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clothe

verb
🔊/kləʊð/
🔊/kləʊð/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they clothe
🔊/kləʊð/
🔊/kləʊð/
he / she / it clothes
🔊/kləʊðz/
🔊/kləʊðz/
past simple clothed
🔊/kləʊðd/
🔊/kləʊðd/
past participle clothed
🔊/kləʊðd/
🔊/kləʊðd/
-ing form clothing
🔊/ˈkləʊðɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkləʊðɪŋ/
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  1. clothe somebody/yourself/something (in something) (formal) to dress somebody/yourself给…穿衣
    • They clothe their children in the latest fashions.他们给他们的孩子穿最时髦的服装。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) Climbing plants clothed the courtyard walls.攀缘植物给院墙披上了外衣。🔊🔊
  2. clothe somebody to provide clothes for somebody to wear为（某人）提供衣服
    • the costs of feeding and clothing a family一家人的衣食费用
    Topics Clothes and Fashionc2
    3. Word OriginOld English (only recorded in the past participle geclāded), from clāth, related to Dutch kleed and German Kleid, of unknown ultimate origin.