Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A long loose flowing outer garment, especially.
- noun An official garment worn on formal occasions to show office or rank, as by a judge or high church official.
- noun An academic gown.
- noun A dressing gown or bathrobe.
- noun Clothes; apparel.
- noun A blanket or covering made of material, such as fur or cloth.
- intransitive verb To cover or dress in a robe or in something that functions like a robe.
- intransitive verb To put on a robe or robes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To put a robe on; clothe in a robe; especially, to clothe magnificently or ceremoniously: as, to robe a sovereign for a coronation.
- To clothe or dress in general.
- To put on a robe or robes; assume official vestments: as, the judges are robing; the clergy robed in the vestry.
- noun An abbreviation of
arroba . - noun A gown or long loose garment worn over other dress; a gown or dress of a rich, flowing, or elegant style or make.
- noun An official vestment; a flowing garment symbolizing honor, dignity, or authority.
- noun Any garment; apparel in general; dress; costume.
- noun Hence, that which covers or invests; something resembling or suggesting a robe.
- noun A woman's gown of any cut or fabric, with trimmings, usually in the form of bands or borders, woven in or embroidered on the material.
- noun A dressed skin or pelt: first applied to that of the American bison, but now to that of any animal when used for a carriage- or sleigh-rug, and by extension to any protecting wrap used in driving: as, a linen lap-robe.
- noun The largest and strongest tobacco-leaves, which are used as covers for the thicker kinds of pigtail.
- noun Eccles., specifically, the early chasuble, a large garment covering the body. Compare
garment , 2. - noun plural Garments of state or ceremony, forming together an entire costume.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An outer garment; a dress of a rich, flowing, and elegant style or make; hence, a dress of state, rank, office, or the like.
- noun U.S. A skin of an animal, especially, a skin of the bison, dressed with the fur on, and used as a wrap.
- noun an officer of the English royal household (when the sovereign is a king) whose duty is supposed to consist in caring for the royal robes.
- noun a lady who enjoys the highest rank of the ladies in the service of the English sovereign (when a queen), and is supposed to have the care her robes.
- transitive verb To invest with a robe or robes; to dress; to array.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
long loose outer garment , often signifying honorary stature. - verb To
clothe someone in a robe.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions
- verb clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
- verb cover as if with clothing
- noun any loose flowing garment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The jewels were laid away in their velvet cases -- the ribbons folded and laid aside -- the rich robe placed in the armoire, and the frilled and embroidered _robe de nuit_ placed upon her, and fastened with its gold buttons about her neck and wrists, with no more motion on the part of that passive figure, than if it had been a doll in the hands of a child.
The Brother Clerks A Tale of New-Orleans Mary Ashley Townsend 1866
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So called Li Wan to the man whose head was hidden beneath the squirrel-skin robe, but she called softly, as though divided between the duty of waking him and the fear of him awake.
LI-WAN, THE FAIR 2010
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The squirrel-skin robe was agitated and cast aside by a brown arm.
LI-WAN, THE FAIR 2010
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Instead, capped and mittened, a light stampeding outfit, including his rabbit skin robe, strapped on his back, he was out and away on a many-days 'tramp over creeks and divides, inspecting the whole neighboring territory.
Chapter X 2010
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NOW, the white robe is off and they are PROUD to be who they are because the REPUBLI-CAN'Ts are embracing and allowing them to do what they want at rallies and town hall meetings without calling them out!!
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Negore was armed with a miserable bone-barbed spear, and he kept his rabbit-skin robe wrapped closely about him, and though the day was warm he shivered as with an ague.
NEGORE, THE COWARD 2010
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I tell you I forgot it, sitting there on the edge of that swan-skin robe and listening and looking at the most wonderful woman that ever stepped out of the pages of Thoreau or of any other man's book.
The Night-Born 2010
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Make sure your robe is flawless before he returns.
Think Progress » Boehner Claims Student Loan Reform Will ‘Eliminate Every Bank In The Country’ 2010
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This beautiful robe is a gift to Maximinus Thrax, who is responsible for Muffin, our latest addition to the Garden of Plenty, where the devotees and adepts of Set, the Snake God have a sanctuary for carnivorous river reptiles.
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I know what you're thinking, the robe is for the hospital.
frangarnes commented on the word robe
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October 19, 2007
bilby commented on the word robe
E. Borgnine drags Dad's gardening robe.
October 18, 2008