英文字典中文字典51ZiDian.com

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

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]


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]