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- Dictionarygarb/ɡɑːb/
noun
- 1. clothing, especially of a distinctive or special kind: "kids in combat garb"
verb
- 1. dress in distinctive clothes: "she was garbed in Indian shawls"
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noun [ U ] literary uk / ɡɑːb / us / ɡɑːrb / Add to word list. clothes of a particular type: prison / clerical / military garb. Synonyms. attire formal. dress. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Clothing - general words. all-in-one. anti-fur. apparel. argyle. attire. cast-offs. finery. fitter. get up. glad rags. haberdashery. hand-me-down
1. obsolete : fashion, manner. 2. a. : a style of apparel. b. : outward form : appearance. garb. 2 of 2. verb. garbed; garbing; garbs. transitive verb. : to cover with or as if with clothing. Synonyms. Noun. costume. drag. dress. getup. guise.
Garb definition: a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind. See examples of GARB used in a sentence.
Someone's garb is the clothes they are wearing, especially when these are unusual.
(Definition of garb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) garb | Intermediate English. noun [ U ] fml us / ɡɑrb / Add to word list. clothes that are in a particular style: She was dressed in Roman garb for the play.
Your garb is what you are wearing — your clothing. You may choose the garb of an auto mechanic, even though you don’t know the difference between a carburetor and a catalytic converter, just because you like the look.
n. 1. (Clothing & Fashion) clothes, esp the distinctive attire of an occupation or profession: clerical garb. 2. (Clothing & Fashion) style of dress; fashion. 3. external appearance, covering, or attire. vb. ( tr) to clothe or cover; attire. [C16: from Old French garbe graceful contour, from Old Italian garbo grace, probably of Germanic origin]
garb. noun. /ɡɑːb/. /ɡɑːrb/. [uncountable] (formal or humorous) clothes, especially unusual clothes or those worn by a particular type of person. prison garb. He was dressed in his full clerical garb. Some were in uniform, others in civilian garb.
noun. garbs. Manner or style of clothing, esp. as characteristic of an occupation, profession, or rank. Clerical garb. Webster's New World. Style; manner. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. External form or appearance. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Fashion, style of dressing oneself up [from late 16th c.] Wiktionary.
Jun 2, 2024 · garb ( countable and uncountable, plural garbs) Fashion, style of dressing oneself up. [from late 16thc.] A type of dress or clothing. [from early 17thc.] ( figurative) A guise, external appearance .
