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adjective

as in dressed

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verb

variants or clad
past tense of clothe
1
as in attired
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes they liked to clothe the twins in identical outfits just to confuse people

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2
as in expressed
to convey in appropriate or telling terms regulations clothed in obscure terminology

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Recent Examples of clothed
Adjective
The rest of the slideshow included four (clothed) mirror selfies and a close-up shot of a butter yellow sink. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026 That is, until one of the semi-clothed workmen and his thick muscles catch her eye. — David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025 Christian has relied on Medicaid to pay for the home health nurses and caregivers to maneuver the device to get from the bed to his wheelchair, showered, clothed and fed. — Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Aug. 2025 These services allow users to upload clothed pictures of people and produce what experts term nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) of both minors and adults, also sometimes referred to as deepfake pornography. — David Evan Harris, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Aug. 2024
Verb
Ed Sheeran strides to Taylor Swift wedding Ed Sheeran, clad in a bright aqua blue suit, arrived holding hands with wife Cherry Seaborn. — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 4 July 2026 That was enough for France, whose red, white and blue-clad fans looked plenty patriotic on July Fourth in the city where the United States was founded exactly 250 years earlier. — Dan Gelston, Chicago Tribune, 4 July 2026 Cruz showed off her perfectly tousled hair in a waist-up shot that saw her crossing her arms, clad in a white T-shirt. — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 3 July 2026 Craig Cutright, clad in khakis and a light gray blazer, sat behind Machado. — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 2 July 2026 The exterior is clad in horizontal lap siding and topped by a black standing-seam metal roof. — Adam Williams july 01, New Atlas, 1 July 2026 Its interior walls were clad in marble. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 20 June 2026 In the post, Anne Hathaway, clad in all white, walks into the frame with her arms crossed over her belly. — Redazione People, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026 Fans were clad in blue and orange, while Seward wore their signature blue, gray and white. — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clothed
  1. dressed
  2. attired
  3. expressed
  4. clad
  5. garbed
  6. said
  7. invested
  8. robed
Adjective
  • The British tabloid reported that Bryon Noem paid adult entertainers and cross-dressed while role-playing.
    — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • Swift rang in the new year with a lively costume party where guests came dressed as their childhood heroes.
    — Alyssa Rotunno, InStyle, 4 July 2026
Definition of dressed
Verb
  • Always elegantly attired, always thirsty, never drunk.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
  • The open concept and casually attired employees bear a resemblance to countless other start-ups.
    — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 28 May 2026
Definition of attired
Verb
  • Barroca was drawing on a sentiment expressed two decades earlier, when Brazil won the 1994 World Cup.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • Paul is a professional wrestler, after all, and, on Thursday, Brady expressed his interest in getting into the WWE.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 18 July 2026
Definition of expressed
Adjective
  • Dozens of Eckhaus Latta–clad, Tabi-toed aspiring downtown cool kids were lined up around the block to attend a poetry reading at the menswear store, headlined by writer Victoria Rose.
    — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 23 June 2026
  • Playing for a state title in front of thousands of fans, many of the clad in red, was a fitting end.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
Definition of clad
Verb
  • Alongside it is Footsi (1979), a video in which two fingers garbed in little shoes and socks move across the artist’s body.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 16 July 2026
  • The Qataris, garbed in white robes with red sashes, sat directly behind the goal in the lower bowl.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
Definition of garbed
Verb
  • The president of the Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership (ANDP) said the law is an important step forward, but its long-term success will depend on cooperation between federal, state and local leaders.
    — Nakell Williams, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • Some of the subpoenas were delivered to reporters at their homes, the Times said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 July 2026
Definition of said
Adjective
  • And even when the original clips of viral moments are authentic, they’re increasingly used as a launching point for embellished narratives and AI content – to capture an invested audience.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of invested
Verb
  • The most recognizable are Semana Santa, or Holy Week, processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.
    — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • The most recognizable are Holy Week processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands.
    — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026
Definition of robed

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