clad

5 definitions found

clad - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Clothe \Clothe\ (kl[=o][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed
     (kl[=o][th]d) or Clad (kl[a^]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
     Clothing.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS.
     cl[=a][eth]ian, cl[=ae][eth]an. See Cloth.]
     1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.
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              Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.
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     2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family;
        to clothe one's self extravagantly.
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              Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov.
                                                    xxiii. 21.
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              The naked every day he clad,
              When he put on his clothes.           --Goldsmith.
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     3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe
        one with authority or power.
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              Language in which they can clothe their thoughts.
                                                    --Watts.
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              His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.
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              Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's
              garb.                                 --Milton.
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  Clad \Clad\ (kl[a^]d), v. t.
     To clothe. [Obs.] --Holland.
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  Clad \Clad\,
     imp. & p. p. of Clothe.
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clad - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clad
      adj 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, clad]
             [ant: unclothed]
      2: having an outer covering especially of thin metal; "steel-
         clad"; "armor-clad"

clad - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  48 Moby Thesaurus words for "clad":
     apparel, appareled, array, arrayed, attire, attired, bedecked,
     breeched, capped, chausse, cloaked, clothed, coifed, costumed,
     decked, dight, disguised, dress, dressed, enclothe, endued, face,
     garb, garbed, garment, garmented, gowned, habilimented, habited,
     hooded, invested, liveried, mantled, pantalooned, raiment,
     raimented, rigged out, robed, shod, shoed, side, skin, tired,
     togged, tricked out, trousered, vested, vestmented