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Clothe vs Sheathe - What's the difference?

clothe | sheathe | Synonyms |

Clothe is a synonym of sheathe.


As verbs the difference between clothe and sheathe

is that clothe is to adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing while sheathe is to put something, such as a knife, into a sheath.

clothe

English

Verb

  • To adorn or cover with clothing; to dress; to supply clothes or clothing.
  • to feed and clothe''' a family; to '''clothe oneself extravagantly
  • * Shakespeare
  • Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you.
  • * Bible, Proverbs xxiii. 21
  • Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.
  • * Goldsmith
  • The naked every day he clad , / When he put on his clothes.
  • (figurative) To cover or invest, as if with a garment.
  • to clothe somebody with authority or power
  • * Watts
  • language in which they can clothe their thoughts
  • * J. Dyer
  • His sides are clothed with waving wood.
  • * Milton
  • words clothed in reason's garb

    sheathe

    English

    Verb

  • To put something, such as a knife, into a sheath
  • To encase something with a protective covering
  • * '>citation
  • Antonyms

    * unsheathe

    Derived terms

    * resheathe