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clad

/klæd/ verb C2
  1. To cover with a cladding or another material (for example, insulation).
  2. To imbue (with a specified quality); to envelop or surround. (figuratively)

He/she/it clads · Past clad · Past participle clad · -ing form cladding

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Verb forms

Base form
clad
He/she/it
clads
Past
clad
Past participle
clad
-ing form
cladding

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Dantès himself was simply, but becomingly, clad in the dress peculiar to the merchant service—a costume somewhat between a military and a civil garb; and with his fine countenance, radiant with joy and happiness, a more perfect specimen of manly beauty could scarcely be imagined.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 23 · C1
War was again proclaimed, however, and when the trumpet summoned him to his standard, the Soldier put on his charger its military trappings, and mounted, being clad in his heavy coat of mail.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 26 · B2
He was clad only in a pink dressing gown, which covered his night clothes.
The Valley of Fear, p. 27 · C1
Some are clad in armour green--
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 19 · C1

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