📖 C — The English dictionary · page 36

classic — Everyday, meaning 1: A classic is a book, film, song or other work that is very good and has been admired by people for a long time.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Classic as an adjective means very typical, a perfect example of its kind (a classic mistake).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Classic also means simple and stylish in a way that does not go out of fashion.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Classics is the study of ancient Greek and Roman languages and culture.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Classic can also describe things from ancient Greek or Roman times, such as the classic poets.↗ Example: «Alice in Wonderland» is a children's classic.↗ · Forgetting to carry the one is a classic mistake.↗ · Dad loves classic cars from long ago.↗ · She wore a classic white shirt.↗ · This film is a classic; everyone has seen it.↗ · Losing his keys again?↗ That's classic Uncle Tom!↗ · We read a classic poem in class today.↗ · This war was called the Titanomachia, and is most graphically described by the old classic poets.↗ · both these Hebrew classics speak of it as a very ancient work.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Other positive historical notices are those of Saadjah Gaon, who died A.D.↗ 940, and Judah Halevi, A.D.↗ 1150%; [p. 10] both these Hebrew classics speak of it as a very ancient work.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

classical — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with ancient Greece and Rome, their languages, art and ideas: classical history, classical languages.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (music) Serious, traditional Western music by composers like Mozart and Beethoven, played by orchestras: classical music.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Traditional and accepted for a long time, the standard way: classical ballet, classical physics.↗ Example: We listened to classical music in our art lesson.↗ · Mozart is a famous classical composer.↗ · Classical Greek buildings have tall columns.↗ · My sister does classical ballet.↗ · Latin and Ancient Greek are classical languages.↗ · The orchestra played a classical piece by Beethoven.↗ · And strangest of all, the story is practically the same as the classical myth of Jason and Medea.↗

classification — Everyday, meaning 1: Sorting things into groups or classes by what they have in common: the classification of animals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A group or class that something is put into: the classification "mammal".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) An official level or category, such as a film rating or a secret document's level.↗ Example: We made a classification key to sort the leaves.↗ · The classification of animals puts whales with mammals, not fish.↗ · Shapes can be classified by number of sides.↗ · What is the classification of a frog?↗ It is an amphibian.↗ · Libraries use a classification system to shelve books.↗ · The film's classification is PG.↗ · This is the modern classification of the letters into guttural, palatal, lingual, dental and labial sounds.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · The classification of the Hebrew letters into a Triad, Heptad and Dodekad, runs through the whole philosophy of the Kabalah.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

classified — Everyday, meaning 1: Sorted into groups or classes: the rocks were classified by colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of information) Officially secret and only for certain people: classified documents.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (classified ads, classifieds) Small advertisements in a newspaper or website, sorted into sections, for things for sale or jobs.↗ Example: The animals were classified into vertebrates and invertebrates.↗ · A whale is classified as a mammal.↗ · The spy stole classified documents.↗ · Dad found his bike in the classified ads.↗ · The triangle is classified as isosceles because two sides are equal.↗ · That information is classified — I can't tell you!↗

classifier — Everyday, meaning 1: A person or thing that sorts things into groups.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (computing) A computer program that decides which group or label something belongs to, like spam or not spam.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (language) In some languages like Mandarin, a word used between a number and a noun, like «a piece of» in English.↗ Example: The classifier sorted the emails into spam and not spam.↗ · A classification key is a kind of classifier for animals.↗ · In Mandarin, you need a classifier between the number and the noun.↗ · The AI classifier recognised the cat in the photo.↗ · «A loaf of bread» works like a classifier in English.↗ · We trained a classifier on pictures of fruit.↗

classify — Everyday, meaning 1: To classify things is to sort them into groups or categories by what they have in common.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To classify something is to decide which group it belongs to.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Classified information is secret and only for certain people.↗ Example: Classify these animals as vertebrates or invertebrates.↗ · We classified the shapes by number of sides.↗ · A whale is classified as a mammal.↗ · Scientists classify plants by their seeds.↗ · The spy found classified files.↗ · Can you classify these triangles?↗

classmate — Everyday, meaning 1: A classmate is a person in the same class as you at school.↗ Example: She gives 2 cookies to each of her 24 classmates.↗ · He has 18 classmates.↗ · How many valentines for all her classmates?↗ · 5 classmates came to the party.↗ · My classmate helped me with my reading.↗ · A new classmate joined us today.↗ · We wrote cards for our classmates.↗ · I sit next to my classmate Sam.↗

classroom — Everyday, meaning 1: A classroom is a room in a school where pupils have lessons.↗ Example: Each classroom has 28 students.↗ · The school has 12 classrooms.↗ · The classroom is 30 ft by 25 ft.↗ · There are 6 rows of desks in the classroom.↗ · Our classroom has a fish tank.↗ · Please keep the classroom tidy.↗ · During the fire drill we left the classroom in a line.↗ · The classroom door is painted blue.↗ · Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom!↗

classy — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) Stylish, elegant and of good quality, often looking expensive.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) Behaving in a fair, polite and graceful way (a classy gesture).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, sarcastic) Said of something rude or tasteless to mock it («Burping at the table — classy!»).↗ Example: She wore a classy black dress to the wedding.↗ · We had dinner in a classy restaurant for Mum's birthday.↗ · That was a classy goal — so smooth!↗ · Shaking hands with the losing team was a classy thing to do.↗ · The hotel looked very classy with its golden lights.↗ · "Wiping your nose on your sleeve?↗ Classy," said my brother.↗

clatter — Everyday, meaning 1: To clatter is to make a loud, rattling noise as hard things bang against each other, like falling pans or shoes on stairs.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A clatter is that loud, rattling noise.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To clatter somewhere is to move noisily («clatter down the stairs»).↗ Example: The pans clattered to the floor.↗ · We heard the clatter of horses' hooves on the road.↗ · He clattered down the stairs in his boots.↗ · The tray fell with a loud clatter.↗ · The train clattered over the bridge.↗ · There was a clatter of cutlery in the dining hall.↗ · The bike clattered when the chain came off.↗ · They rushed clattering into the hut, exclaiming, ‘We smell human flesh!↗

clause — Everyday, meaning 1: In grammar, a clause is a group of words that has a verb and usually a subject: «when the bell rang» and «we went outside» are clauses.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A main clause makes sense on its own as a sentence; a subordinate clause does not and needs a main clause.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law) A clause is one section or rule in a written agreement or law.↗ Example: «I went home» is a main clause.↗ · «Because it was raining» is a subordinate clause; it cannot stand alone.↗ · Join the two clauses with «but».↗ · «The dog that barked» has a relative clause: «that barked».↗ · Every clause has a verb.↗ · Dad read every clause of the phone contract before signing.↗ · A comma often comes after a subordinate clause at the start of a sentence.↗

claustrophobia — Everyday, meaning 1: A strong fear of being in small, closed or crowded spaces, such as lifts, tunnels or cupboards.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (everyday) A feeling of being trapped or squeezed in, even without real fear.↗ Example: Grandma has claustrophobia, so she always takes the stairs.↗ · The narrow cave gave me a touch of claustrophobia.↗ · People with claustrophobia can find MRI scans hard.↗ · The crowded train carriage felt claustrophobic.↗ · Breathing slowly can help with claustrophobia.↗ · The story's tunnel scene was full of claustrophobia.↗

clave — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Either stuck fast to something, or split apart.↗

clavicle — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) The collarbone: the long, thin bone between the top of the breastbone and the shoulder; you have one on each side.↗ Example: The clavicle is also called the collarbone.↗ · She broke her clavicle when she fell off her bike.↗ · You can feel your clavicle just below your neck.↗ · We labelled the clavicle on our skeleton diagram.↗ · Each person has two clavicles.↗ · A broken clavicle usually heals in a sling.↗

claw — Everyday, meaning 1: A claw is a sharp curved nail on the foot of an animal or bird, like a cat's, eagle's or bear's.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A claw is the pincer of a crab, lobster or scorpion, used to grab things.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To claw is to scratch, tear or grab with claws or fingernails.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To claw your way is to move or get something with great effort.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A claw can also mean a hand, especially a hooked one.↗ Example: The cat scratched the sofa with its claws.↗ · The eagle grabbed the fish with its claws.↗ · Crabs pinch with their big claws.↗ · Bears use their claws to dig and climb.↗ · The puppy clawed at the door to get in.↗ · I tried to win a toy from the claw machine.↗ · Cats can hide their claws inside their paws.↗ · The climbers clawed their way up the steep slope.↗ · “Shake hands, Starkey,” said Hook, proffering his claw.↗ · He croucheth, he boweth down, and the helpless fall into his mighty claws.↗ (Writings PSA.10.10, JPS 1917)↗

clay — Everyday, meaning 1: Clay is soft, sticky earth that you can shape with your hands and then bake or dry so it goes hard.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Clay is used for pots, bricks, tiles and models.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Clay soil is heavy soil that holds water.↗ Example: She has 2 kg of clay.↗ · Each pot uses 300 g of clay.↗ · He made 6 clay bowls.↗ · How many pots from 3 pounds of clay?↗ · We made clay animals in art class.↗ · The pot is baked in a hot oven called a kiln.↗ · Bricks are made from clay.↗ · Clay soil gets sticky after rain.↗ · And Wind is the first of them.↗ [1:11] Three—He carved Water from Wind and with them He hewed tohu and bohu, [note 21: [Genesis 1:2]] mud and clay.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · „Witli 'three' God graved and hewed out mud and clay.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Your memorials shall be like unto ashes, your eminences to eminences of clay.↗ (Writings JOB.13.12, JPS 1917)↗ · its legs of iron, its feet part of iron and part of clay.↗ (Writings DAN.2.33, JPS 1917)↗ · Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; (Writings JOB.27.16, JPS 1917)↗

clayey — Everyday, meaning 1: Made of or full of clay, the sticky soil that is wet and hard when dry: clayey soil.↗ Example: The clayey soil stuck to our boots.↗ · Swallows dug their nests in the clayey bank.↗ · Clayey ground is hard to dig in wet weather.↗

clean — Everyday, meaning 1: Clean means not dirty.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To clean means to take the dirt away, by washing, wiping or sweeping.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Clean also means fresh and unused: a clean sheet of paper.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Clean can mean fair and following the rules: a clean game.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: As an adverb, clean means completely.↗ e.g. I clean forgot.↗ Example: She cleans 3 rooms in an hour.↗ · 8 of the 20 cups are clean.↗ · It takes 2 hours to clean the house.↗ · How many dirty plates are left if 12 are clean?↗ · Clean your teeth twice a day.↗ · Please clean up your toys before dinner.↗ · Start again on a clean page.↗ · Wash your hands clean before eating.↗ · He came clean and said he broke the vase.↗ · "Somebody cleaned it," says the giant.↗ · Of all clean birds ye may eat.↗ (Torah DEU.14.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Of all clean winged things ye may eat.↗ (Torah DEU.14.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And as for the flesh, every one that is clean may eat thereof.↗ (Torah LEV.7.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Is His mercy clean gone for ever?↗ (Writings PSA.77.9, JPS 1917)↗ · What is man, that he should be clean?↗ (Writings JOB.15.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean!↗ (Prophets JER.13.27, JPS 1917)↗

cleaners — Everyday, meaning 1: Cleaners are people whose job is to clean buildings, like schools, offices or homes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cleaners are also products or machines used for cleaning, like floor cleaners or vacuum cleaners.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «The cleaners» or «the dry cleaner's» is a shop that cleans clothes with special chemicals.↗ Example: The school cleaners work after everyone goes home.↗ · Keep cleaners locked away from little children.↗ · Never mix different cleaners together.↗ · Dad took his suit to the cleaners.↗ · Our vacuum cleaner is very loud.↗ · Say thank you to the cleaners for keeping school tidy.↗ · Some cleaners have a warning sign on the bottle.↗ · If you swallow cleaners by accident, tell an adult at once.↗

cleanliness — Everyday, meaning 1: Being clean or keeping things clean.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The habit of keeping yourself and your home clean.↗ Example: Cleanliness helps stop germs spreading.↗ · The restaurant got top marks for cleanliness.↗ · Grandma always said cleanliness is next to godliness.↗ · Hospitals need great cleanliness.↗ · Personal cleanliness means washing and brushing your teeth.↗ · The cat's cleanliness surprised us; it licks itself all day.↗ · Cleanliness in the kitchen keeps food safe.↗