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Definition of clothe in English: clotheverbclothed, clad kləʊðkloʊð [with object]1Put clothes on (oneself or someone); dress. Francesca was clothed in white figurative luxuriant tropical forests clothed the islands Example sentencesExamples - Plants keep us warm (log fires, oil, peat) and their fibres are converted into the fabric we use to clothe ourselves and make our homes and institutions more comfortable and attractive.
- In all operational conditions, airmen should be fully clothed in loose garments for sun protection and reducing sweat loss.
- She is clad in a black cloak with a cowl that puts her face in shadows, with a light grey tunic and black pants.
- In another section of the work, the fully clothed dancers walk a straight line across the stage.
- Enraged, I tore through the bush, knocked down a worker, and stole his robes to clothe myself in.
- In the darkness, I clothed myself with a green robe hanging in my old chambers, and slipped my journals into a saddlebag.
- The exhibition examines the ways in which people clothe themselves and the effects of dress as self-representation or as group identity.
- A group of twelve science officers accompanied by four guards, fully clothed in radiation suits reported to the shuttle hangar.
- He was reportedly found fully clothed in a black tuxedo with a white bow tie, lying on his bed.
- He sat at the breakfast bar clad in a pair of jeans that hid his business-like personality and a shirt showing off his muscles.
- Finally Dale reappeared, fully clothed in slacks, loafers, a trim tux shirt, and a tie.
- I tore open my door, now fully clothed in my work uniform.
- And in our intoxicated state of joy, we clothe ourselves in colorful masks and costumes, and deliver gifts of money to the poor and treats to our neighbors.
- A slim Asian woman stood in the doorway, clothed in a white dress and carrying a laptop.
- She returned to Juliet fully clothed in her winter uniform.
- This was at a time when most of the Western world clothed itself in animal skins and fur and was yet to discover spinning and weaving.
- The teenager had been missing for almost a week when her fully clothed body was discovered with no apparent signs of physical attack.
- The body was fully clothed in sailing gear and was wearing a life jacket and appears to have been washed up from the Thames Estuary.
- The figure was clad in a long dress, or robe, and held a knife in its hand.
- We hardly ever slept well, and we sometimes slept fully clothed in case we needed to escape.
- The children were poorly clad; one wrapped in a rag of some kind and his only other clothing a very dirty loin cloth.
- I was always under the impression that students were hard done by, had mountains of debt and clothed themselves from charity shops!
Synonyms dress, attire, outfit, array, rig (out), turn out, fit out, costume, trick out/up, robe, garb, deck out, drape, accoutre put clothes on informal doll up, get up literary bedizen, caparison archaic apparel, trap out, habit, invest cover, overlay, overspread, cloak, blanket, carpet envelop, swathe, swaddle, shroud, wrap, surround literary enshroud - 1.1 Provide (someone) with clothes.
they already had eight children to feed and clothe Example sentencesExamples - Because, of course, that money doesn't go towards feeding and clothing those children.
- Yet within living memory, many parents suffered such hardship that they could hardly afford to feed and clothe their children.
- Marisa is a hard working single mother, striving to feed and clothe her young boy.
- In other words, our culture is agrarian at its foundation, farmers provide the raw materials that feed and clothe us all, and our ability to sustain this culture is critical to its survival.
- He fed us, clothed us, sheltered us, trained us and placed us in decent jobs.
- ‘All of the money we raise goes to feed, shelter and clothe people,’ she said.
- In one form or another, corporations of one kind or another feed us, clothe us and provide shelter.
- Let us feed, house and clothe our people before over-reaching ourselves to provide major attractions for tourists who, even if we build it, may not come.
- Don't forget your parents are the ones who feed you, clothe you and give you life!
- About 10% of the land mass - or just 2.5% of the planet - can support agriculture to feed and clothe us.
- As a parent, my job is to feed her, clothe her and be a part of the culture she's growing up in.
- They took us in, fed us, clothed us, and taught us basic survival skills.
- Therefore women have traditionally had to farm or sell homemade products in the local market to ensure that they could feed and clothe their children.
- Ever since she was a babe, I've fed her, clothed her, and offered her all my love.
- Many of them are struggling all on their own, to keep their families together, to house, feed and clothe their children and to provide them with education.
- And we can't even clothe ourselves; we have to import 96 percent of our apparel.
- His work, his income, his drive, kept us in style, fed and clothed us well, sent us to the best schools in Bombay.
- I'm so proud of being working class and the fact that though mum struggled to feed and clothe us, she did a brilliant job.
- In the best of times, they earned barely enough to feed and clothe a family, but seasonal labor demands as well as shifts in the business cycle left them often with no work at all.
- 1.2usually be clothed with Endow with a particular quality.
it is clothed with an aura of respectability Example sentencesExamples - In the 17th and 18th centuries, Western superiority was clothed in various guises of culture, color, and religion.
- The new administration clothed itself in garments of morality and quickly initiated a Commission of Inquiry to investigate identified cases of these charges.
- And they have the audacity to clothe themselves in the language of morality.
Synonyms provide, furnish, endow, serve, confer
Origin Old English (only recorded in the past participle geclāded), from clāth (see cloth). Definition of clothe in US English: clotheverbkloʊðklōT͟H [with object]often be clothed in1Put clothes on (oneself or someone); dress. Francesca was clothed in white figurative luxuriant tropical forests clothed the islands Example sentencesExamples - He sat at the breakfast bar clad in a pair of jeans that hid his business-like personality and a shirt showing off his muscles.
- I was always under the impression that students were hard done by, had mountains of debt and clothed themselves from charity shops!
- He was reportedly found fully clothed in a black tuxedo with a white bow tie, lying on his bed.
- The body was fully clothed in sailing gear and was wearing a life jacket and appears to have been washed up from the Thames Estuary.
- We hardly ever slept well, and we sometimes slept fully clothed in case we needed to escape.
- The figure was clad in a long dress, or robe, and held a knife in its hand.
- She is clad in a black cloak with a cowl that puts her face in shadows, with a light grey tunic and black pants.
- Plants keep us warm (log fires, oil, peat) and their fibres are converted into the fabric we use to clothe ourselves and make our homes and institutions more comfortable and attractive.
- Enraged, I tore through the bush, knocked down a worker, and stole his robes to clothe myself in.
- The children were poorly clad; one wrapped in a rag of some kind and his only other clothing a very dirty loin cloth.
- She returned to Juliet fully clothed in her winter uniform.
- A slim Asian woman stood in the doorway, clothed in a white dress and carrying a laptop.
- In another section of the work, the fully clothed dancers walk a straight line across the stage.
- The teenager had been missing for almost a week when her fully clothed body was discovered with no apparent signs of physical attack.
- A group of twelve science officers accompanied by four guards, fully clothed in radiation suits reported to the shuttle hangar.
- In all operational conditions, airmen should be fully clothed in loose garments for sun protection and reducing sweat loss.
- Finally Dale reappeared, fully clothed in slacks, loafers, a trim tux shirt, and a tie.
- This was at a time when most of the Western world clothed itself in animal skins and fur and was yet to discover spinning and weaving.
- And in our intoxicated state of joy, we clothe ourselves in colorful masks and costumes, and deliver gifts of money to the poor and treats to our neighbors.
- The exhibition examines the ways in which people clothe themselves and the effects of dress as self-representation or as group identity.
- I tore open my door, now fully clothed in my work uniform.
- In the darkness, I clothed myself with a green robe hanging in my old chambers, and slipped my journals into a saddlebag.
Synonyms dress, attire, outfit, array, rig, rig out, turn out, fit out, costume, trick out, trick up, robe, garb, deck out, drape, accoutre cover, overlay, overspread, cloak, blanket, carpet - 1.1 Provide (someone) with clothes.
they already had eight children to feed and clothe Example sentencesExamples - Yet within living memory, many parents suffered such hardship that they could hardly afford to feed and clothe their children.
- In the best of times, they earned barely enough to feed and clothe a family, but seasonal labor demands as well as shifts in the business cycle left them often with no work at all.
- In one form or another, corporations of one kind or another feed us, clothe us and provide shelter.
- ‘All of the money we raise goes to feed, shelter and clothe people,’ she said.
- Therefore women have traditionally had to farm or sell homemade products in the local market to ensure that they could feed and clothe their children.
- His work, his income, his drive, kept us in style, fed and clothed us well, sent us to the best schools in Bombay.
- They took us in, fed us, clothed us, and taught us basic survival skills.
- He fed us, clothed us, sheltered us, trained us and placed us in decent jobs.
- About 10% of the land mass - or just 2.5% of the planet - can support agriculture to feed and clothe us.
- Many of them are struggling all on their own, to keep their families together, to house, feed and clothe their children and to provide them with education.
- Marisa is a hard working single mother, striving to feed and clothe her young boy.
- As a parent, my job is to feed her, clothe her and be a part of the culture she's growing up in.
- And we can't even clothe ourselves; we have to import 96 percent of our apparel.
- In other words, our culture is agrarian at its foundation, farmers provide the raw materials that feed and clothe us all, and our ability to sustain this culture is critical to its survival.
- Let us feed, house and clothe our people before over-reaching ourselves to provide major attractions for tourists who, even if we build it, may not come.
- Because, of course, that money doesn't go towards feeding and clothing those children.
- Don't forget your parents are the ones who feed you, clothe you and give you life!
- Ever since she was a babe, I've fed her, clothed her, and offered her all my love.
- I'm so proud of being working class and the fact that though mum struggled to feed and clothe us, she did a brilliant job.
- 1.2usually be clothed with Endow with a particular quality.
you have been clothed with power from on high Example sentencesExamples - And they have the audacity to clothe themselves in the language of morality.
- The new administration clothed itself in garments of morality and quickly initiated a Commission of Inquiry to investigate identified cases of these charges.
- In the 17th and 18th centuries, Western superiority was clothed in various guises of culture, color, and religion.
Synonyms provide, furnish, endow, serve, confer
Origin Old English (only recorded in the past participle geclāded), from clāth (see cloth). |