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overclad en · ADJ

Etymology

From over- + clad.

Meanings

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

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most overclad	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more overclad	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

overclad en · VERB

Etymology

From over- + clad.

Meanings

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

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
overclad	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overclad	Tense=Past		lexicographic
overcladding	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overclads	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
overcladded	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
overcladded	Tense=Past		lexicographic