clothe
1. provide with clothes or put clothes on (Freq. 4)
- Parents must feed and dress their child
• Syn:
dress, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog,
garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
• Ant:
undress (for: dress)
• Derivationally related forms:
apparel (for: apparel), garment (for: garment), raiment (for: raiment), garb (for: garb), clothing, dress (for: dress), dresser (for: dress), dressing (for: dress)
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Hyponyms:
prim, prim up, prim out, cover, wrap up,
jacket, frock, shirt, habit, vesture, overdress,
overclothe, underdress, corset, shoe, coat, costume,
dress up, vest, robe, gown
• Verb Group:
dress, get dressed
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. furnish with power or authority;
of kings or emperors (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
invest, adorn
• Derivationally related forms:
investment (for: invest), investiture (for: invest)
• Hypernyms:
equip, fit, fit out, outfit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
3. cover as if with clothing
- the mountain was clothed in tropical trees
• Syn:
cloak, drape, robe
• Hypernyms:
cover, spread over
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
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