[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clothe \clothe\ kl=oth, v. t. imp.  p. p. clothed
   kl=othd or clad kla^d; p. pr.  vb. n.
   clothing. oe. clathen, clothen, clethen, as.
   cl=aethian, cl=aeethan. see cloth.
   1. to put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.
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            go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --shak.
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   2. to provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
      to clothe one's self extravagantly.
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            drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --prov.
                                                  xxiii. 21.
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            the naked every day he clad,
            when he put on his clothes.           --goldsmith.
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   3. fig.: to cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
      one with authority or power.
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            language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
                                                  --watts.
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            his sides are clothed with waving wood. --j. dyer.
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            thus belial, with with words clothed in reason's
            garb.                                 --milton.
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see also:
clothed clad clothing cloth 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

clothing \cloth"ing\, n.
   1. garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.
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            from others he shall stand in need of nothing,
            yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing.
                                                  --milton.
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            as for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. --ps.
                                                  xxxv. 13
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   2. the art of process of making cloth. r.
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            instructing refugees in the art of clothing.
                                                  --ray.
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   3. a covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a
      boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
      --knight.
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   4. mach. see card clothing, under 3d card.
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see also:
card clothing card 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

clothing
     n : a covering designed to be worn on a person's body syn: article
         of clothing, vesture, wear
see also:
article of clothing vesture wear 

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