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Clothe Kləʊð Verb Children Latest Fashions Climbing Plants

Word3 clothe
WordType (verb)
Phonetic /kləʊð/ /kləʊð/
Example
  • they clothe their children in the latest fashions.
  • climbing plants clothed the courtyard walls.
  • the costs of feeding and clothing a family
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clothe

(verb)/kləʊð/ /kləʊð/

    Verb Forms

  1. to dress somebody/yourself
    • They clothe their children in the latest fashions.
    • Climbing plants clothed the courtyard walls.
  2. to provide clothes for somebody to wear
    • the costs of feeding and clothing a family

    Word Origin

    • Old English (only recorded in the past participle geclāded), from clāth, related to Dutch kleed and German Kleid, of unknown ultimate origin.
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