clothes
//kləʊ(ð)z//
Definitions
1.Items of clothing; apparel.
- Even in an era when individuality in dress is a cult, his clothes were noticeable. He was wearing a hard hat of the low round kind favoured by hunting men, and with it a black duffle-coat lined with white.
2.The covering of a bed; bedclothes.
- She turned each way her frighted head, / Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes.
3.Laundry (hung on a clothesline).
- You are always digging at me about my clothes.
- I like to buy clothes.
- I often wear black clothes.
1.third-person singular simple present indicative of clothe
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1606
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English clothes, cloþes, plural of cloth, cloþ (“cloth, garment”), from Old English clāþas (“clothes”), plural of clāþ (“cloth”), equivalent to cloth + -es.