clothe

Meaning

1. To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
2. To cover or invest, as if with a garment.

Synonyms

dress

👗

cover

attire

invest

robe

array

garment

garb

apparel

put on

suit

wear

fit

wrap

adorn

cloak

enclothe

envelop

fit out

habilitate

drape

get dressed

blanket

outfit

cover over

dress oneself

overlay

coat

🧥

raiment

put clothes on

encase

conceal

put on clothes

shroud

mantle

tog

dress up

rig

vest

plate

protect

incase

kit

lag

mask

😷

muffle

obliterate

obscure

obstruct

occult

ornament

overgrow

overwhelm

paste

plaster

prepare

receive

screen

smother

stock

strew

stucco

submerge

supply

swaddle

swathe

top

🔝

white out

trim

turn out

veil

vesture

whiteout

wrap up

blank out

dress somebody

drown out

kit out

contend over

kit up

mound over

back

🔙

to dress

accept

🉑

accouter

accoutre

accredit

admit

apply

appoint

armor

armour

bathe

beautify

bedeck

bedizen

block out

cake

🍰

canopy

cap

carpet

case

clad

costume

couch

🛋️

curtain

deck

decorate

disguise

don

embellish

enclose

endow

endue

engulf

equip

face

festoon

flood

garnish

gear up

get

grow over

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkləʊð/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: clothen

Inherited from Old English: clāþian

Cognate with Dutch: kleden

Cognate with German: kleiden

Cognate with Swedish: kläda

In summary

From Middle English clothen, from Old English clāþian (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþōną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”). Cognate with Dutch kleden, German kleiden, Swedish kläda, after apocope klä. See also cloth, clad.