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• past participle of clothe.

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  clad

  verb

  a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.
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  clad-

  variant of clado- before a vowel.

clad

¹ American  

[klad] / klæd /

verb

1. a simple past tense and past participle of clothe.

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adjective

1. dressed.

   ill-clad vagrants.

2. covered.

   vine-clad cottages.

clad ² American  

[klad] / klæd /

verb (used with object)

clad, cladding

1. to bond a metal to (another metal), especially to provide with a protective coat.

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clad- ³ American  

1. variant of clado- before a vowel.

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clad ¹ British  

/ klæd /

verb

1. a past participle of clothe

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clad ² British  

/ klæd /

verb

1. (tr) to bond a metal to (another metal), esp to form a protective coating

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Etymology

Origin of clad¹

before 950; Middle English cladd ( e ), Old English clāthod ( e ) clothed. See clothe, -ed ²

Origin of clad²

First recorded in 1935–40; special use of clad ¹

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Explanation

Clad means "dressed or covered." Most kids go to school clad in jeans and t-shirts, but students in the Shakespeare club might show up clad in velvet gowns or leather breeches. As a verb, clad is the past tense and past particle of “clothe,” as in “the leprechaun clad himself in green.” It’s also an adjective that describes being covered or clothed, so a building can be clad in brick, while a person can be clad in head-to-toe sequins. It’s an old-fashioned word, kind of like “shod,” which means “wearing footwear.”

Example Sentences

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Thousands of Milwaukee Brewers fans poured out onto the streets of downtown St. Petersburg clad in yellow and powder blue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

For this year’s Wondaween, a free 21+ costumed fan event, where the theme is Creature Carnival, Monáe says she expects to see people clad in everything from insect garb to Frankenstein.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

On a rainy Thursday in Broken Bow, buyers clad in cowboy hats, plaid shirts and denim gathered for the regular indoor cattle auction.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Who do you work for?” demanded a middle-aged man clad in a black leather jacket, white shirt and black tie.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Then she let her hand fall, and the light faded, and suddenly she laughed again, and lo! she was shrunken: a slender elf-woman, clad in simple white, whose gentle voice was soft and sad.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The scaffolding was erected at Archway Heights in 2020 as a precautionary measure after a piece of external cladding fell off, according to the housing association, People for Places.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

The exterior metal cladding of the addition features a luminescent pink paint coating called Pink Kandi.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

But the Ministry of Housing said in a statement it would speed up the process of removing cladding, providing a more proportionate, clear and consistent approach to a complex issue.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Ed Daffarn, who was the first person to warn about the dangers posed by cladding being added to Grenfell, watched the tower burn on the night of the fire.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

The uranium pellets that form nuclear fuel rods are held together by a thin coating, called cladding, of the metal zirconium.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

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