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/klˈoʊðɪŋ/ Listen

verb

Clothe v. t. (past & past part. clothed or clad; pres. part. clothing)

1.

To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. "Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you."

2.

To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. "Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags." "The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes."

3.

Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. "Language in which they can clothe their thoughts." "His sides are clothed with waving wood." "Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb."

Clothe v. i. (past & past part. clothed or clad; pres. part. clothing) To wear clothes. (Poetic) "Care no more to clothe eat."

noun

Clothing n.

1.

Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. "From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing." "As for me,... my clothing was sackloth."

2.

The art of process of making cloth. (R.) "Instructing (refugees) in the art of clothing."

3.

A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.

4.

(Mach.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card.

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Etymology of 'Clothing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Clothing" Quotes from Famous Books

... prepossessing figure. His clothing bulged in almost every direction. In age this loses its ugliness. In a young man there is no more painful disadvantage. His dark hair was smoothly brushed, almost to sleekness. His clothing was good, and by no means characteristic ...

— The Triumph of John Kars - A Story of the Yukon • Ridgwell Cullum

... much of what people brought him—tea, sugar, white bread, milk, clothing, and fire-wood. But as time went on he led a more and more austere life, refusing everything superfluous, and finally he accepted nothing but rye-bread once a week. Everything else that was brought to him ...

— Father Sergius • Leo Tolstoy

... your beer yourself, then, eh?" inquired the other; and the man who gave out the clothing flung over a fresh suit, saying, threateningly: "Well, if that doesn't fit, by God! you shall drill ...

— 'Jena' or 'Sedan'? • Franz Beyerlein

... husbandmen, utterly reckless about the increase of their herds, and never dreaming of looking upon them as sources of gain. Deer-herding is not, in their eyes, a regular business, they merely keep such head as are required for domestic uses, that is, for food, clothing and travelling. Very few Lapps own big herds, while most of them hardly know or care how many in reality they have. In summer, when the deer are not wanted for travelling purposes, they dismiss them ...

— Russia - As Seen and Described by Famous Writers • Various

... by the arrival of the coachman (our driver), the man who looked after the horses, an outside passenger of questionable respectability, and our host, who had just cooked the bacon. It was an unexceptional fashion throughout the country to reduce all clothing to a minimum. Coats were unknown during the summer months (this was the middle of August); waistcoats were despised; and the costume of the period consisted of a flannel shirt, and a pair of trousers ...

— Wild Beasts and their Ways • Sir Samuel W. Baker

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