/ kləʊð; NAmE kloʊð/ verb [ vn ]
1.
clothe sb / yourself (in sth) ( formal ) to dress sb/yourself :
They clothe their children in the latest fashions.
( figurative )
Climbing plants clothed the courtyard walls.
2.
to provide clothes for sb to wear :
the costs of feeding and clothing a family
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English (only recorded in the past participle geclāded ), from clāth , related to Dutch kleed and German Kleid , of unknown ultimate origin.