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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clothes /kloʊz, kloʊðz/USA pronunciation n. [plural]- garments for the body;
articles of dress.
The "th'' sounds in cloth "fabric'' and its plural cloths "pieces of fabric'' are pronounced quite differently from clothes "garments for the body and things you wear.'' Notice too that the meanings are different, and that one's clothes may or may not be made of cloth. The noncount noun clothing (the "th'' sound here is like that of clothes) is a more formal word for clothes, and it must be used when we want to refer to just one thing we wear:one article of clothing. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clothes (klōz, klōᵺz),USA pronunciation n.pl. - garments for the body;
articles of dress;
wearing apparel. - bedclothes.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English clāthas, plural of clāth cloth
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged clothing, attire, raiment, costume, garb; vestments, habiliments.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clothes /kləʊðz/ pl n - articles of dress
- chiefly Brit
short for bedclothes
Etymology: Old English clāthas, plural of clāth cloth clothe /kloʊð/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], clothed or clad/klæd/USA pronunciation cloth•ing. - to dress;
attire:clothed in elegant finery. - to provide (someone) with clothing:The church needs money to clothe the poor.
- to cover with or as if with clothing:The mountains were clothed in clouds.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clothe (klōᵺ),USA pronunciation v.t., clothed or clad, cloth•ing. - to dress;
attire. - to provide with clothing.
- to cover with or as with clothing.
- Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of clāth cloth bef. 950
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clothe /kləʊð/ vb (clothes, clothing, clothed, clad)(transitive)- to dress or attire (a person)
- to provide with clothing or covering
- to conceal or disguise
- to endow or invest
Etymology: Old English clāthian, from clāth cloth; related to Old Norse klætha |