apparel
part of speech
noun (apparel – uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
1) (formal or old) Clothing, especially clothes of a certain kind: «sports apparel». tree →
2) (old) Fine clothes and dress for a special occasion. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is an old word for clothing, whether a warrior's clothes, a king's robes, or the stained garments of the one who comes from Edom. In the primary lessons: In shops and adverts, especially in the USA: «outdoor apparel», «children's apparel». In old stories and the Bible: «fine apparel», «gorgeous apparel». In The Wind in the Willows Toad's disguise as a washerwoman is very different from his grand motoring apparel. In everyday talk we say «clothes».
examples
- 'Wherefore is Thine apparel red, and Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?' — (Prophets ISA.63.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- And David girded his sword upon his apparel, and he essayed to go, but could not; for he had not tried it. (Prophets 1SA.17.39, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel. (Prophets 2SA.1.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- The shop sells sports apparel. tree →
- The king was dressed in rich apparel. tree →
- Rain apparel keeps you dry on camping trips. tree →
- Toad swapped his fine apparel for the washerwoman's dress. tree →
- The school apparel store sells uniforms. tree →
- «Wear suitable apparel for the hike,» said the notice. tree →
- However, Cinderella, notwithstanding her mean apparel, was a hundred times handsomer than her sisters, though they were always dressed very richly. tree →
note
Uncountable: no «an apparel» or «apparels». Formal; everyday word: clothes. Do not confuse with «apparent» (clear, seeming).
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «apparel» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.