jacketing

verb

present participle of jacket
as in clothing

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  1. clothing
  2. cloaking
  3. draping
  4. wrapping
  5. costuming
  6. vesting
  7. suiting
  8. swaddling
Verb
  • His work finds a means of using technology, engineering, and performance to ask what a garment might be capable of beyond simply clothing the body.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Not feeding the hungry, not tending to the sick, not clothing the naked, not welcoming the refugee.
    — Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026
Definition of clothing
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  • Google also says attackers use cloaking to show its advertising review systems different content from what people actually see.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • And because the technology is baked into the fiber, the sweat-cloaking performance lasts through numerous wear and wash cycles.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of cloaking
Verb
  • The bodice of the dress was gathered at the front, giving way to a long, draping skirt.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 23 Oct. 2026
  • These covers wrap individual seat, back or chaise cushions rather than draping the whole couch at once.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of draping
Verb
  • If your hair isn’t naturally wavy, use a curling iron to add waves, wrapping sections around the iron in opposite directions for a less polished look.
    — Lindy Segal, Glamour, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Grande is currently taking a break from her public-facing work after wrapping her Eternal Sunshine Tour in early September.
    — Anna Chan, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of wrapping
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  • Snell’s costuming inspiration, however, pulls from an array of eras, from period-accurate paintings and archival costume pieces to family portraits from the 2000s.
    — Mya Copeland, Variety, 17 Oct. 2026
  • The custom-fit suit is a near-torture device of costuming that severely limits my ability to move.
    — Kyle Maclachlan, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of costuming
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  • Those are obviously subject to taxes and withholding, and the options are contingent on vesting.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Questions surrounding vesting schedules, future grants and equity classification often create many of the same issues that divorcing founders face.
    — Lisa Zeiderman, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of vesting
Verb
  • Kate Middleton went back to royal power suiting courtesy of Victoria Beckham on Thursday for a visit to The Treehouse Children’s Hospice to learn about the care and support provided by East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices in Ipswich, England.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • At the time, her hair was a light auburn shade, suiting her role as Esther Greenwood, who is described as being brunette in Sylvia Plath’s 1963 novel.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of suiting
Verb
  • The East Palo Alto Police Department posted a separate video from the rescue that shows the dog swimming furiously with seagulls circling overhead and firefighters scooping him out of the murky water and swaddling him in towels.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • After seven years of trapping, swaddling, collaring and monitoring them in the Twin Cities, Miller doesn’t think his middle-school self was far off.
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026
Definition of swaddling
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“Jacketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jacketing. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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