ROBE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does robe mean? 

• ROBE (noun)
  The noun ROBE has 2 senses:

1. any loose flowing garment

2. outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions

  Familiarity information: ROBE used as a noun is rare.

• ROBE (verb)
  The verb ROBE has 2 senses:

1. clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

2. cover as if with clothing

  Familiarity information: ROBE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROBE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any loose flowing garment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("robe" is a kind of...):

garment (an article of clothing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "robe"):

abaya ((Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women)

bathrobe (a loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim)

dressing gown; lounging robe; robe-de-chambre (a robe worn before dressing or while lounging)

kimono (a loose robe; imitated from robes originally worn by Japanese)

Derivation:

robe (clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

gown; robe

Hypernyms ("robe" is a kind of...):

outerwear; overclothes (clothing for use outdoors)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "robe"):

academic gown; academic robe; judge's robe (a gown worn by academics or judges)

vestment (gown (especially ceremonial garments) worn by the clergy)

Derivation:

robe (clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes)

• ROBE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they robe    ... he / she / it robes   
Past simple: robed   
Past participle: robed   
-ing form: robing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

robe; vest

Hypernyms (to "robe" is one way to...):

apparel; clothe; dress; enclothe; fit out; garb; garment; habilitate; raiment; tog (provide with clothes or put clothes on)

Verb group:

vest (clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

robe (outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions)

robe (any loose flowing garment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cover as if with clothing

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

cloak; clothe; drape; robe

Context example:

the mountain was clothed in tropical trees

Hypernyms (to "robe" is one way to...):

cover; spread over (form a cover over)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

 Context examples 

So I turned at the door: I saw a robed and veiled figure, so unlike my usual self that it seemed almost the image of a stranger.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Then the chamberlains came and brought her the most beautiful robes; and her father and his whole court were there already, and welcomed her home on her marriage.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

They ate before the drivers ate, and no man sought his sleeping-robe till he had seen to the feet of the dogs he drove.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Matt was rolling the master's blankets and fur robe inside a small tarpaulin.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

When she raised it, his white night-robe was stained with blood where her lips had touched, and where the thin open wound in her neck had sent forth drops.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

“Canst change thy robe for a jerkin once more at the Abbey, unless perchance you have a friend near at hand.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A rabbit-skin sleeping-robe, a muzzle- loading rifle, and a few pounds of sun-dried salmon constituted his outfit.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

He could kiss her lips, rest his own physical lips upon them, but it would be with the lofty and awful fervor with which one would kiss the robe of God.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Out came Meg, with gray horsehair hanging about her face, a red and black robe, a staff, and cabalistic signs upon her cloak.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It is just what I used to say to a certain gentleman in company in the days of courtship, when, because things did not go quite right, did not proceed with all the rapidity which suited his feelings, he was apt to be in despair, and exclaim that he was sure at this rate it would be May before Hymen's saffron robe would be put on for us.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)