clad
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clad¹
- /klæd/ US, UK
Rhymes with -æd
Where it comes from
From Middle English clad, cladde, cled(e), cledde, past tense and past participle forms of clethen (“(also figurative) to put clothing on, clothe, dress; to provide clothing to; to arm, equip; to cover, envelop; to conceal; to adorn”), from Old English clǣþan (past tense clǣþde, *clædde), from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-, *gley- (“to adhere, cling, stick to”).
verb
- simple past and past participle of clothe
clad²
- /klæd/ US, UK
Rhymes with -æd
Where it comes from
From Middle English clad(d), cladde, clade, past tense and past participle forms of clathen, clothen (“to put clothing on, clothe, dress”), from *clāþian (“to clothe”) (past participle ġeclāded, ġeclaþed, ġeclaþod), from clāþ, clǣþ (“cloth; (plural) clothes”); see further at etymology 1.
adjective
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Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.
[F]rom his nook upleapt the venturous lad, / And flinging wide the cedar-carven door / Beheld an awful image saffron-clad / And armed for battle!
Similar: attired, beclad, raimented, aguised, clad, clothed, dressed, habilimented, nonnude, sarkit, togged, vested · Opposite: unclad, au naturel, bare, bare-ass, bare-assed, bare-bottomed, bare-bum, bare-butt, barefoot all over, bare naked, bareskin, bare-skinned
- Covered, enveloped in, or surrounded by a cladding, or a specified material or substance. On all sides, Goudet is shut in by mountains; rocky foot-paths, practicable at best for donkeys, join it to the outer world of France; and the men and women drink and swear, in their green corner, or look up at the snow-clad peaks in winter from the threshold of their homes [...]
- Adorned, ornamented.
clad³
- /klæd/ US, UK
Rhymes with -æd
Where it comes from
Apparently derived from clad (adjective); see etymology 2. Uses of clad as the simple past and past participle form of clad are indistinguishable from uses of the word as the simple past and past participle form of clothe.
verb clads · cladding · clad · cladded
- To clothe, to dress. At last faire Heſperus in higheſt ſkie / Had ſpent his lãpe [i.e., lampe] and brought forth dawning light, / Then vp he roſe, and clad him haſtily; / The dwarfe him brought his ſteed: ſo both away do fly.
- To cover with a cladding or another material (for example, insulation). [M]any bitter and extreme frosts at midsummer continually clothe and clad the discomfortable mountaines; […]
- To imbue (with a specified quality); to envelop or surround. Moſt mercifull father, we beſeche thee ſo to ſende vpon theſe thy ſeruauntes thy heauenly bleſſyng, that they maye be cladde about with all iuſtice, & that thy worde ſpoken by theyr mouthes, may haue ſuch ſucceſſe, that it may neuer be ſpoken in vain.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: garmented, habited, habilimented, dressed, togged, vestmented, overdressed, turned out, surpliced, robed, cowled, panoplied, cassocked, tuxedoed, costumed, petticoated
Translations
Every language
adj of a person: wearing clothing or some other covering on the body
| Français | habillé, vêtu |
|---|---|
| Русский | оде́тый odétyj |
adj of an object: covered, etc., by a cladding, or a specified material or substance
| Français | revêtu |
|---|---|
| Русский | оде́тый odétyj, покрытый pokrytyj, облицованный oblicovannyj |
verb to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress
| Español | bañar, cubrir, lavar |
|---|---|
| Português | cobrir |
| Français | vêtir, habiller |
| Deutsch | kleiden |
| Русский | одева́ть odevátʹ, оде́ть odétʹ |
verb to cover the walls of a building with some material
| Français | couvrir |
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title = {clad},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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