robe

noun

/rəʊb/

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a long loose outer piece of clothing, especially one worn as a sign of rank or office at a special ceremony
- coronation robes
- cardinals in scarlet robes
- a ghostly figure in flowing robes of white
- an old man swathed in robes
Topics Religion and festivalsc2, Clothes and Fashionc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- long
- loose
- voluminous
- …
verb + robe
- don
- slip on
- wear
- …
preposition
- in a/the robe
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(also bathrobe)
a loose piece of clothing worn before and after taking a bathTopics Clothes and Fashionb2
(also bathrobe (both North American English))
(British English dressing gown)
a long loose piece of clothing, usually with a belt, worn indoors over night clothes, for example when you first get out of bedTopics Clothes and Fashionb2

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

robe

verb

/rəʊb/

[usually passive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they robe	/rəʊb/ /rəʊb/
he / she / it robes	/rəʊbz/ /rəʊbz/
past simple robed	/rəʊbd/ /rəʊbd/
past participle robed	/rəʊbd/ /rəʊbd/
-ing form robing	/ˈrəʊbɪŋ/ /ˈrəʊbɪŋ/

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robe somebody/yourself (in something) to dress somebody/yourself in long loose clothes or in the way mentioned
- a robed choir
- The priests were robed in black.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from the Germanic base (in the sense ‘booty’) of rob (because clothing was an important component of booty).