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clead

clead verb: to clothe.

Verb

clead (third-person singular simple present cleads, present participle cleading, simple past and past participle cleaded)

  1. (Scotland, transitive, Northen England) To clothe.

Noun

clead (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, Northen England) Clothing, attire.

Forms of clead

third-person singular presentcleads
present participlecleading
past participlecleaded
pastcleaded
alternative Scotlandcleed
alternative Scotlandcled
alternative Scotlandcleid
alternative Scotlandcleath
alternative Scotlandclethe
alternative Scotlandcleith
alternative Scotlandcleth

Origin of clead

From Middle English clethen, from Old English clǣþan (“to clothe”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþijaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick to, adhere”). Cognate with Scots cleed, cleid (“to clothe”). Doublet of cloth, clothe, and clad.

Words formed from clead

Questions about clead

What does clead mean?
Clead means to clothe.
What part of speech is clead?
Clead can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of clead?
The past tense of clead is cleaded.

Words near clead in the dictionary

  1. CLDC
  2. CLDCs
  3. CLDR
  4. CLE
  5. Clea
  6. clead
  7. cleading
  8. cleadings
  9. cleam
  10. cleamed
  11. cleaming

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