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# apparel

noun (apparel – uncountable)

«apparel» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (formal or old) Clothing, especially clothes of a certain kind: «sports apparel». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/#m1)
2. (old) Fine clothes and dress for a special occasion. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/#m2)

### In the lessons

In shops and adverts, especially in the USA: «outdoor apparel», «children's apparel». In old stories and the Bible: «fine apparel», «gorgeous apparel». In The Wind in the Willows Toad's disguise as a washerwoman is very different from his grand motoring apparel. In everyday talk we say «clothes».

### Examples

- The shop sells sports apparel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/#x1)
- The king was dressed in rich apparel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/#x2)
- Rain apparel keeps you dry on camping trips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/#x3)
- Toad swapped his fine apparel for the washerwoman's dress. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/#x4)
- The school apparel store sells uniforms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/#x5)
- «Wear suitable apparel for the hike,» said the notice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/#x6)
- However, Cinderella, notwithstanding her mean apparel, was a hundred times handsomer than her sisters, though they were always dressed very richly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/#x7)

### Note

Uncountable: no «an apparel» or «apparels». Formal; everyday word: clothes. Do not confuse with «apparent» (clear, seeming).

## In Jewish tradition

It is an old word for clothing, whether a warrior's clothes, a king's robes, or the stained garments of the one who comes from Edom. In the primary lessons: In shops and adverts, especially in the USA: «outdoor apparel», «children's apparel». In old stories and the Bible: «fine apparel», «gorgeous apparel». In The Wind in the Willows Toad's disguise as a washerwoman is very different from his grand motoring apparel. In everyday talk we say «clothes».

### Examples

- 'Wherefore is Thine apparel red, and Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?' — (Prophets ISA.63.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apparel/#x1)
- And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he essayed to go, but could not; for he had not tried it. (Prophets 1SA.17.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apparel/#x2)
- Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel. (Prophets 2SA.1.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apparel/#x3)

### Note

Uncountable: no «an apparel» or «apparels». Formal; everyday word: clothes. Do not confuse with «apparent» (clear, seeming).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «apparel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apparel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apparel» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/apparel.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «apparel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/apparel/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«apparel» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/apparel.html) on Mova free.