different between clad vs arrayed

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /klæd/
• Rhymes: -æd

Etymology 1

From Middle English clad, cladde, cled(e), cledde, past tense and past participle forms of clethen (“(also figurative) to put clothing on, clothe, dress; to provide clothing to; to arm, equip; to cover, envelop; to conceal; to adorn”), from Old English cl?ðan (past tense cl?ðde, *clædde), probably from cl?þ, cl?þ (“cloth; (plural) clothes”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gleh?y-, *gley- (“to adhere, cling, stick to”).

Verb

clad

1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of clothe

Etymology 2

From Middle English clad(d), cladde, clade, past tense and past participle forms of clathen, clothen (“to put clothing on, clothe, dress”), from Old English cl?ðian, cl?þian (“to clothe”) (past participle ?ecl?ded, ?eclaðed, ?eclaðod), from cl?þ, cl?þ (“cloth; (plural) clothes”); see further at etymology 1.

Adjective

clad (not comparable)

1. (of a person, preceded by a garment type) Wearing clothing or some other covering (for example, an armour) on the body; clothed, dressed.

   Synonyms: attired, beclad, raimented; see also Thesaurus:clothed

   Antonyms: unclad; see also Thesaurus:naked
2. (of an object, often in compounds) Covered, enveloped in, or surrounded by a cladding, or a specified material or substance.
3. (figuratively) Adorned, ornamented.

Derived terms

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Etymology 3

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.

Verb

clad (third-person singular simple present clads, present participle cladding, simple past and past participle clad or cladded)

1. (archaic, literary or obsolete, past tense clad) To clothe, to dress.
2. (past tense clad or cladded) To cover with a cladding or another material (for example, insulation).
3. (figuratively, past tense clad) To imbue (with a specified quality); to envelop or surround.

Conjugation

Derived terms

• cladded (adjective)
• cladder
• cladding (noun)

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References

Anagrams

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?d/

Verb

arrayed

1. simple past tense and past participle of array