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Dictionary: garb   (gärb) pronunciation
n.
  1. A distinctive style or form of clothing; dress: clerical garb.
  2. An outward appearance; a guise: presented their radical ideas in the garb of moderation.
tr.v., garbed, garb·ing, garbs.
To cover with or as if with clothing; dress.

[Obsolete French garbe, grace, from Italian garbo, from garbare, to please, of Germanic origin.]


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noun

    A set or style of clothing: costume, dress, guise, habiliment (often used in plural), outfit, turnout. Informal getup, rig. See put on/take off.

verb

    To put clothes on: apparel, attire, clothe, dress, garment, invest. Informal tog. See put on/take off.

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v

Definition: fit with clothes
Antonyms: disrobe, unclothe


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Style of dress.

pronunciation The actor's garb was very clownish and not at all in keeping with the plot of the film.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - påklædning
v. tr. - klæde sig

2.
n. - udseende

Nederlands (Dutch)
kledij, iemand aankleden, uitdossen

Français (French)
1.
n. - costume
v. tr. - habiller

2.
n. - (Hérald) épi de blé

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Kleidung, Tracht
v. - (sich) kleiden

2.
n. - (Her) Weizengarbe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φορέματα, ρούχα, αμφίεση
v. - περιβάλλω/-ομαι, ντύνω/-ομαι

Italiano (Italian)
costume

Português (Portuguese)
n. - traje (m), modo (m) de vestir-se, aparência (f)
v. - vestir(-se)

Русский (Russian)
наряд, одеяние, облачать

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - vestido, atuendo, atavío, vestidura
v. tr. - vestir, poner la ropa

2.
n. - forma o apariencia exterior

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dräkt, sken, mask
v. - klä, skruda

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
打扮, 装束, 穿, 装扮

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 打扮, 裝束
v. tr. - 穿, 裝扮

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 의복, 외관
v. tr. - 옷을 입히다

2.
n. - 밀 한 단

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 服装, 外観, 身なり, 小麦束
v. - 装わせる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) زي, لباس, (فعل) يكسو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תלבושת, בגדים‬
v. tr. - ‮הלביש‬
n. - ‮אלומת חיטים (על שלטי אבירים)‬


 
 
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