apparel

apparel
n
1. clothing, clothes, attire, wear, wearing apparel; raiment, garments, vestments, habiliments, Inf. gear, Inf. toggery, Inf. togs, Inf. duds, Sl. threads, Sl. rags; wardrobe, array, accouterments; livery, uniform, regalia; investment, investiture, vesture.
2. decoration, adornment, ornamentation; cover, covering, outer covering; plumage, feathers; coat; pelt, hide.
3. dress, garb, costume, habit, masquerade, disguise; guise, appearance, aspect, look, style; outfit, trappings, Inf. getup, Inf. rig, Inf. turnout.
v
4. dress, clothe, garb, vest, attire, habit, Sl. dude up, Sl. swank up; array, bedizen, deck, deck out, deck up, bedeck; rig, rig up, rig out, trap, trap out, caparison; outfit, fit out, fit up, fit, gear, turn out, ac-couter.
5. adorn, ornament, decorate, trim, garnish, furbish, embellish, Archaic. dight, Archaic. ouch; prettify, beautify, fix up, prink, Inf. titivate, Inf. spruce up, Inf. doll up, Inf. gussy up, Sl. trick up, Sl. dude up, Sl. swank up, Sl. fig out.

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  • apparel — ap‧par‧el [əˈpærəl] noun [uncountable] formal clothes: • The apparel industry continues to suffer as retailers report weak clothing sales. * * * apparel UK US /əˈpærəl/ noun [U] ► COMMERCE clothes: »The store specializes in …   Financial and business terms

  • Apparel — Ap*par el, n. [OE. apparel, apareil, OF. apareil, appareil, preparation, provision, furniture, OF. apareiller to match, prepare, F. appareiller; OF. a (L. ad) + pareil like, similar, fr. LL. pariculus, dim. of L. par equal. See {Pair}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • apparel — vb *clothe, attire, dress, array, robe Analogous words: outfit, accouter, appoint, equip (see FURNISH) Antonyms: divest Contrasted words: *strip, bare, dismantle, denude apparel n *clothes, clothing, dress, attire, raiment …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • apparel — [ə per′əl, əpar′əl] n. [ME appareil < OFr apareil < VL * appariculum, equipment < * appariculare, to clothe < L apparare: see APPARATUS] 1. clothing; garments; attire 2. anything that clothes or adorns [the white apparel of winter] 3 …   English World dictionary

  • Apparel — Ap*par el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Appareled}, or {Apparelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Appareling}, or {Apparelling}.] [OF. apareiller.] 1. To make or get (something) ready; to prepare. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with apparatus; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • apparel — [n] clothing; covering accoutrement, array, attire, clothes, costume, drapery, dress, duds*, equipment, garb, garment, gear*, getup*, habiliment, habit, outfit, raiment, rig*, robe, suit, threads*, trapping, vestment; concepts 451,473 …   New thesaurus

  • apparel — ► NOUN formal ▪ clothing. ► VERB (apparelled, apparelling; US appareled, appareling) archaic ▪ clothe. ORIGIN Old French apareillier, from Latin ad to + par equal …   English terms dictionary

  • apparel — {{11}}apparel (n.) personal outfit or attire, early 14c., also ship s rigging, from O.Fr. apareil preparation, from apareillier (see APPAREL (Cf. apparel) (v.)). Earlier in same sense was apparelment (early 14c.). {{12}}apparel (v.) mid 13c., to… …   Etymology dictionary

  • apparel — ap|par|el [əˈpærəl] n [U] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: apareil preparation , from apareillier, from Latin apparare; APPARATUS] formal clothes ▪ She looked lovely, despite her strange apparel. ▪ men wearing protective apparel ▪ We sell… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • apparel — noun Apparel is used before these nouns: ↑retailer Apparel is used after these nouns: ↑motorcycle …   Collocations dictionary

  • apparel — n. wearing apparel * * * [ə pærəl] wearing apparel …   Combinatory dictionary

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