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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clad \Clad\ (kl[a^]d), verb (used with an object) To clothe. [Obs.] --Holland.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clad \Clad\, imp. & p. p. of {Clothe}. ||
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Clothe \Clothe\ (kl[=o][th]), verb (used with an object) [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.
Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. --Shak.
2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly.
Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. --Prov. xxiii. 21.
The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. --Goldsmith.
3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power.
Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. --Watts.
His sides are clothed with waving wood. --J. Dyer.
Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. --Milton.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
clad See {clothe} [also: {cladding}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
clothe
verb
1: provide with clothes or put clothes on; "Parents must feed and dress their child" [syn: {dress}, {enclothe}, {garb}, {raiment}, {tog}, {garment}, {habilitate}, {fit out}, {apparel}] [ant: {undress}]
2: furnish with power or authority; of kings or emperors [syn: {invest}, {adorn}] [also: {clad}]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
clad
adjective
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}] [ant: {unclothed}]
2: having an outer covering especially of thin metal; "steel-clad"; "armor-clad" [also: {cladding}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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