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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkləʊðz/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/kloʊz, kloʊðz/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(klōz, klōᵺz)

From the verb clothe: (⇒ conjugate)
clothes is: ⓘClick the infinitive to see all available inflections
v 3rd person singular

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
clothes /kloʊz, kloʊðz/USA pronunciation   n. [plural]
  1. garments for the body;
    articles of dress.
    The "th'' sounds in cloth "fabric'' and its plural cloths "pieces of fabric'' are pronounced quite differently from clothes "garments for the body and things you wear.'' Notice too that the meanings are different, and that one's clothes may or may not be made of cloth. The noncount noun clothing (the "th'' sound here is like that of clothes) is a more formal word for clothes, and it must be used when we want to refer to just one thing we wear:one article of clothing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
clothes  (klōz, klōᵺz),USA pronunciation n.pl. 
  1. garments for the body;
    articles of dress;
    wearing apparel.
  2. bedclothes.
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English clāthas, plural of clāth cloth
    1. clothing, attire, raiment, costume, garb; vestments, habiliments.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
clothes /kləʊðz/ pl n
  1. articles of dress
  2. chiefly Brit
Etymology: Old English clāthas, plural of clāth cloth
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
clothe /kloʊð/USA pronunciation   v. [~ + object], clothed or clad/klæd/USA pronunciation  cloth•ing. 
  1. to dress;
    attire:clothed in elegant finery.
  2. to provide (someone) with clothing:The church needs money to clothe the poor.
  3. to cover with or as if with clothing:The mountains were clothed in clouds.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
clothe  (klōᵺ),USA pronunciation v.t., clothed or clad, cloth•ing. 
  1. to dress;
    attire.
  2. to provide with clothing.
  3. to cover with or as with clothing.
  • Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of clāth cloth bef. 950
    1. robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
clothe /kləʊð/ vb (clothes, clothing, clothed, clad) (transitive)
  1. to dress or attire (a person)
  2. to provide with clothing or covering
  3. to conceal or disguise
  4. to endow or invest
Etymology: Old English clāthian, from clāth cloth; related to Old Norse klætha
'clothes' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

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< woman this clothes-conscious>
- I believe brand name clothes last longer.
... accidentally hit the shower thing. All of her clothes were drying upstairs.
'throw on' what I wanted [clothes]
’clothes that they don’t mind getting dirty’
’packed it full of clothes’
(of clothes) see-through, transparent, translucent, opaque
a 'fitting' for winter clothes
a bag <which contains> <containing> my change of clothes
A bundle of clothes…it/them
A piece of clothing/clothes
a pile of clothes to iron, a pile of ironing vs. an ironing pile
A place where you get your clothes fixed
a retailer of women's pret-a-porter clothes OR a retailer of women's ready-to-wear clothes
a room to relax and a room to change and leave your clothes in
a set of clothing VS a set of clothes
a warm body who can pick up the clothes
Adjective-woman, man and children clothes
air clothes/hang up clothes/bask clothes/dry clothes
an answer to 'What sort of clothes was he wearing?'
Ann's dream would be to live in a place where she didn't have to wear winter clothes.
Any clothes
are his clothes or is his clothes?
areas for changing <clothes>
Arrange your clothes
arriving with nothing but the clothes on their backs
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attire/clothes/clothing
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