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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clad1 /klæd/USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of clothe.
adj. [usually used with a noun or adverb] - dressed:poorly-clad vagrants.
- covered:vine-clad cottages.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clad1 (klad),USA pronunciation v. - a pt. and pp. of clothe.
adj. (usually used in combination) - dressed:ill-clad vagrants.
- covered:vine-clad cottages.
- Middle English cladd(e), Old English clāthod(e) clothed. See clothe, -ed2 bef. 950
clad2 (klad),USA pronunciation v.t., clad, clad•ding. - to bond a metal to (another metal), esp. to provide with a protective coat.
- special use of clad1 1935–40
clad-, - var. of clado- before a vowel.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clad /klæd/ vb - a past participle of clothe
Etymology: Old English clāthode clothed, from clāthian to clothe clad /klæd/ vb (clads, cladding, clad)- (transitive) to bond a metal to (another metal), esp to form a protective coating
Etymology: 14th Century (in the obsolete sense: to clothe): special use of clad1 WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024clothe /kloʊð/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], clothed or clad/klæd/USA pronunciation cloth•ing. - to dress;
attire:clothed in elegant finery. - to provide (someone) with clothing:The church needs money to clothe the poor.
- to cover with or as if with clothing:The mountains were clothed in clouds.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clado-, - a combining form meaning "branch,'' used in the formation of compound words:cladophyll.
Also,[esp. before a vowel,] clad-. - combining form of Greek kládos
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024clothe (klōᵺ),USA pronunciation v.t., clothed or clad, cloth•ing. - to dress;
attire. - to provide with clothing.
- to cover with or as with clothing.
- Middle English clothen, Old English clāthian, derivative of clāth cloth bef. 950
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: clothe /kləʊð/ vb (clothes, clothing, clothed, clad)(transitive)- to dress or attire (a person)
- to provide with clothing or covering
- to conceal or disguise
- to endow or invest
Etymology: Old English clāthian, from clāth cloth; related to Old Norse klætha |