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# robe

«robe» in Mova's school dictionary: **a long, loose piece of clothing that covers the body…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a robe, robes); verb (robe, robes, robed, robing — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A robe is a long, loose piece of clothing that covers the body, worn for special ceremonies, by judges, priests, kings and graduates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#m1)

2) A robe is a bathrobe or dressing gown worn at home after a bath or before getting dressed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#m2)

3) (formal) To be robed is to be dressed in a robe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In RE and church life, priests and choirs wear robes; in the Bible Joseph had a «robe of many colours». In history and stories, kings, wizards and judges wear robes. In everyday life, «robe» is often an American word for dressing gown. Phrases: «a judge's robe», «a long white robe», «bathrobe», «robed in».

### examples

- The judge wore a black robe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x1)
- The choir walked in, wearing white robes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x2)
- Joseph's father gave him a beautiful robe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x3)
- The wizard swept his robe around him and vanished. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x4)
- I put on my robe after my bath. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x5)
- The king was robed in red velvet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x6)
- She was simply dressed in a plain white robe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/#x7)

### note

Countable: robes. Often plural in ceremony (robes of office). British «dressing gown» = American «robe» or «bathrobe». Not to be confused with «rob» (to steal).

### In the corpora

- [The word "coat of many colours" comes from old English Bibles; newer ones often say "richly ornamented robe".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/5-joseph-and-his-brothers/19/)
- [And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.829/)
- [a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the skirts of the robe round about.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.832/)
- [And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1205/)
- [And they made upon the skirts of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.1207/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «robe» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/robe/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.