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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