garments collectively something that covers or clothes
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
cloth•ing
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026- Clothingclothes considered as a group;
apparel:We need to provide warm clothing to the homeless.
- See clothes.
clothe /kloʊð/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], clothed or clad/klæd/USA pronunciation cloth•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- to dress;
attire:clothed in elegant finery. - to provide (someone) with clothing:The church needs money to clothe the poor.
- to cover with or as if with clothing:The mountains were clothed in clouds.
cloth•ing
(klō′ᵺing),USA pronunciation n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Clothinggarments collectively;
clothes;
raiment;
apparel. - a covering.
- 1150–1200; Middle English; see clothe, -ing1
clothe
(klōᵺ),USA pronunciation v.t., clothed or clad, cloth•ing.
- to dress;
attire. - to provide with clothing.
- to cover with or as with clothing.
- Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of clāth cloth bef. 950
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.
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to dress or attire (a person) to provide with clothing or covering to conceal or disguise to endow or invest