clothe
UK/ˈkləʊð//ˈkloʊð/
clothe verb: to adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
Verb
clothe (third-person singular simple present clothes, present participle clothing, simple past and past participle clothed or (archaic) clad)
- To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
- to feed and clothe a family; to clothe oneself extravagantly
- Go with me to clothe you as becomes you.c. 1590-92, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, act IV, scene ii
- Synonyms:
- dight
- To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
- to clothe somebody with authority or power
- language in which they can clothe their thoughts1741, I[saac] Watts, The Improvement of the Mind: Or, A Supplement to the Art of Logick: […], London: […] James Brackstone, […], →OCLC
clothe meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
clothe in Tamil
- ஆடை அணி, உடுத்து, ஆடை கொடு, துணி கொண்டு போர்த்து
clothe in Urdu
- پہننا, کپڑے پہنانا
clothe in Bengali
- পোশাক পরানো, আবৃত করা
clothe in Malayalam
- വസ്ത്രം ധരിപ്പിക്കുക, വസ്ത്രം ധരിക്കുക, ചമയിക്കുക
More languagesFewer languages
- clothe in Kannada
- ಬಟ್ಟೆತೊಡಿಸು, ಉಡಿಸು
- clothe in Sanskrit
- विष् viṣ
- clothe in Tagalog
- bihisan, damitan
- clothe in Persian
- لباس پوشاندن
Examples of clothe in a sentence
- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Proverbs 23:21:
- The naked every day he clad, / When he put on his clothes.1766, [Oliver Goldsmith], The Vicar of Wakefield: […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Salisbury, Wiltshire: […] B. Collins, for...
Synonyms of clothe
Antonyms
Forms of clothe
| third-person singular present | clothes |
|---|---|
| present participle | clothing |
| past participle | clothed |
| past | clothed |
| past participle (archaic) | clad |
| past (archaic) | clad |
| alternative form (obsolete) | cloathe |
Origin of clothe
From Middle English clothen, from Old English *clāþian (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþōną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”). Cognate with Dutch kleden, German kleiden, Swedish kläda, after apocope klä. See also cloth, clad.
Words formed from clothe
Words that rhyme with clothe
Questions about clothe
- What does clothe mean?
- Clothe means to adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
- What is clothe in Tamil?
- Clothe in Tamil is ஆடை அணி, உடுத்து, ஆடை கொடு. See Clothe meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use clothe in a sentence?
- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
- What part of speech is clothe?
- Clothe is a verb.
- How do you pronounce clothe?
- Clothe is pronounced /ˈkləʊð/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of clothe?
- The past tense of clothe is clothed.
Words near clothe in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: clothe (page history and authors); clothe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clothe (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clothe (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clothe (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); clothe (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); विष् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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