'Clothing' definitions:

Definition of 'clothing'

From: WordNet
noun
A covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment]

Definition of 'Clothing'

From: GCIDE
  • 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]

Definition of 'Clothing'

From: 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]

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