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CLAD
clothed, clad
(adjective) wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination; “clothed and in his right mind”- Bible; “proud of her well-clothed family”; “nurses clad in white”; “white-clad nurses”
clad
(adjective) having an outer covering especially of thin metal; “steel-clad”; “armor-clad”
CLOTHE
dress, clothe, enclothe, garb, raiment, tog, garment, habilitate, fit out, apparel
(verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on; “Parents must feed and dress their child”
clothe, cloak, drape, robe
(verb) cover as if with clothing; “the mountain was clothed in tropical trees”
invest, clothe, adorn
(verb) furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
clad (third-person singular simple present clads, present participle cladding, simple past and past participle cladded or clad)
(past tense clad) To clothe.
(past tense clad or cladded) To cover (with insulation or another material); to surround, envelop.
(figuratively) To imbue (with a specified quality)
(archaic) simple past tense and past participle of clothe
Adjective
clad (not comparable)
(in compounds) Wearing clothing of a specified type.
(in compounds) Covered, enveloped in or surrounded by a specified material or substance.
Synonyms
• (wearing clothes): dressed, raimented; see also clothed
Anagrams
• DACL
Source: Wiktionary
Clad, v.t
Definition: To clothe. [Obs.] Holland.
Clad,
Definition: imp. & p. p. of Clothe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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