 5 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
garb
noun: clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular
occasion; "formal attire"; "battle dress" [syn: {attire},
{dress}]
verb: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
and dress their child" [syn: {dress}, {clothe}, {enclothe},
{raiment}, {tog}, {garment}, {habilitate}, {fit out}, {apparel}]
[ant: {undress}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Garb \Garb\ (g[aum]rb), noun [OF. garbe looks, countenance, grace,
ornament, fr. OHG. garaw[=i], garw[=i], ornament, dress. akin
to E. gear. See {Gear}, noun]
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Garb \Garb\ (g[aum]rb), noun [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).
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Garb \Garb\, verb (used with an object)
To clothe; array; deck.
These black dog-Dons
Garb themselves bravely. --Tennyson.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "garb":
air, apparel, array, attire, bearing, bedeck, bedizenment, bedrape,
brow, bundle up, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, clad, clothe,
clothes, clothing, color, complexion, costume, countenance, deck,
demeanor, dight, drape, drapery, dress, dressing, dud, duds,
enclothe, endue, enrobe, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, face,
facial appearance, fashion, fatigues, favor, feathers, feature,
features, fig, garment, garments, gear, guise, habiliment,
habilitate, habit, invest, investiture, investment, lap,
lineaments, linen, lines, looks, mien, muffle up, physiognomy,
port, posture, presence, rag out, rags, raiment, robe, robes,
sheathe, shroud, sportswear, stance, style, swaddle, swathe,
threads, tire, togs, toilette, traits, trim, turn, vestment,
vesture, visage, wear, wearing apparel, wrap, wrap up
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