past and past participle verb
Put clothes on a person or yourself.
The nurse clothed the patient in a clean gown.
The children were clothed in warm winter clothes.
American English
How to pronounce clothed
verb · adjectiveB2Common word
KLOHTHD
/kʰloʊðd̚/
One syllable.
Form of clothe
Clothed is formal or literary; dressed is more common for people in everyday American English.
Put clothes on a person or yourself.
Practice out loudMeanings & examples
past and past participle verb
Provided people with the clothes they needed.
The charity clothed families after the flood.
The program clothed hundreds of homeless people.
past and past participle verb
Covered something with a layer or appearance, especially in formal or poetic writing.
Snow clothed the mountains in white.
At dawn, mist clothed the valley in gray.
adjective
A clothed person is wearing clothes.
The baby was already clothed when the nurse arrived.
The hikers arrived fully clothed.
Useful expressions
to dress someone in particular clothes
They clothed the child in a warm coat.
to be covered or dressed in something; often formal or poetic
The valley was clothed in mist.
Related words & forms
The final -e disappears before -ing: clothing, not clotheing.