as in cloak
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
with the coming of spring the hills will once again don their robes of green
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as in to clothe
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
robed the queen in her ceremonial garments
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Recent Examples of robe
Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 8 July 2025
The hotel, which is celebrating its centennial this year, surpasses every luxury: There are plush robes, private balconies with city views, and lots of champagne.
—Simon Turner, Vogue, 2 July 2025
Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023
The sword was just one of the royal symbols given to the monarch during the investiture, when the sovereign is robed and presented with a number of symbolic ornaments.
—Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023
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Noun
Commerce writer Julia Harrison has deemed this the dreamiest robe, especially because of the airy, 100% organic cotton.
—Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 8 July 2025
The hotel, which is celebrating its centennial this year, surpasses every luxury: There are plush robes, private balconies with city views, and lots of champagne.
—Simon Turner, Vogue, 2 July 2025
Verb
The presiding plump, pink-cheeked bishop of San Jose is ornately robed in his chasuble, bedecked with a mitre, and wielding a tall staff over his Vietnamese sheep.
—Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023
The sword was just one of the royal symbols given to the monarch during the investiture, when the sovereign is robed and presented with a number of symbolic ornaments.
—Leila Sackur, NBC News, 6 May 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for robe
Noun
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The parade is built to shine in the cloak of darkness, with an untold number of lighting effects.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 July 2025
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The Shaun of the Dead actor, 53, was photographed in Hagrid's signature cloak and billowing hair and beard as production officially commences at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in England.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
Verb
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Four years later, also in Harper’s Weekly, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion’s skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 July 2025
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One wall is clad with posters of Denzel Washington, Janet Jackson and movies and shows.—
Max Scheinblum,
Denver Post,
19 July 2025
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Not only that, but Katie Gaudreau’s veil featured custom messages in her brothers’ handwriting.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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The post also pulled back the veil, if only slightly, on the complex and secretive process federal officials use to determine who belongs on terrorism watch lists that can influence decisions every day by employers, airport security and law enforcement.—
Dan Horn,
The Enquirer,
14 July 2025
Verb
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In another, cucumber kimchi, a fresh and crunchy side dressed in gochujang with a fiery kick that cuts through the richness filling the rest of my tray.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
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The video ends with Obama dressed in an orange jumpsuit in a jail cell.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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By June 2009, the boys — now men — had been released from prison and had their charges dismissed while a shroud of mystery remained over what happened that December night in 1991.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
17 July 2025
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Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study the dusty shrouds that envelope dying stars.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
10 July 2025
Verb
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Director Noelle Marion keeps the laughs flowing in this lilting production, which is well-cast, nicely sung and stunningly costumed by Elisa Benzoni.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 July 2025
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Coogler told Entertainment Weekly in April that the film's central time-bending juke joint sequence, which features dozens of extras costumed by Carter, was among the project's most complicated to shoot.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
5 July 2025
Noun
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Earlier this month, the president announced plans to raise the tariff rate on many Canadian imports from 25% to 35% and impose a blanket 15% to 20% duty on most other countries, up from 10%.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
28 July 2025
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Umbrellas are on the list of items not allowed (and same with blankets).—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
28 July 2025
Verb
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Catmull enters attired in a black gown lined with sparkling contours that recall the sinuous figures of artist and designer Erté.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Beside him was Janet, his second wife, who was two decades younger and smartly attired in shades, a plaid sunhat, and a sleeveless blouse.—
Alec Nevala-Lee
June 11,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2025
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“Robe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/robe. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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