clothing

A2 Topic:Clothing & Appearance

US /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ UK /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/ See IPA manual

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noun
Things people wear to cover the body, taken as a whole.

You should pack warm clothing for the trip to the mountains.

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1 noun · things people wear to cover... wear

More apparel attire clothes garment habiliment raiment threads wardrobe weed

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Derived forms bedclothingcard-clothingclothing-ironclothing-optionalclothinglessnonclothingunderclothing

Related forms bag belt blouse bra briefs cap clothe coat dress gloves halter hat

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a wolf in sheep's clothing
A dangerous person who pretends to be harmless or friendly.

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There is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing

Etymology

From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.

clothing Middle English

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# clothing

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkləʊðɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 4494

## Meanings
1. Things people wear to cover the body, taken as a whole.

## Examples
- You should pack warm clothing for the trip to the mountains.

## Synonyms
- apparel
- attire
- clothes
- garment
- habiliment
- raiment
- threads
- wardrobe
- weed

## Derived Forms
- bedclothing
- card-clothing
- clothing-iron
- clothing-optional
- clothingless
- nonclothing
- underclothing

## Related Forms
- bag
- belt
- blouse
- bra
- briefs
- cap
- clothe
- coat
- dress
- gloves
- halter
- hat

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: clothing

## Etymology
From Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding.

## AI Etymology
clothing is a noun and verb. It is from Middle English clothing, clathing; equivalent to clothe + -ing. Cognate with Scots cleeding, cleiding, cleading (“clothing”), Dutch kleding (“clothing”), German Kleidung (“clothing”), Danish klædning (“clothing, dress, attire”), Swedish klädning (“dress”). Doublet of the dialectal English term cleading, from Middle English clething; compare also cladding. Historical forms in the chain include clothing (Middle English). Current senses include things people wear to cover the body, taken as a whole. Derived forms include bedclothing, card-clothing, clothing-iron, clothing-optional, and clothingless. Related words include bag, belt, blouse, and bra.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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