clad Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb provide with clothes or put clothes on
    enclothe; garment; fit out; garb; raiment; apparel; habilitate; dress; tog; clothe.
    • Parents must feed and dress their child
  2. verb furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors
    invest; adorn; clothe.
  3. verb cover as if with clothing
    robe; drape; cloak; clothe.
    • the mountain was clothed in tropical trees
  4. adjective wearing or provided with clothing; sometimes used in combination
    clothed.
    • clothed and in his right mind"- Bible
    • proud of her well-clothed family
    • nurses clad in white
    • white-clad nurses
  5. adjective satellite having an outer covering especially of thin metal
    • steel-clad
    • armor-clad

WordNet


Clad transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To clothe. Obs. Holland.
Clad
Definitions
  1. imp. & p. p. of Clothe.

Webster 1913