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clad1

[klad] Pronunciation Key

–verb

1.	a pt. and pp. of clothe.

–adjective (usually used in combination)

2.	dressed: ill-clad vagrants.

3.	covered: vine-clad cottages.

[Origin: bef. 950; ME cladd(e), OE clāthod(e) clothed. See clothe, -ed²

]

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clad2

[klad] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object), clad, clad·ding.

to bond a metal to (another metal), esp. to provide with a protective coat.

[Origin: 1935–40; special use of clad¹

]

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clothe

[klohth] Pronunciation Key

–verb (used with object), clothed or clad, cloth·ing.

1.	to dress; attire.

2.	to provide with clothing.

3.	to cover with or as with clothing.

[Origin: bef. 950; ME clothen, OE clāthian, deriv. of clāth cloth

]

—Synonyms 1. robe, garb, array, accouter, bedeck.

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clad¹ (klād) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. clad, clad·ding, clads

To sheathe or cover (a metal) with a metal.
To cover with a protective or insulating layer of other material.

[Back-formation from cladding.]

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clad² (klād) Pronunciation Key
v. A past tense and a past participle of clothe.

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clothe (klōth) Pronunciation Key
tr.v. clothed or clad (klād), cloth·ing, clothes

To put clothes on; dress.
To provide clothes for.
To cover as if with clothing.

[Middle English clothen, from Old English clāthian, from clāth, cloth.]

Synonyms: These verbs mean to cover as if with clothes: trees clothed in leafy splendor; mist that cloaks the mountains; a beam draped with cobwebs; a boulder mantled with moss; snow robing fields and gardens.

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clad

1300, alternate pt. and pp. of clothe, from O.E. geclæþd, pp. of clæþan "to clothe," from clað "cloth."

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clad
adjective
1.	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" [syn: clothed] [ant: unclothed]
2.	having an outer covering especially of thin metal; "steel-clad"; "armor-clad"