clothing in general
"she was refined in her choice of apparel"
"he always bought his clothes at the same store"
"fastidious about his dress"
Items of clothing; apparel.
"She packed all her clothes into the suitcase before heading to the airport."
In plain English: Clothes are the items you wear on your body to cover yourself.
"I need to wash my dirty clothes before I go out again."
Usage: Use "clothes" to refer collectively to items worn on the body, such as shirts and pants, rather than to a single piece of fabric or garment. Always treat this word as plural when using it in sentences.
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clothe
"He often clothes his younger sister in warm sweaters during winter."
"The rain started to clothes my hair, leaving it heavy and dripping."
Usage: The word "clothes" is not used as a verb in modern English; instead, you should use the base form "clothe," which means to provide someone with garments or coverings. For example, say that the charity "clothes" the homeless rather than using "clothes" as an action word itself.
The word "clothes" comes from the Middle English plural of cloth, which itself traces back to Old English clāþas. It entered modern usage as a direct descendant of these earlier terms for fabric and garments.