clad

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈklæd/ 🇺🇸 /ˈklæd/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Dressed or clothed, especially in a specified way.; Covered or overlaid with a specified material.
  2. verb
    Past tense and past participle of 'clad' (an archaic or literary form of 'clothe').; To cover or overlay one material with another, especially metals.

🔗 Details

Word forms

3rd sing.: clothes Past: clothed, clad Past part.: clothed, clad Pres part.: clothing

Collocations

clothe oneselfclothe infeed and clotheclothe the nakedclad in armor

Derivatives

clothingclothesclothierunclothedoverclothe

Synonyms

dressattiregarbarraydrapecover

Antonyms

undressstripunclothe

Commonly confused

cloth
EN: 'cloth' is a noun meaning fabric; 'clothe' is a verb meaning to dress or cover.
clothes
EN: 'clothes' is a plural noun meaning garments; 'clothes' as third-person singular of 'clothe' is a verb form (rare in modern usage).

Spelling tips

EN: Don't confuse 'clothe' (verb, with final 'e') with 'cloth' (noun, no 'e'). 'Clad' is an irregular past form that is now more common as an adjective (e.g., 'iron-clad', 'clad in black').

💬 Examples

  1. She was clad in a flowing white dress.

  2. The building was clad in marble.

  3. He clad himself in armor before the battle.

  4. The steel beams were clad with copper for corrosion resistance.