See Also: Room(medicine)
room(4)(dictionary)
room(3)(dictionary)
leg room(dictionary)
room(2)(dictionary)
bar-room(dictionary)
room(1)(dictionary)
box room(dictionary)
rec room(dictionary)
men's room(dictionary)

clothe (iou) and room(3) (iou)


clothe (iou)



clothe verb. . See also YCLAD.

I. lit.
verb trans. Provide with clothes; put clothes upon; dress. (Foll. by in, with.) OE.
Spenser In mighty armes he was yclad anon, And silver shield. Milton He clad Thir nakedness with Skins of Beasts. Tennyson The hand that..often toil'd to clothe your little ones. B. Trapido Jane would..clothe herself..in a dowdy two-piece.
b. spec. Invest in a religious habit. E17.
verb trans. Put on as clothing, don. Only in ME.
verb trans. Cover with a cloth or cloths. LME.
b. Nautical. Rig (a ship, mast, etc.). E18.
verb intrans. Put clothes on, dress oneself; be clothed. Now rare. LME.
II. fig.
verb trans. Cover as with clothes or a cloth. (Foll. by in, with.) ME.
Sir W. Scott Will spring return..And blossoms clothe the hawthorn spray? Carlyle Thus he [Man] is also said to be clothed with a body. H. Belloc A wood..clothing a rocky peak.
verb trans. Conceal the true Nature or form of, disguise. (Foll. by in, with.) LME.
E. J. Howard Men had more practice at dressing up their lusts, or..no need to clothe them.
verb trans. Invest or endue with a character, attributes, etc.; endow with power, a liability, etc. E17.
Bunyan With such gravity cloath every page. T. Jefferson The clauses..clothing consuls with privileges of the law of nations.
verb trans. Express (thoughts, ideas, etc.) in, with. L17.

room(3) (iou)



room noun2. [ru:m] Long dial. L16.
[Origin unkn.]
Dandruff.