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Princeton's WordNet

  1. clothed, cladadjective

    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"

  2. cladadjective

    having an outer covering especially of thin metal

    "steel-clad"; "armor-clad"

Wiktionary

  1. cladverb

    To clothe.

    The horse was clad with its best blanket.

  2. cladverb

    To cover with insulation.

  3. Etymology: Alternative perfect and past participle of clothe: geclæþd, past participle of clæþan, from clað. Compare Icelandic klæða.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Cladpart. pret.

    Clothed; invested; garbed.

    Etymology: This participle, which is now referred to clothe, seems originally to have belonged to cloden, or some such word, like kleeden, Dutch.

    He had clad himself with a new garment. 1 Kings xi. 29.

    Beyond
    The flow’ry dale of Sibma, clad with vine. John Milton, Par Lost.

    But virtue too, as well as vice, is clad
    In flesh and blood. Edmund Waller.

    To her the weeping heav’ns become serene;
    For her the ground is clad in cheerful green. Dryden.

    The courtiers were all most magnificently clad. Jonathan Swift.

ChatGPT

  1. clad

    Clad refers to the process or act of covering or overlaying a structure or material with another. This term is often used in various fields such as construction, metallurgy, and clothing. In essence, it is used to describe something that has been coated or bonded with a different material, typically for protection, insulation, or aesthetic purposes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Clad

    to clothe

  2. Clad

    imp. & p. p. of Clothe

  3. Clad

    of Clothe

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Clad

    klad, pa.t. and pa.p. of Clothe.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of clad in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of clad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of clad in a Sentence

  1. John Falcicchio:

    Our commitment to this function is iron clad, and all that we ask of our federal partners is continued cooperation and the resources to carry out these activities.

  2. Seami Motokiyo:

    To watch the sun sink behind a flower clad hill. To wander on in a huge forest without thought of return. To stand upon the shore and gaze after a boat that disappears behind distant islands. To contemplate the flight of wild geese seen and lost among the clouds. And, subtle shadows of bamboo on bamboo.

  3. Prabhat Jha:

    You are saying that a saffron-clad person is a terrorist? What is this?

  4. Kayla Mueller:

    Helping the suffering was her life’s work, we worried about Kayla. We worried about what she was witnessing. The knowledge of their daughter's suffering under ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and her death has spurred the Prescott, Ariz., couple to pressure Washington and the UN to act now to protect Christians and stop the black-clad jihadist army.

  5. William Jennings Bryan:

    The humblest citizen of all the land when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of Error.

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