clad
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6.5
- adjective
- /klæd/
- There were boys, seemingly always in packs, clad in NBA team jerseys.
- scantily clad
- kimono-clad
- clad woman
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Watch on YouTubeAt Chute's end stood the concrete booth containing the man clad in custodial green.
- At Chute's end stood the concrete booth containing the man clad in custodial green.
- OK, but the best part is then he brings in girls scantily clad and he starts giving people alcohol while they gamble.
- And then you pit that against the fact that there were, you know, scantily clad women on a weekly basis showing up in Joey's dream sequences.
Examples
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The entrepreneur's elegantly clad son leans nonchalantly on the cloth on the table, smoking a cigar.
Academic text (1991) -
The wealthiest members of the tribe wore linen clothes, while the rest were clad in skins.
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Was it a man, clad in fine garments?
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Now two black-clad men can be seen on the balcony.
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He seems, believe it or not, to be clad only in his underwear.
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Two exactly alike burqa-clad women are shown talking to each other.
Academic text (2018) -
At Chute's end stood the concrete booth containing the man clad in custodial green.
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Leighton sighed and sat back, crossing one long tweed-clad leg over the other.
Fiction book (1990) -
Clad in khaki for a lunch at Ie bistro or a walk in the woods.
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He walked down the street, clad in a warm winter coat to protect against the cold.
Synonyms
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1.0
Wearing special clothes for an occasion, for example a party
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5.4
Wearing special or formal clothes
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1.2
Covered by a layer like snow or leaves
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7.4
Wearing certain clothes, often formal or special
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7.2
Covered with heavy metal plates for protection
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6.8
A thing that is covered by a layer like a cloak or mist
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8.2
To be dressed in fine or special clothes
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9.0
Wearing fine clothes for a special event
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Etymology
Clad comes from an old word for 'cloth', the same root you see in cloth and clothe. So to be clad is to be 'dressed' or 'covered' in a certain kind of clothing or covering.