- a past participle of clothe
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clad1 /klæd/USA pronunciation v.
adj. [usually used with a noun or adverb]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a pt. and pp. of clothe.
adj. [usually used with a noun or adverb]
- dressed:poorly-clad vagrants.
- covered:vine-clad cottages.
clad1
(klad),USA pronunciation v.
adj. (usually used in combination)
clad2 (klad),USA pronunciation v.t., clad, clad•ding.
clad-,
- 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.
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clad /klæd/ vb
clad /klæd/ vb (clads, cladding, clad)
- (transitive) to bond a metal to (another metal), esp to form a protective coating
clothe /kloʊð/USA pronunciation
v. [~ + object], clothed or clad/klæd/USA pronunciation cloth•ing.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- 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.
clado-,
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- a combining form meaning "branch,'' used in the formation of compound words:cladophyll.
- combining form of Greek kládos
clothe
(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. robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.
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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
'clad' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
clothe
- gully
- tunicate
- unclothe
- armor-clad
- baseplate
- burlesque
- cladanthous
- cladding
- cladism
- cladistics
- clado-
- cladode
- cladogenesis
- dime
- dirham
- furred
- girlie
- half-clad
- ironclad
- Lincoln green
- liveried
- mailed
- peso boliviano
- Pholidota
- phylloclade
- reclothe or
- togated
- triclad
- unclad
- weed
- well-clad
- yclad
- sen
- silken
- snow-clad
- Svetambara