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      VERB 2 When you clamp one thing to another, you fasten them together with a clamp.

      clan clans

      NOUN a group of families related to each other by being descended from the same ancestor

      clang clangs, clanging, clanged

      VERB When something made of metal clangs, or when you clang it, it makes a loud, ringing sound.

      clank clanks, clanking, clanked

      VERB When something clanks, it makes a loud, metallic sound.

      clap claps, clapping, clapped

      VERB 1 When you clap, you hit your hands together loudly to show that you have enjoyed something or that you approve of something.

      NOUN 2 a sudden loud noise of thunder

      clarify clarifies, clarifying, clarified

      VERB If you clarify something, you make it clear and easier to understand.

      clarification NOUN

      clarinet clarinets

      NOUN a woodwind instrument with a straight tube and a single reed in its mouthpiece

      clarity

      NOUN The clarity of something is its clearness. • The clarity of the water made me think it was very clean.

      clash clashes, clashing, clashed

      VERB 1 Colours or ideas that clash are so different that they do not go together. • Debbie’s red shirt clashed with her green shorts.

      2 If one event clashes with another, they happen at the same time, so you cannot go to both.

      3 If people clash with each other, they fight or argue.

      clasp clasps, clasping, clasped

      VERB 1 If you clasp something, you hold it tightly.

      NOUN 2 a fastening such as a hook or a catch

      class classes

      NOUN 1 a group of pupils or students taught together, or a lesson that they have together

      2 A class of people or things is a group of them of a particular type. • Beetles and ants belong to different classes of insect.

      SYNONYMS: group, kind, type

      classic

      ADJECTIVE Something described as classic is considered a high quality example of something. • He has a classic car.

      classical

      ADJECTIVE 1 traditional in style and content • classical ballet

      2 Classical music is serious music thought to be of lasting value.

      classify classifies, classifying, classified

      VERB to arrange things into groups with something in common • We classified the foods into three groups: fruits, vegetables and meats.

      classification NOUN

      classroom classrooms

      NOUN a room in a school where lessons take place

      clatter clatters, clattering, clattered

      VERB 1 When things clatter, they hit each other with a loud, rattling noise.

      NOUN 2 a loud noise made by hard things hitting against each other • There was a great clatter when the waitress dropped the tray.

      clause clauses

      NOUN In grammar, a clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb, which may be a complete sentence or part of a sentence.

      claw claws, clawing, clawed

      NOUN 1 An animal’s claws are the hard, curved nails at the end of its feet.

      2 The claws of a crab or a lobster are the two jointed parts at the end of the leg, used for holding things.

      VERB 3 3 If an animal claws something, it digs its claws into it

      clay

      NOUN a type of earth that is soft and sticky when wet and hard when baked dry. It is used to make pottery and bricks.

      clean cleaner, cleanest; cleans, cleaning, cleaned

      ADJECTIVE 1 free from dirt or unwanted marks

      VERB 2 to remove dirt from something

      clear clearer, clearest; clears, clearing, cleared

      ADJECTIVE 1 easy to understand, see or hear • The instructions on the packet were very clear.

      2 easy to see through • a clear liquid

      VERB 3 To clear unwanted things from a place is to remove them. • We cleared the dirty dishes from the table.

      4 If you clear a fence or other obstacle, you jump over it without touching it.

      clearly ADVERB

      clear up

      VERB When you clear up a place, you tidy СКАЧАТЬ