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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion;
- Example: "formal attire"
- Example: "battle dress"
[syn: attire, garb, dress]


VERB (1)

1. provide with clothes or put clothes on;
- Example: "Parents must feed and dress their child"
[syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Garb \Garb\ (g[aum]rb), n. [OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace, ornament, fr. OHG. garaw[imac], garw[imac], ornament, dress. akin to E. gear. See Gear, n.] 1. (a) Clothing in general. (b) The whole dress or suit of clothes worn by any person, especially when indicating rank or office; as, the garb of a clergyman or a judge. (c) Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century. [1913 Webster] 2. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech. [1913 Webster] You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Garb \Garb\ (g[aum]rb), n. [F. gerbe, OF. also garbe, OHG. garba, G. garbe; cf. Skr. g[.r]bh to seize, E. grab.] (Her.) A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Garb \Garb\, v. t. To clothe; array; deck. [1913 Webster] These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

garb n 1: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: attire, garb, dress] v 1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel] [ant: discase, disrobe, peel, strip, strip down, uncase, unclothe, undress]