What does clothes mean?

Definitions for clothes
kloʊz, kloʊðzclothes

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word clothes.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. apparel, wearing apparel, dress, clothesnoun

    clothing in general

    "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress"

Wiktionary

  1. clothesnoun

    Items of clothing; apparel.

  2. Etymology: cloþes

Wikipedia

  1. clothes

    Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body. Typically, clothing is made of fabrics or textiles, but over time it has included garments made from animal skin and other thin sheets of materials and natural products found in the environment, put together. The wearing of clothing is mostly restricted to human beings and is a feature of all human societies. The amount and type of clothing worn depends on gender, body type, social factors, and geographic considerations. Garments cover the body, footwear covers the feet, gloves cover the hands, while hats and headgear cover the head. Eyewear and jewelry are not generally considered items of clothing, but play an important role in fashion and clothing as costume. Clothing serves many purposes: it can serve as protection from the elements, rough surfaces, sharp stones, rash-causing plants, insect bites, by providing a barrier between the skin and the environment. Clothing can insulate against cold or hot conditions, and it can provide a hygienic barrier, keeping infectious and toxic materials away from the body. It can protect feet from injury and discomfort or facilitate navigation in varied environments. Clothing also provides protection from ultraviolet radiation. It may be used to prevent glare or increase visual acuity in harsh environments, such as brimmed hats. Clothing is used for protection against injury in specific tasks and occupations, sports, and warfare. Fashioned with pockets, belts, or loops, clothing may provide a means to carry things while freeing the hands. Clothing has significant social factors as well. Wearing clothes is a variable social norm. It may connote modesty. Being deprived of clothing in front of others may be embarrassing. In many parts of the world, not wearing clothes in public so that genitals, breasts, or buttocks are visible could be considered indecent exposure. Pubic area or genital coverage is the most frequently encountered minimum found cross-culturally and regardless of climate, implying social convention as the basis of customs. Clothing also may be used to communicate social status, wealth, group identity, and individualism. Some forms of personal protective equipment amount to clothing, such as coveralls, chaps or a doctor's white coat, with similar requirements for maintenance and cleaning as other textiles (boxing gloves function both as protective equipment and as a sparring weapon, so the equipment aspect rises above the glove aspect). More specialized forms of protective equipment, such as face shields are classified protective accessories. At the far extreme, self-enclosing diving suits or space suits are form fitting body covers, and amount to a form of dress, without being clothing per se, while containing enough high technology to amount to more of a tool than a garment. This line will continue to blur as wearable technology embeds assistive devices directly into the fabric itself; the enabling innovations are ultra low power consumption and flexible electronic substrates. Clothing also hybridizes into a personal transportation system (ice skates, roller skates, cargo pants, other outdoor survival gear, one-man band) or concealment system (stage magicians, hidden linings or pockets in tradecraft, integrated holsters for concealed carry, merchandise-laden trench coats on the black market — where the purpose of the clothing often carries over into disguise). A mode of dress fit to purpose, whether stylistic or functional, is known as an outfit or ensemble.

ChatGPT

  1. clothes

    Clothes refer to garments or items worn on the body, typically made of fabric or other materials, to cover and protect oneself and project a desired appearance. Clothes can include various types of clothing such as shirts, pants, dresses, skirts, jackets, and accessories like hats, shoes, and jewelry. They serve practical purposes for protection, comfort, and modesty, as well as social and cultural functions related to personal expression, fashion, and symbolic representation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Clothes

    of Cloth

  2. Clothes

    covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort

  3. Clothes

    the covering of a bed; bedclothes

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Clothes

    Carlyle's name in "Sartor Resartus" for the guises which the spirit, especially of man, weaves for itself and wears, and by which it both conceals itself in shame and reveals itself in grace.

Editors Contribution

  1. clothes

    Items created and designed to put on the human body.

    Clothes are a vital need and they are available for every human being around the world.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 8, 2020  

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  1. Clothes

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'clothes' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1474

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'clothes' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1242

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'clothes' in Nouns Frequency: #643

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of clothes in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of clothes in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of clothes in a Sentence

  1. Shakib Ahmed:

    I noticed a change with the clothes and the beard.

  2. Nabila Halim:

    I went inside as the house was burning. The fire had moved to his entire body, up to his face. There was no hair on his head, the fire burnt his clothes; he was naked and torched.

  3. Dimitris Spiridis:

    There was rain and fog. The only thing you could hear at eight in the morning was tears and coughing, i lost it. All the tents were soaked, all their clothes were soaked. Mud, humidity and tears, nothing else. Are we or aren't we Christians?

  4. Ellen Goodman:

    Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it.

  5. Joe Rogan:

    Unless Joe Rogan're talking to someone who is like 100 % African, from the darkest place, where they're not wearing any clothes all day, and they've developed all that melanin to protect themselves from the sun, Joe Rogan know, even the term' Black' is weird.

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