tr.v., clothed or clad (klăd), cloth·ing, clothes.

1. To put clothes on; dress.
2. To provide clothes for.
3. To cover as if with clothing.

[Middle English clothen, from Old English clāthian, from clāth, cloth.]

SYNONYMS  clothe, cloak, drape, mantle, robe. These verbs mean to cover as if with clothes: trees clothed in leafy splendor; mist that cloaks the mountains; a beam draped with cobwebs; a boulder mantled with moss; snow robing fields and gardens.

verb

1. To put clothes on: apparel, attire, dress, garb, garment, invest. Informal tog. See put on/take off.
2. To cover as if with clothes: cloak, drape, mantle, robe. See put on/take off.
3. To surround and cover completely so as to obscure: cloak, enfold, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, infold, invest, shroud, veil, wrap. See show/hide.

v

Definition: cover with apparel
Antonyms: reveal, take off, unclothe, uncover

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IN BRIEF: Provide with garments or put garments on.

You must clothe yourself before going outside.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - klæde på, holde med tøj, udstyre

Nederlands (Dutch)
(aan)kleden

Français (French)
v. tr. - habiller, vêtir

Deutsch (German)
v. - anziehen, kleiden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ντύνω, καλύπτω, περιβάλλω

Italiano (Italian)
vestire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - trajar, fornecer

Русский (Russian)
одевать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - vestir, cubrir, revestir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - klä, hålla m kläder, rigga, täcka, isolera (tekn.)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
穿衣, 授以, 盖上

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 穿衣, 授以, 蓋上

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 의복을 걸치다, 덮다, (영광 등을) 부여하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 衣服を着せる, 衣服を与える, 覆う, 表現する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ألبس, لبس, غطى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮כיסה, הלביש‬

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