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Meaning of "clothe" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CLOTHE

Old English clāthian, from clāthcloth; related to Old Norse klætha.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CLOTHE

clothe  [kləʊð] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLOTHE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clothe is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb clothe in English.

WHAT DOES CLOTHE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

clothe

Clothing

Clothing is fiber and textile material worn on the body. The wearing of clothing is mostly restricted to human beings and is a feature of nearly all human societies. The amount and type of clothing worn is dependent on physical stature, gender, as well as social and geographic considerations. Physically, clothing serves many purposes: it can serve as protection from weather, and can enhance safety during hazardous activities such as hiking and cooking. It protects the wearer from rough surfaces, rash-causing plants, insect bites, splinters, thorns and prickles by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment. Clothes can insulate against cold or hot conditions. Further, they can provide a hygienic barrier, keeping infectious and toxic materials away from the body. Clothing also provides protection from harmful UV radiation. Clothes can be made out of fiber plants such as cotton, plastics such as polyester, or animal skin and hair such as wool. Humans began wearing clothes roughly 83,000 to 170,000 years ago.

Definition of clothe in the English dictionary

The first definition of clothe in the dictionary is to dress or attire. Other definition of clothe is to provide with clothing or covering. Clothe is also to conceal or disguise.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CLOTHE

PRESENT

Present
I clothe
you clothe
he/she/it clothes
we clothe
you clothe
they clothe
Present continuous
I am clothing
you are clothing
he/she/it is clothing
we are clothing
you are clothing
they are clothing
Present perfect
I have clothed
you have clothed
he/she/it has clothed
we have clothed
you have clothed
they have clothed
Present perfect continuous
I have been clothing
you have been clothing
he/she/it has been clothing
we have been clothing
you have been clothing
they have been clothing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I clothed
you clothed
he/she/it clothed
we clothed
you clothed
they clothed
Past continuous
I was clothing
you were clothing
he/she/it was clothing
we were clothing
you were clothing
they were clothing
Past perfect
I had clothed
you had clothed
he/she/it had clothed
we had clothed
you had clothed
they had clothed
Past perfect continuous
I had been clothing
you had been clothing
he/she/it had been clothing
we had been clothing
you had been clothing
they had been clothing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will clothe
you will clothe
he/she/it will clothe
we will clothe
you will clothe
they will clothe
Future continuous
I will be clothing
you will be clothing
he/she/it will be clothing
we will be clothing
you will be clothing
they will be clothing
Future perfect
I will have clothed
you will have clothed
he/she/it will have clothed
we will have clothed
you will have clothed
they will have clothed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been clothing
you will have been clothing
he/she/it will have been clothing
we will have been clothing
you will have been clothing
they will have been clothing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would clothe
you would clothe
he/she/it would clothe
we would clothe
you would clothe
they would clothe
Conditional continuous
I would be clothing
you would be clothing
he/she/it would be clothing
we would be clothing
you would be clothing
they would be clothing
Conditional perfect
I would have clothe
you would have clothe
he/she/it would have clothe
we would have clothe
you would have clothe
they would have clothe
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been clothing
you would have been clothing
he/she/it would have been clothing
we would have been clothing
you would have been clothing
they would have been clothing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you clothe
we let´s clothe
you clothe
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to clothe
Past participle
clothed
Present Participle
clothing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CLOTHE


beclothe
bɪˈkləʊð
betroth
bɪˈtrəʊð
enclothe
ɪnˈkləʊð
loathe
ləʊð
reclothe
riːˈkləʊð
unclothe
ʌnˈkləʊð
underclothe
ˈʌndəˌkləʊð
zeroth
ˈzɪərəʊð

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLOTHE

clothbound
clothed
clothes
clothes basket
clothes brush
clothes drier
clothes dryer
clothes hanger
clothes maiden
clothes manufacturer
clothes moth
clothes peg
clothes pole
clothes post
clothes prop
clothes rack
clothes rope
clothes shop
clothes tree
clothes-press

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLOTHE

absinthe
all the
bathe
berthe
Bothe
breathe
calanthe
Drenthe
Goethe
lathe
lithe
nepenthe
none the
Sarthe
scythe
soothe
the
tithe
turning lathe
withe

Synonyms and antonyms of clothe in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CLOTHE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «clothe» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of clothe
accoutre · apparel · array · attire · bedizen · caparison · cover · deck · doll up · drape · dress · enwrap · fit out · garb · habit · invest · outfit · rig · robe · swathe

Translation of «clothe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLOTHE

Find out the translation of clothe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clothe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clothe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

穿
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vestir
570 millions of speakers

English

clothe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कपड़े
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الملبس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

одеть
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vestir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আবৃত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vêtir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pakaian
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kleiden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

衣服を着せる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sandhangan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mặc quần áo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அணிவிப்பாயாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कपडे घालणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

giydirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vestire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odziać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

одягнути
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

îmbrăca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ντύσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beklee
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kläda
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ikle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clothe

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOTHE»

The term «clothe» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.673 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLOTHE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «clothe» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «clothe» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clothe

EXAMPLES

7 QUOTES WITH «CLOTHE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word clothe.
1
Samuel Alexander
Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse.
2
Jennifer Armintrout
Our cultural discussion of fat bodies and how we clothe them has nothing to do with health concerns, the obesity epidemic, or the comfort of fat people. It has everything to do with what we expect from women, what we've been told by the fashion industry, and the value we place on 'perfect' bodies.
3
Alicia Coppola
This baby comes out of you and there's no handbook. They hand you this child and say, 'Don't kill it. Feed it, clothe it and shelter it.' I never knew what that kind of love was. I remember looking at my daughter for the first time and wondering if that's the way my father looked at me.
4
Larry Elder
To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.
5
Isaac of Nineveh
If zeal had been appropriate for putting humanity right, why did God the Word clothe himself in the body, using gentleness and humility in order to bring the world back to his Father?
6
Denis Kearney
They have stolen the public lands. They have grasped all to themselves, and by their unprincipled greed brought a crisis of unparalleled distress on forty millions of people, who have natural resources to feed, clothe and shelter the whole human race.
7
Dave Ramsey
You're not a bad parent if you don't save for your kid's college because instead you had to choose to feed them and clothe them. Those things come first. They can go to school and do this thing called 'work' while they're in school.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLOTHE»

Discover the use of clothe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clothe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Saga of Red Clothe
Said Vega, who held the shiny weapon to the jury. “how is it that three poor Mexicans whose combined monthly income is less than thirty dollars could purchase such a gun?” “Why would they spend all the money needed to feed and clothe ...
Steve Nelson, 2013
2
Health in the Nursery and How to Feed and Clothe a Child ...
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
E. Holland, 2008
3
Amye Robsart and the Earl of Leycester;: a critical inquiry ...
A cupboarde clothe sute- able. iit. A fielde bed of wallnuttree ; the ceelor, testor, and val- lance of Murrey cloth, garnished with a lace of copper goulde and silke, with 3 curteines of iiij. bredths of clothe, fringed ; the testor and vallance lyned with ...
George Adlard, Sir Philip Sidney, George Gascoigne, 1870
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The historical antiquities of Hertfordshire
Item, on other Vestiment w" the Albe stole Fannon and the apparells of wy ght fusthian embroydyd flowers of cooper golde. Item, on other Vestiment w' the Albe stole Fannon and parrells of silke dark grene callyd clothe of Bawde Kyne, Item, ...
Henry Chauncy (sir.), 1826
5
Baby Gear: Everything You Need to Clothe, Feed, Transport, ...
Explains to new parents what they will and will not need for their child at each stage of development, how to provide a safe environment, and how to prepare for travel and play time.
Debra Wise, Sally Lee Parents Magazine, 2001
6
Annual Report of the Commissioner of Patents
Clothes, Washing and cleansing Clothes-boiler drainer Clothes bracket Clothes dotter Clothe* drier Clotbe» drier Clothes drier Clothe* drier Clothe* drier Clothes drier Cloihe* drier Clothe* drier Clothe* drier Clothes drier Clothe* drier Clothe* ...
United States. Patent Office, 1867
7
The reliquary: depository for precious relics, legendary, ...
Hawll Curat) j challesse of silver parcell gilt vj alter clothes vj hand towellsj pillowe iij corporaxis with casses j frounte clothe of satten 66 j other old froundclothc j fruut clothe of velvetj vestmeut of greane sattene j vestment of rune] ! bimqi'eis' ...
8
Clothe Your Spirit: Dressing for Self-Expression
Argues that one's wardrobe should be an outlet for self-expression, tells how to develop a positive body image, and discusses color, wardrobe planning, shopping, and accessories
Jennifer Robin, 1987
9
Transcript of two rolls, containing an inventory of effects ...
Item, j Jakket of blewe felwett lynyd in the body with smale lynen clothe, and the slevys withe blanket. Item, j Jakket of russet felwet, lynyd with blanket clothe. Item, j Jakket of red felwet, the ventis bounde with red lether. Item, j Jakket of blakke ...
Thomas Amyot, Society of Antiquaries of London, 1826
10
The Fitting Room: Putting On the Character of Christ
This relatable book offers insightful Scripture study with real-life stories and simple, down-to-earth explanations of tricky concepts as justification and sanctification—stitching it all together with dry humor and down-to-earth honesty.
Kelly Minter, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLOTHE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clothe is used in the context of the following news items.
1
George Osborne says benefits should be capped at £20000 to meet …
... not receive the sums of money which the state deems necessary for them adequately to house, feed, clothe and warm themselves and their ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Benefit cap will pitch thousands more British children into poverty
... of money which the state deems necessary for them adequately to house, feed, clothe and warm themselves and their children,” she said. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
London isn't over - you're just bored with it
But the temptation to clothe those decisions in a big melodramatic statement like 'London is over' is just a confusion between personal ... «Spiked, Jul 15»
4
Tyga Reportedly Cheats On Kylie Jenner As Teen Spies On Rapper …
She's going to feed him, bathe him, clothe him and make sure that roof over his head is paid for. He ain't got no money to pay his own rent.”. «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
5
The Sky's the limit... new play by Welsh author, Nicola Davies, wins …
... to send the raw text, with no illustration to clothe it, to Derek Cobley, who I knew through his directorship of the Swansea Wordplay Festival.”. «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
6
Plan to expand overtime rules could affect 100K in Ariz.
“This new overtime rule is a powerful step towards that goal, helping nearly 5 million Americans feed their families, pay their rent, or clothe their ... «TriValley Central, Jul 15»
7
Brownback Order Infringes On Personal Freedom And Fosters …
Brownback's order is a shameful attempt to clothe naked discrimination in the noble garment of religious freedom,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn ... «Americans United, Jul 15»
8
Barack Obama and the Grace of God
The president used his eulogy to urge Americans “to put our faith in action” by working “to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and house the ... «Patriot Post, Jul 15»
9
Hiccups, headaches and hot weather can be controlled
As God's chosen people in Christ, we choose to clothe ourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience and love towards ... «The Battlefords News-Optimist, Jul 15»
10
Like a Second Mother, Retiring Principal Served with Love …
"We feed them we clothe them, we bring the dentist here for them," she said, noting that teachers contribute from each paycheck to support ... «School News Network, Jul 15»

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