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clothe
CEFRB1
/ˈkləʊð/
verb
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In plain English
- 01
verb
To dress someone or provide them with clothes.
- 02
verb
Extra detailTo cover or invest, as if with a garment.
Examples
Better to clothe you than to feed you.
The one who came will clothe them.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 3
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Also pronounced
- /ˈkloʊð/
Deep Dive
verb
Extra meaningTo adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
More examples
In contextto clothe somebody with authority or power
to feed and clothe a family; to clothe oneself extravagantly
For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
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Origin
verb
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.