garb (verb)
1garb — ► NOUN ▪ clothing or dress of a distinctive kind. ► VERB (usu. be garbed) ▪ dress in distinctive clothes. ORIGIN French, from Italian garbo elegance ; related to GEAR(Cf. ↑gear) …
2garb — 1. noun /ɡɑː(ɹ)b/ a) A type of dress or clothing. Yorkshire supplied 500 bows, and 580 garbs of arrows, 360 of which had iron heads pointed with steel. b) fashion, style of dressing oneself up 2. verb /ɡɑː(ɹ)b/ …
3garb — 1 noun (U) formal or literary a particular style of clothing, especially clothes that show your type of work or look unusual: clothed in priestly garb 2 verb be garbed in literary to be dressed in a particular type of clothes: singers garbed in… …
4garb — 1. noun men and women in riding garb Syn: clothes, clothing, garments, attire, dress, costume, outfit, wear, uniform, livery, regalia; informal gear, getup, togs, duds; formal apparel; archaic raiment, habiliment, vestments 2. verb …
5garb — I. noun Etymology: Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French garbe graceful contour, grace, from Old Italian garbo grace Date: 1599 1. obsolete fashion, manner 2. a. a style of apparel b. outward form ; appearance …
6garb — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. See clothing. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Clothes] Syn. clothing, outfit, attire; see clothes . 2. [Outward appearance] Syn. guise, form, semblance; see appearance 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n.… …
7garb — garb1 noun clothing, especially of a particular kind. verb dress in distinctive clothes. Origin C16: via Fr. from Ital. garbo elegance , of Gmc origin; related to gear. garb2 noun Heraldry a sheaf of wheat. Origin C16: from Old North. Fr. garbe;… …
8garb — I. /gab / (say gahb) noun 1. fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive kind. 2. clothes. 3. covering, semblance, or form. –verb (t) 4. to dress; clothe. {French garbe, from Italian garbo grace, of Germanic origin; compare Middle High… …
9en|garb — «ehn GAHRB», transitive verb. to dress; attire; garb …
10fit out — verb 1. provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose (Freq. 1) The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities • Syn: ↑equip, ↑fit, ↑outfit • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …