"clothes" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kləʊðz/ [UK], /kloʊz/ [US] Audio: en-uk-clothes.ogg [UK], en-us-clothes.ogg [US] Forms: [singular], clothes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun2}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Clothes, such as shirts, pants, socks, etc. are things that people wear on their body to cover it.
    Sense id: simple-clothes-en-noun-oGbpRjcw

Verb

IPA: /kləʊðz/ [UK], /kloʊðz/ [US] Audio: en-uk-clothes.ogg [UK], en-us-clothes-2.ogg [US] Forms: clothed [past], clothed [past, participle], clothe [canonical], clothes [third-person, singular], clad [past], clad [past, participle], clothing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|cloth|e}} [POS TABLE], {{verb|clothe|clothes|clad|clothing}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The third-person singular form of clothe.
    Sense id: simple-clothes-en-verb-UfeX21-7
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clothes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He took off his clothes and got into the shower."
        },
        {
          "text": "There was no money to buy clothes, so we got our cousins' old shirts and jeans with holes in the knees."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clothes, such as shirts, pants, socks, etc. are things that people wear on their body to cover it."
      ],
      "id": "simple-clothes-en-noun-oGbpRjcw"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-clothes.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kloʊz/",
      "poses": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "close"
      ],
      "poses": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-clothes.ogg",
      "poses": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "plural-only"
  ],
  "word": "clothes"
}

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    {
      "form": "clothed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clothed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clothe",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clothes",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clad",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clad",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clothing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {
        "1": "cloth",
        "2": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "clothe",
        "2": "clothes",
        "3": "clad",
        "4": "clothing"
      },
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      "name": "verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "The third-person singular form of clothe."
      ],
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  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/kləʊðz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-clothes.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kloʊðz/",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-clothes-2.ogg",
      "poses": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clothes"
}
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    {
      "form": "–",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
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  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He took off his clothes and got into the shower."
        },
        {
          "text": "There was no money to buy clothes, so we got our cousins' old shirts and jeans with holes in the knees."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Clothes, such as shirts, pants, socks, etc. are things that people wear on their body to cover it."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/kləʊðz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-clothes.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kloʊz/",
      "poses": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "close"
      ],
      "poses": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-clothes.ogg",
      "poses": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "word": "clothes"
}

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    {
      "form": "clothed",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clothed",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clothe",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clothes",
      "tags": [
        "third-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clad",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clad",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "participle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clothing",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "verb"
    },
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        "2": "clothes",
        "3": "clad",
        "4": "clothing"
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      "name": "verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Third-person singular forms"
      ],
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        "The third-person singular form of clothe."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kləʊðz/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-clothes.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kloʊðz/",
      "poses": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-clothes-2.ogg",
      "poses": [
        "verb"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "clothes"
}

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