to the end wall on the far side, with several stately blue robed woman gazing through. They are robed in ermine-trimmed royal red, as in Snow White. The red robed magician had appeared out of thin air, with the albino in tow. He tells them to sit and when he takes off his cloak they see that he is robed in white. Until we came across this red robed magician, we didn't even know about real magic. The robed and turbaned figures moving slowly across a sepia ground on the first screen are drawn from an 1895 film. On the balcony, a woman kneels and draws a picture while a robed, spectral figure nearby seems to be ladling water into another tank. He is robed in black and white, although the background and lighting are red. Before you went into a trance, you told us that those robed figures were coming. The roundels in the center show a doge kneeling before an enthroned Saint Mark and a seated, robed figure with the right hand raised, presumably in blessing. A robed figure seated in a cart drawn by a tiger and a leopard follows two foot soldiers. A huge chariot approaches carrying a veiled nymph draped in a gross of silver veils sitting upon a throne with a black robed, and veiled figure beside her. In one of the untitled drawings, a characteristically inverted robed figure, skirts ornamented with ink arabesques, topped with a hat, recalls the painted fables of Chagall. At the back of the church were a robed choir and musicians making a quartet of stringed instruments. At the left, they face a robed figure who has entered the shop to pawn an article of clothing. Simeon directs his song of praise to an elevated, imposing high priest in a scene dominated by an even more imposing crowned, splendidly robed temple guardian. 1.1no object Put on robes, especially for a formal or ceremonial occasion. I went into the vestry and robed for the Mass Synonyms dress oneself, dress, get dressed, attire oneself, enrobe Origin Middle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense ‘booty’) of rob (because clothing was an important component of booty).
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