"costume" meaning in English

See costume in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒs.tjuːm/ [UK], /ˈkɑs.t(j)uːm/ [US] Audio: en-us-costume.ogg [US] Forms: costume [singular], costumes [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A costume is the clothes you wear that makes you look like someone or something else.
    Sense id: simple-costume-en-noun-Y-yO0cji

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒs.tjuːm/ [UK], /kɑsˈt(j)uːm/ [US] Audio: en-us-costume.ogg [US] Forms: costume [canonical], costumes [third-person, singular], costumed [past], costumed [past, participle], costuming [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|costum|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you costume yourself, you dress up with a costume.
    Sense id: simple-costume-en-verb-HOTcvuwd
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