un·clad

[uhn-klad]

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English; see un-1, clad

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un·clothe

[uhn-klohth]
verb (used with object), un·clothed or un·clad [-klad] , un·cloth·ing.
1.
to strip of clothes.
2.
to remove a covering from; lay bare; uncover.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English unclothen. See un-2, clothe

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unclad (ʌnˈklæd) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
having no clothes on; naked

unclothe (ʌnˈkləʊð) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
vb , -clothes, -clothing, -clothed, -clad
1.  to take off garments from; strip
2.  to uncover or lay bare

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unclothe
c.1300, uncloþe (trans.), from un- (2) + clothe (v.). Refl. sense is attested from 1382.
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Example sentences
The unclad thermometer should always provide the lower temperature.
Small, unclad bits of fuel would need to be properly containerized and those containers certified to some degree.
It was a loud and raucous festival of the unclad and the uninhibited wandering the streets at all hours.
These materials will consist of clad metal alloys, clad oxide pellets and unclad oxide pellets.
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