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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cloth•ing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Clothingclothes considered as a group;
apparel:We need to provide warm clothing to the homeless.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cloth•ing (klō′ᵺing),USA pronunciation n. - Clothinggarments collectively;
clothes;
raiment;
apparel. - a covering.
- 1150–1200; Middle English; see clothe, -ing1
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clothing /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/ n - garments collectively
- something that covers or clothes
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 |