All English words - page 1007
adjectiveAnother term for clavate.
nounA curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.
Usage examples:
Stalls sold everything from dried lizards and birds' claws to spanners, nails and toothpaste.
verbScratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails.
Usage examples:
The kitten was clawing at lowell's trouser leg
collocationTo use claws (= the sharp curved nails at the end of each of the toes of some animals and birds) to tear or scratch something
Usage examples:
When our cat is hungry, she starts clawing at my legs., the dog barked and clawed at the door., she…
phrasal verbRegain a lost advantage or position laboriously and gradually.
Usage examples:
They were committed to clawing back power
nounAn act of retrieving money already paid out, typically by taxation.
Usage examples:
A clawback of tax relief
Clawed
klɔːdadjectiveHaving a curved pointed horny nail on each digit.
Usage examples:
A clawed hand grabbed for me
verbScratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails.
Usage examples:
The kitten was clawing at lowell's trouser leg
nounA hammer with one side of the head split and curved, used for extracting nails.
verbScratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails.
Usage examples:
The kitten was clawing at lowell's trouser leg
nounA curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.
Usage examples:
Stalls sold everything from dried lizards and birds' claws to spanners, nails and toothpaste.
nounA curved pointed horny nail on each digit of the foot in birds, lizards, and some mammals.
Usage examples:
Stalls sold everything from dried lizards and birds' claws to spanners, nails and toothpaste.
verbScratch or tear something with the claws or the fingernails.
Usage examples:
The kitten was clawing at lowell's trouser leg
nounA stiff, sticky fine-grained earth that can be moulded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics.
Usage examples:
The soil is mainly clay
adjectiveContaining or resembling clay.
Usage examples:
Moist, clayey soil
nounA broadsword formerly used by scottish highlanders, typically double-edged.
Usage examples:
Clasped before her in her hands, with its point resting on the mahogany wood, was a large, double-h…
nounA broadsword formerly used by scottish highlanders, typically double-edged.
Usage examples:
Clasped before her in her hands, with its point resting on the mahogany wood, was a large, double-h…
nounA shallow depression or hollow in the ground with an impermeable clay base which holds water after rain.
Usage examples:
Our sunset was a non-event, the sun obscured by low cloud, much to the disappointment of a couple o…
nounA shallow depression or hollow in the ground with an impermeable clay base which holds water after rain.
Usage examples:
Our sunset was a non-event, the sun obscured by low cloud, much to the disappointment of a couple o…
nounA stiff, sticky fine-grained earth that can be moulded when wet, and is dried and baked to make bricks, pottery, and ceramics.
Usage examples:
The soil is mainly clay
adjectiveNot real or genuine; existing in name only.
Usage examples:
Even this clayton's inquiry was forced to highlight major failures
adjectiveFree from dirt, marks, or stains.
Usage examples:
The room was spotlessly clean
adverbSo as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter.
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The room had been washed clean
verbMake clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from.
Usage examples:
Clean your teeth properly after meals
nounAn act of cleaning something.
Usage examples:
He gave the room a clean
phrasal verbPut (things or places) in order
adjectiveFree of dirt or other unwanted parts or pieces
Usage examples:
Make sure you wear a clean shirt., hospital rooms have to be kept clean., clean air/water, "let’s m…
adjectiveHealthy-looking and active
Usage examples:
The school sports field swarmed with clean-limbed young people eager for the day's events.
adjectiveUsed to describe someone who lives in a healthy and morally acceptable way, for example, by not taking any drugs
Usage examples:
He is a clean-living teetotaler who doesn't even touch caffeine., young players were expected to be…
phrasal verbDeprive completely of money or goods
nounAn act of removing the people and parts of an organization that are not needed, wanted, or that are causing problems
Usage examples:
What the nation needs is a vigorous clean-out of the banks' loan books and their managements., staf…
adjective(of a man) having no beard or mustache on his face
verbMake clean; remove dirt, marks, or stains from.
Usage examples:
Clean your teeth properly after meals
adjectiveFree from dirt, marks, or stains.
Usage examples:
The room was spotlessly clean
adverbSo as to be free from dirt, marks, or unwanted matter.
Usage examples:
The room had been washed clean
nounAn act of cleaning something.
Usage examples:
He gave the room a clean
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