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Clothing in general.

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  1. n. Clothing in general.
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. Costume; fashion; as, the garb of a gentleman in the 16th century.
  4. n. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech.
  5. n. A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified).
  6. v. t. To clothe; array; deck.
  7. n. clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion
  8. v. provide with clothes or put clothes on
  9. 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. 2. External appearance, as expressive of the feelings or character; looks; fashion or manner, as of speech. You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. Shak. A sheaf of grain (wheat, unless otherwise specified). To clothe; array; deck. These black dog-Dons Garb themselves bravely. Tennyson.
  10. v:14/n:86 n clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion v provide with clothes or put clothes on