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overclad

overclad adjective: wearing more clothing than is necessary.

Adjective

overclad (comparative more overclad, superlative most overclad)

  1. Wearing more clothing than is necessary.
    • Some of the children also are blackened, and none are overclad.1997, John Muir, Nature Writings

Verb

overclad (third-person singular simple present overclads, present participle overcladding, simple past and past participle overclad or overcladded)

  1. (transitive) To cover the surface of, as if with clothing.
    • Although that, in the days of Solomon, this mountain was overclad with forests of cedars, yet now there are but only these, and, nine miles westward thence, seventeen more.1770, William Lithgow, Travels and Voyages Through Europe, Asia and Africa for Nineteen Years
  2. (transitive) To cover with insulation or cladding.

Forms of overclad

Adjective
comparativemore overclad
superlativemost overclad
Verb
third-person singular presentoverclads
present participleovercladding
past participleoverclad
pastoverclad
past participleovercladded
pastovercladded

Origin of overclad

From over- + clad.

Questions about overclad

What does overclad mean?
Overclad means wearing more clothing than is necessary.
What part of speech is overclad?
Overclad can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near overclad in the dictionary

  1. overcivilization
  2. overcivilize
  3. overcivilized
  4. overcivilizes
  5. overcivilizing
  6. overclad
  7. overcladded
  8. overcladding
  9. overclads
  10. overclaim
  11. overclaimed

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