Found 4 hits - Term: clothes, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
clothes \clothes\ kl=othz or kl=oz; 277, n. pl. from
cloth.
1. covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; --
a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made
to be worn, for decency or comfort.
1913 webster
she . . . speaks well, and has excellent good
clothes. --shak.
1913 webster
if i may touch but his clothes, i shall be whole.
--mark. v. 28.
1913 webster
2. the covering of a bed; bedclothes.
1913 webster
she turned each way her frighted head,
then sunk it deep beneath the clothes. --prior.
1913 webster
body clothes. see under body.
clothes moth zool., a small moth of the genus tinea.
the most common species tinea flavifrontella is
yellowish white. the larvae eat woolen goods, furs,
feathers, etc. they live in tubular cases made of the
material upon which they feed, fastened together with
silk.
syn: garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture;
raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.
1913 webster
see also:
cloth body clothes body clothes moth tinea tinea flavifrontella
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cloth \cloth\ klo^th; 115, n.; pl. cloths klo^thz;
115, except in the sense of garments, when it is clothes
kl=othz or kl=oz. oe. clath cloth, as. cl=athorn
cloth, garment; akin to d. kleed, icel. klaeethi, dan.
klaede, cloth, sw. klaumde, g. kleid garment, dress.
1. a fabric made of fibrous material or sometimes of wire,
as in wire cloth; commonly, a woven fabric of cotton,
woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments;
specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all
others.
1913 webster
2. the dress; raiment. obs. see clothes.
1913 webster
i'll ne'er distust my god for cloth and bread.
--quarles.
1913 webster
3. the distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
1913 webster
appeals were made to the priesthood. would they
tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to
their cloth? --macaulay.
1913 webster
the cloth, the clergy, are constituted for
administering and for giving the best possible
effect to . . . every axiom. --i. taylor.
1913 webster
body cloth. see under body.
cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of
threads of gold.
cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which
cloth is measured and sold. for this object the standard
yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.
cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and
finishing woolen cloth. -- cloth
shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous
nap.
1913 webster
see also:
cloths clothes body cloth body cloth of gold cloth measure
cloth paper shearer
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
clothes
n : clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of
apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same
store"; "fastidious about his dress" syn: apparel, wearing
apparel, dress
see also:
apparel wearing apparel dress
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
76 moby thesaurus words for "clothes":
afghan, apparel, array, attire, bed linen, bedclothes, bedcover,
bedding, bedizenment, bedsheet, bedspread, blanket, buffalo robe,
case, clobber, clothing, comfort, comforter, contour sheet,
costume, counterpane, cover, coverlet, coverlid, drapery, dress,
dressing, duds, eiderdown, ensemble, fashion, fatigues, feathers,
fig, fitted sheet, garb, garments, gear, getup, guise, habiliment,
habiliments, habit, investiture, investment, lap robe, linen,
outfit, patchwork quilt, pillow slip, pillowcase, quilt, rags,
raiment, rig, rigging, robe, robes, rug, sheet, sheeting, slip,
sportswear, spread, style, things, threads, togs, toilette, trim,
vestment, vestments, vesture, wardrobe, wear, wearing apparel
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