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Clothes - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Clothes : (noun)
1: clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of
apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same
store"; "fastidious about his dress" [syn: apparel, wearing
apparel, dress]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Cloth \Cloth\ (?; 115), n.; pl. Cloths (#; 115), except in the
sense of garments, when it is Clothes (kl[=o]thz or
kl[=o]z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl[=a][thorn] cloth, garment;
akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl[ae][eth]i, Dan. kl[ae]de, cloth,
Sw. kl["a]de, G. kleid garment, dress.]
1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire,
as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton,
woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments;
specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all
others.
2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes.
I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread.
--Quarles.
3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the
clergy; hence, the clerical profession.
Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they
tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to
their cloth? --Macaulay.
The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for
administering and for giving the best possible
effect to . . . every axiom. --I. Taylor.
Body cloth. See under Body.
Cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of
threads of gold.
Cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which
cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard
yard is usually divided into quarters and nails.
Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and
finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth
shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous
nap.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Clothes : \Clothes\ (? or ?; 277), n. pl. [Based on Cloth.]
1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; --
a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made
to be worn, for decency or comfort.
She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good
clothes. --Shak.
If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
--Mark. v. 28.
2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
She turned each way her frighted head, Then sunk it
deep beneath the clothes. --Prior.
Body clothes. See under Body.
Clothes moth (Zo["o]l.), a small moth of the genus Tinea.
The most common species ({T. flavifrontella)is yellowish
white. The larv[ae] eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc.
They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which
they feed, fastened together with silk.
Syn: Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture;
raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Clothes |
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avmavm: RT @persianbanoo: THN UNI post graduate student Farzad Kalabli was kidnapped by Plain Clothes as he was leaving fr east door #iranelection |
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jbr00ks9: We french kissed on a subway train, he tore my Clothes right off, he ate my heart and then he ate my brain. |
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lozamison: On way back from the Clothes show :( |
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