apparel :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

wear, clothing, clothes, vesture, wearing apparel

n. a covering designed to be worn on a person's body

cover, garb, dress, raiment, garment, clothe, enclothe, tog, habilitate, fit out

v. provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"

costume

n. the attire worn in a play or at a fancy dress ball; "he won the prize for best costume"

costume

n. the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class; "he wore his national costume"

costume

n. unusual or period attire not characteristic of or appropriate to the time and place; "in spite of the heat he insisted on his woolen costume"

rig, outfit, getup

n. a set of clothing (with accessories); "his getup was exceedingly elegant"

furnishings, trappings

n. (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel

ensemble

n. a coordinated outfit (set of clothing)

utility

n. a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal; "the price of the house included all utilities"

attire, get up, prink, overdress, fancy up, trick up, trick out, deck up, tog up, deck out, rig out, tog out, dress up, fig out, fig up, gussy up

v. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

deck, bedight, bedeck

v. decorate; "deck the halls with holly"

wear, don, put on, get into

v. put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans"

outfit, fit, fit out, equip

v. provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"

cloak, mask, dissemble

v. hide under a false appearance; "He masked his disappointment"

trim, dress, garnish

v. decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

roll, wind, wrap, encircle, enlace

v. wrap or coil around; "roll your hair around your finger"; "Twine the thread around the spool"

insulate

v. protect from heat, cold, or noise by surrounding with insulating material; "We had his bedroom insulated before winter came"

treat, care for

v. provide treatment for; "The doctor treated my broken leg"; "The nurses cared for the bomb victims"; "The patient must be treated right away or she will die"; "Treat the infection with antibiotics"

soak, imbue, saturate

v. lie in and become saturated or permeated with water or some other liquid

strip, undress, discase, uncase, unclothe, disrobe, strip down

v. get undressed; "please don't undress in front of everybody!"; "She strips in front of strangers every night for a living"

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