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noun
Fashion, style of dressing oneself up.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A type of dress or clothing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A guise, external appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, figuratively, uncountable
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noun
A wheatsheaf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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noun
A measure of arrows in the Middle Ages.
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verb
To dress in garb.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: habit, habilitate
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noun
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: attire, dress
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: clothing, article of clothing, vesture, wear, wearable, habiliment
Narrower terms: ao dai, costume, disguise, ecclesiastical attire, ecclesiastical robe, finery, formalwear, eveningwear, evening dress, evening clothes, habit, riding habit, hairpiece, false hair, postiche, morning dress, outfit, getup, rig, turnout, sportswear, athletic wear, activewear
verb
provide with clothes or put clothes on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: dress, clothe, enclothe, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change state, turn
Narrower terms: prim, prim up, prim out, cover, wrap up, jacket, frock, shirt, habit, vesture, overdress, overclothe, underdress, corset, shoe, coat, costume, dress up, vest, robe, gown
History
From Middle French garbe ("graceful outline, silhouette"; > Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo (“grace, elegance”), from Germanic (compare Old High German garwi, garawi (“dress, equipment, preparation”), Middle High German gerwe (“outfitting, jewelry, clothing, robe, regalia”), modern German Gärbe, Gerbe and English gear), ultimately from Frankish *garwijan (“to prepare”), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”).
From Middle English garbe, from Old French garbe, variant of jarbe; akin to German Garbe. Doublet of gerbe.
Across languages
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
