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CLOTHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
Example:
white-clad nurses
Synonyms:
clad; clothed
Classified under:
Similar:
uniformed (dressed in a uniform)
underdressed (inadequately or too informally clothed)
tuxedoed (dressed in a tuxedo)
turned out (dressed well or smartly)
togged (dressed especially in smart clothes)
surpliced (wearing a surplice)
suited (outfitted or supplied with clothing)
lobster-backed; red-coated (used of British soldiers during the American Revolutionary War because of their red coats)
petticoated (wearing or furnished with a petticoat)
overdressed (dressed too elaborately)
heavy-coated (wearing a heavy coat)
habited (dressed in a habit)
gowned (wearing a gown)
dolled up; dressed; dressed-up; dressed to kill; dressed to the nines; spiffed up; spruced up; togged up (dressed in fancy or formal clothing)
dighted (dressed or adorned (as for battle))
cowled (having the head enclosed in a cowl or hood)
costumed (dressed in clothing characteristic of a period, country, or class)
coated (having or dressed in a coat)
cassocked (dressed in a cassock)
caparisoned (clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings))
bundled-up (dressed warmly)
breeched; pantalooned; trousered (dressed in trousers)
arrayed; panoplied (in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia)
appareled; attired; dressed; garbed; garmented; habilimented; robed (dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination)
vestmented (dressed in ceremonial garments especially clerical vestment)
Also:
adorned; decorated (provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction)
Antonym:
unclothed (not wearing clothing)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak
Example:
cloud-wrapped peaks
Synonyms:
cloaked; clothed; draped; mantled; wrapped
Classified under:
Similar:
covered (overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb clothe
Context examples:
During one of their walks a poor cot in the foldings of a vale attracted their notice as being singularly disconsolate, while the number of half-clothed children gathered about it spoke of penury in its worst shape.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
No pins were ever stuck into their cotton vitals, no harsh words or blows were ever given them, no neglect ever saddened the heart of the most repulsive, but all were fed and clothed, nursed and caressed with an affection which never failed.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
But then, strange to say, when I stood with my ragged shoes, and my dusty, sunburnt, half-clothed figure, in the place so long desired, it seemed to vanish like a dream, and to leave me helpless and dispirited.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He was clothed with tatters of old ship's canvas and old sea-cloth, and this extraordinary patchwork was all held together by a system of the most various and incongruous fastenings, brass buttons, bits of stick, and loops of tarry gaskin.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
For some unknown reason, prompted mysteriously, I did not undress, but lay down fully clothed.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The considerable slope, at nearly the foot of which the Abbey stood, gradually acquired a steeper form beyond its grounds; and at half a mile distant was a bank of considerable abruptness and grandeur, well clothed with wood;—and at the bottom of this bank, favourably placed and sheltered, rose the Abbey Mill Farm, with meadows in front, and the river making a close and handsome curve around it.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Her eye fell everywhere on lawns and plantations of the freshest green; and the trees, though not fully clothed, were in that delightful state when farther beauty is known to be at hand, and when, while much is actually given to the sight, more yet remains for the imagination.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
I expressed a wish to visit England, but concealing the true reasons of this request, I clothed my desires under a guise which excited no suspicion, while I urged my desire with an earnestness that easily induced my father to comply.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
He went out of the room calling "Ewing!" and returned in a few minutes accompanied by an embarrassed, slightly worn young man with shell-rimmed glasses and scanty blonde hair. He was now decently clothed in a "sport shirt" open at the neck, sneakers and duck trousers of a nebulous hue.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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