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- DictionaryGarb/ɡärb/
noun
- 1. clothing or dress, especially of a distinctive or special kind: "the black and brown garb of a Franciscan friar"
verb
- 1. dress in distinctive clothes: "she was garbed in Indian shawls"
fashion, manner; a style of apparel; outward form : appearance… See the full definition
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.
Garb definition: a fashion or mode of dress, especially of a distinctive, uniform kind. See examples of GARB used in a sentence.
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.
noun. 1. a fashion or mode of dress, esp. of a distinctive, uniform kind. in the garb of a monk. 2. wearing apparel; clothes. 3. outward appearance or form. transitive verb.
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion. synonyms: attire, dress. see more. the traditional dress of Vietnamese women consisting of a tunic with long sleeves and panels front and back; the tunic is worn over trousers. the attire characteristic of a country or a time or a social class.
1. A distinctive style or form of clothing; dress: clerical garb. 2. An outward appearance; a guise: presented their radical ideas in the garb of moderation. tr.v. garbed, garb·ing, garbs. To clothe; dress: was garbed in a long robe.
Origin of Garb From Middle French garbe (“graceful outline”) (Modern French galbe), from Italian garbo (“grace, elegance”), perhaps from Germanic (compare Old High German garwi, garawi (“dress, equipment, preparation”) and English gear). From Wiktionary
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun garb. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
Definition of garb noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
