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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."
adjective clothed adj. 1.Wearing clothing. (Narrower terms: adorned(predicate), bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked out(predicate); appareled, attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed; arrayed, panoplied; breeched, pantalooned, trousered; bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed: decent) (Narrower terms: dight) (Narrower terms: dressed-up, dressed to the nines(predicate), dressed to kill(predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up) (Narrower terms: gowned) (Narrower terms: habited) (Narrower terms: heavy-coated) (Narrower terms: overdressed) (Narrower terms: petticoated) (Narrower terms: red-coated, lobster-backed) (Narrower terms: surpliced) (Narrower terms: togged dressed esp in smart clothes)) (Narrower terms: turned out) (Narrower terms: underdressed) (Narrower terms: uniformed) (Narrower terms: vestmented) Also See: adorned, decorated. Antonym: unclothed. 2.Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak. "Fog-cloaked meadows" Synonyms: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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