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tog

 (tŏg, tôg) Informal
n.
1. togs Clothes: gardening togs.
2. A coat or cloak.
tr.v. togged, tog·ging, togs
To dress or clothe: togged herself in ski pants.

[Short for obsolete togeman, from obsolete French togue, cloak, from Latin toga, garment; see toga.]
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tog

(tɒɡ)
vb, togs, togging or togged
(Clothing & Fashion) (often foll by: up or out) to dress oneself, esp in smart clothes
[C18: probably short for obsolete cant togemans coat, from Latin toga toga + -mans, of uncertain origin]

tog

(tɒɡ)
n
(Units)
a. a unit of thermal resistance used to measure the power of insulation of a fabric, garment, quilt, etc. The tog-value of an article is equal to ten times the temperature difference between its two faces, in degrees Celsius, when the flow of heat across it is equal to one watt per m2
b. (as modifier): tog-rating.
[C20: arbitrary coinage from tog1 (noun)]
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tog

(tɒg)

n., v. togged, tog•ging. n.
1. a coat.
2. Usu., togs. clothes.
v.t.
3. to dress (often fol. by out or up).
[1775–85; appar. short for earlier argot togeman(s), togman cloak, coat =toge (late Middle English < Latin toga toga) + -man(s) formative in argot words]
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tog


Past participle: togged
Gerund: togging

Imperative
tog
tog
Present
I tog
you tog
he/she/it togs
we tog
you tog
they tog
Preterite
I togged
you togged
he/she/it togged
we togged
you togged
they togged
Present Continuous
I am togging
you are togging
he/she/it is togging
we are togging
you are togging
they are togging
Present Perfect
I have togged
you have togged
he/she/it has togged
we have togged
you have togged
they have togged
Past Continuous
I was togging
you were togging
he/she/it was togging
we were togging
you were togging
they were togging
Past Perfect
I had togged
you had togged
he/she/it had togged
we had togged
you had togged
they had togged
Future
I will tog
you will tog
he/she/it will tog
we will tog
you will tog
they will tog
Future Perfect
I will have togged
you will have togged
he/she/it will have togged
we will have togged
you will have togged
they will have togged
Future Continuous
I will be togging
you will be togging
he/she/it will be togging
we will be togging
you will be togging
they will be togging
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been togging
you have been togging
he/she/it has been togging
we have been togging
you have been togging
they have been togging
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been togging
you will have been togging
he/she/it will have been togging
we will have been togging
you will have been togging
they will have been togging
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been togging
you had been togging
he/she/it had been togging
we had been togging
you had been togging
they had been togging
Conditional
I would tog
you would tog
he/she/it would tog
we would tog
you would tog
they would tog
Past Conditional
I would have togged
you would have togged
he/she/it would have togged
we would have togged
you would have togged
they would have togged
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.tog - provide with clothes or put clothes ontog - provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child"
prim out, prim up, prim - dress primly
dress, get dressed - put on clothes; "we had to dress quickly"; "dress the patient"; "Can the child dress by herself?"
wrap up, cover - clothe, as if for protection from the elements; "cover your head!"
jacket - put a jacket on; "The men were jacketed"
frock - put a frock on
shirt - put a shirt on
habit - put a habit on
vesture - provide or cover with a cloak
overclothe, overdress - dress too warmly; "You should not overclothe the child--she will be too hot"
underdress - dress without sufficient warmth; "She was underdressed for the hiking trip and suffered hypothermia"
corset - dress with a corset
shoe - furnish with shoes; "the children were well shoed"
coat - cover or provide with a coat
costume, dress up - dress in a costume; "We dressed up for Halloween as pumpkins"
robe, vest - clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
gown - dress in a gown
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
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tog

noun
Informal. Articles worn to cover the body.Used in plural:
apparel, attire, clothes, clothing, dress, garment (used in plural), habiliment (often used in plural), raiment.
Informal: dud (used in plural).
Slang: thread (used in plural).
verb
Informal. To put clothes on:
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Translations

tog

[tɒg]
A. VT to tog sb upataviar a algn (in de) to tog o.s. upataviarse, vestirse (in de) → emperejilarse
to get togged upataviarse, vestirse
B. N
1. (Brit) (= measure) → tog m calorífico unidad que sirve para medir lo que abrigan los tejidos, prendas de ropa, edredones, etc.
2. togs (= clothes) → ropa fsing
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References in classic literature ?
“I telt yon vat, gal!” said the old German, good-humoredly ; “if I vas as I vas ven I servit mit his grand-fader on ter lakes, ter lazy tog shouldn’t vin ter prize as for nottin’.”
"'Bill Briscoe, did you really and truly bury the dead body that you found in these togs?'
'Look at his togs, Fagin!' said Charley, putting the light so close to his new jacket as nearly to set him on fire.
"All right, then, I'll do it; but I could carry it just as handy in my own togs."
"Ships!" exclaimed an elderly seaman in clean shore togs. "Ships" - and his keen glance, turning away from my face, ran along the vista of magnificent figure-heads that in the late seventies used to overhang in a serried rank the muddy pavement by the side of the New South Dock - "ships are all right; it's the men in 'em.
Then he would enjoy their consternation at sight of a naked white boy trapped in the war togs of a black warrior and roaming the jungle with only a great ape as his companion.
[Chuckling] He'll have to pay for all those togs you have been wearing today; and that, with the hire of the jewellery, will make a big hole in two hundred pounds.
One was a young man in a worn and ragged uniform of the British Royal Air Forces, the other, a young woman in the even more disreputable remnants of what once had been trim riding togs.
These harbour togs gave to his thick figure an air of stiff and uncouth smartness.
We were given a suit of sailor togs each, a barrel of water, two casks, one of junk and one of biscuits, and a compass.
"I had the luck to get clear away through knowing every brick of those back-garden walls, and the double luck to have these togs with the rest over at Chelsea.
The Farmyard sleeping bag is pounds 23.99 for 0-6mths or pounds 25.99 for 6-18mths, available both in 0.5 or 2.5 tog.