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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a covering designed to be worn on a person's body;
[syn: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clothe \Clothe\ (kl[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed (kl[=o][th]d) or Clad (kl[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. cl[=a][eth]ian, cl[=ae][eth]an. See Cloth.] 1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress. [1913 Webster] Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly. [1913 Webster] Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov. xxiii. 21. [1913 Webster] The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power. [1913 Webster] Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. --Watts. [1913 Webster] His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer. [1913 Webster] Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Clothing \Cloth"ing\, n. 1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering. [1913 Webster] From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. --Milton. [1913 Webster] As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. --Ps. xxxv. 13 [1913 Webster] 2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.] [1913 Webster] Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. --Ray. [1913 Webster] 3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. --Knight. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mach.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

clothing n 1: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment]