clothes
clothing in general
How often you will meet it
Rank 816 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 22,336 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.011% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- clothing in general also: apparel, wearing apparel, dress she was refined in her choice of apparelhe always bought his clothes at the same store
clothes in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Hordes of men of all ages, in startling clothes, appear in all quarters.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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As they moved to the centre of the open space Graham indicated Bobby's evening clothes.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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My clothes after some time will be worn out; and then I shall have none to cover me.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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The load tore a part of his clothes from his body, one shot going through his arm and entering his breast.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1