What is the difference between clothe and cloth?
clothe | cloth | Related terms |
To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
* Shakespeare
* Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 21
* Goldsmith
(figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
* Watts
* J. Dyer
* Milton
(uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
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A form of attire that represents a particular profession.
(in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.
Clothe is a related term of cloth.
As a verb clothe
is to adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.As a noun cloth is
(uncountable) a woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.clothe
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Verb
- to feed and clothe''' a family; to '''clothe oneself extravagantly
- Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you.
- Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
- The naked every day he clad , / When he put on his clothes.
- to clothe somebody with authority or power
- language in which they can clothe their thoughts
- His sides are clothed with waving wood.
- words clothed in reason's garb
cloth
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Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Noun
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