Suiting

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suit \Suit\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Suiting}.]
     1. To fit; to adapt; to make proper or suitable; as, to suit
        the action to the word. --Shak.
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     2. To be fitted to; to accord with; to become; to befit.
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              Ill suits his cloth the praise of railing well.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              Raise her notes to that sublime degree
              Which suits song of piety and thee.   --Prior.
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     3. To dress; to clothe. [Obs.]
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              So went he suited to his watery tomb. --Shak.
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     4. To please; to make content; as, he is well suited with his
        place; to suit one's taste.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suiting \Suit"ing\, n.
     Among tailors, cloth suitable for making entire suits of
     clothes.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  suiting
       n : a fabric used for suits