dictionary definitions for "garment"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  garment
      n : an article of clothing; "garments of the finest silk"
      v : provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed
          and dress their child" [syn: dress, clothe,
          enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, habilitate, {fit
          out}, apparel] [ant: undress]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Garment \Gar"ment\, n. [OE. garnement, OF. garnement, garniment,
     fr. garnir to garnish. See Garnish.]
     Any article of clothing, as a coat, a gown, etc.
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           No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto old garment.
                                                    --Matt. ix.
                                                    16.
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