clothe
verbEtymology
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.
- inherited from clothen
Definitions
To adorn or cover with clothing
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.
- For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
- to clothe somebody with authority or power
- language in which they can clothe their thoughts
- His sides are clothed with waving wood.
The neighborhood
- synonymdon
- synonymput on
- synonymaccouter
- synonymaddress
- synonymapparel
- synonymarray
- synonymattire
- synonymbeclothe
- synonymclothe
- synonymgarment
- synonymdress
- synonymenrobe
- antonymundress
- neighborclothed
- neighborget dressed
- neighborwear
- neighborcover
- neighbordecorate
- neighborjoin
- neighbordeck
- neighbordress down
- neighbordress up
- neighboroverclothe
- neighboroverdress
- neighborunderclothe
Derived
beclothe, enclothe, overclothe, reclothe, unclothe, underclothe
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at clothe. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at clothe. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
9 hops · closes at clothe
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA