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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
clothing
    n 1: a covering designed to be worn on a person's body [syn:
         clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear,
         wearable, habiliment]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clothe \Clothe\ (kl[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed
   (kl[=o][th]d) or Clad (kl[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Clothing.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS.
   cl[=a][eth]ian, cl[=ae][eth]an. See Cloth.]
   1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.
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            Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.
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   2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
      to clothe one's self extravagantly.
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            Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov.
                                                  xxiii. 21.
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            The naked every day he clad,
            When he put on his clothes.           --Goldsmith.
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   3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
      one with authority or power.
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            Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
                                                  --Watts.
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            His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.
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            Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's
            garb.                                 --Milton.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clothing \Cloth"ing\, n.
   1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.
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            From others he shall stand in need of nothing,
            Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing.
                                                  --Milton.
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            As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. --Ps.
                                                  xxxv. 13
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   2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.]
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            Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing.
                                                  --Ray.
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   3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a
      boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat.
      --Knight.
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   4. (Mach.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card.
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