clothe
verb /kləʊð/
/kləʊð/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they clothe | /kləʊð/ /kləʊð/ |
| he / she / it clothes | /kləʊðz/ /kləʊðz/ |
| past simple clothed | /kləʊðd/ /kləʊðd/ |
| past participle clothed | /kləʊðd/ /kləʊðd/ |
| -ing form clothing | /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/ /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/ |
- clothe somebody/yourself/something (in something) (formal) to dress somebody/yourself
- They clothe their children in the latest fashions.
- (figurative) Climbing plants clothed the courtyard walls.
- clothe somebody to provide clothes for somebody to wear
- the costs of feeding and clothing a family
Word OriginOld English (only recorded in the past participle geclāded), from clāth, related to Dutch kleed and German Kleid, of unknown ultimate origin.