Meaning

3 senses
  1. To cover with a cladding or another material (for example, insulation).

  2. (figuratively)To imbue (with a specified quality); to envelop or surround.

  3. (archaic, literary, obsolete)To clothe, to dress.

    kleiden

    одева́тьodevátʹ, оде́тьodétʹ

Translations

5 languages
Русский
to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress:
Deutsch
to clothe, to dress — see also clothe, dress:

Origin

Apparently derived from clad (adjective); see etymology 2. Uses of clad as the simple past

Apparently derived from clad (adjective); see etymology 2. Uses of clad as the simple past and past participle form of clad are indistinguishable from uses of the word as the simple past and past participle form of clothe.

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Forms

clads, cladding, clad, clad
Base formclad · to clad
3rd person singularclads
Present participlecladding
Past simpleclad / cladded
Past participleclad / cladded

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyclad
he, she, itclads

Past simpleLesson

all personsclad

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave clad
he, she, ithas clad

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill clad

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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