Meaning
1 sensesTo dress in garb.
- provide with clothes or put clothes on
Examples
5 sentencesHe was dressed in a minister's garb.
Dressed in ceremonial garb, he began the ritual.
Rodrigo saw several other men in white garb.
She is garbed in furs.
Red is, indeed, the chief element of beauty in floral nature, the prime ornament of the green garb of the vegetal kingdom.
Origin
From Middle French garbe ("graceful outline, silhouette"; > Modern French galbe), from ItaFrom Middle French garbe ("graceful outline, silhouette"; > Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo (“grace, elegance”), from Germanic (compare Old High German garwi, garawi (“dress, equipment, preparation”), Middle High German gerwe (“outfitting, jewelry, clothing, robe, regalia”), modern German Gärbe, Gerbe and English gear), ultimately from Frankish *garwijan (“to prepare”), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną (“to prepare”).
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Forms
garbs, garbing, garbed, garbedSynonyms
10 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle