clothe
Other forms: clothes; clothing; clothed
To clothe someone is to give them something to wear, or to dress them in clothing. If you clothe your dog in cute outfits, you may traumatize him for life.
You can clothe yourself, or someone else — for example, you might clothe yourself in black for a relative's funeral or clothe yourself in sequins and feathers for the school dance. You can also figuratively clothe someone or something, lending them a sense of power or respectability. Clothe shares a root with clothing and cloth, the Old English claþ, "cloth or sail," and also "woven material to wrap around oneself."
Definitions of clothe
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provide with clothes or put clothes on
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dress, get dressed
put on clothes
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Antonyms:
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discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress
get undressed
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disinvest, divest, strip, undress
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
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prim, prim out, prim up
dress primly
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cover, wrap up
clothe, as if for protection from the elements
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jacket
put a jacket on
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frock
put a frock on
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shirt
put a shirt on
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habit
put a habit on
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vesture
provide or cover with a cloak
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overclothe, overdress
dress too warmly
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underdress
dress without sufficient warmth
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corset
dress with a corset
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shoe
furnish with shoes
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coat
cover or provide with a coat
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costume, dress up
dress in a costume
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robe, vest
clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
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gown
dress in a gown
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accessorize
provide with small, decorative articles of clothing, jewelry, etc.
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type of:
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change state, turn
undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
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dress, get dressed
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furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
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cover as if with clothing“the mountain was clothed in tropical trees”
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type of:
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cover, spread over
form a cover over
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cover, spread over
Pronunciation
US
/kloʊð/
UK
/kləʊð/
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