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clad

1  [klad]
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–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, -ed 2
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2  [klad]
–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 clad 1

clad-

 
var. of clado- before a vowel.

clothe

  [klohth]
–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.

clado-

 
a combining form meaning “branch,” used in the formation of compound words: cladophyll.
Also, especially before a vowel, clad-.

Origin:
comb. form of Gk kládos
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clad 1   (klād)   
tr.v.   clad, clad·ding, clads

  1. To sheathe or cover (a metal) with a metal.

  2. To cover with a protective or insulating layer of other material.


[Back-formation from cladding.]
clad 2   (klād)   
v.  A past tense and a past participle of clothe.
clothe   (klōth)   
tr.v.   clothed or clad (klād), cloth·ing, clothes

  1. To put clothes on; dress.

  2. To provide clothes for.

  3. 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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

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

clothe 
O.E. claþian (see cloth).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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