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# clothe

verb (clothe, clothes, clothed, clothing)

«clothe» 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. To clothe someone is to put clothes on them, or give them clothes to wear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothe/#m1)
2. To clothe is to cover something as if with clothes, as in «clothe in the weeds of woe». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothe/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, to dress a person or to cover a thing with a thick covering, often of sorrow or mist; «clothe» is also used for giving food and clothes to a family

### Examples

- Can you afford to feed and clothe your children? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothe/#x1)
- The king clothed his soldiers in red. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothe/#x2)
- The hills were clothed in mist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothe/#x3)
- Clothe yourself warmly before you go out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clothe/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

To put on garments, often also used for covering with qualities such as righteousness, shame, or salvation.

**Interpretation.** The tradition sees God as clothing the naked, from Adam and Eve onward, and teaches people to imitate this kindness. Priests wore holy garments to serve.

### Examples

- Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried: 'Treason, treason.' (Prophets 2KI.11.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#x1)
- Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said: 'Treason, treason.' (Writings 2CH.23.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#x2)
- I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. (Prophets ISA.50.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/clothe/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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