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claque noun [ORIGIN: F, fr. claquer to clap]

1 : a group hired to applaud at a performance

2 : a group of sycophants

clar·et noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF (vin) claret clear wine]

: a dry red wine

clar·i·fi·ca·tion noun : the act or process of clarifying; also : something that clarifies

Synonyms

construction, elucidation, explanation, explication, exposition, illumination, illustration, interpretation—more at EXPLANATION

clar·i·fy verb -fied; -fy·ing : to make or become clear

Synonyms

clear, construe, demonstrate, elucidate, explain, explicate, expound, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out—more at EXPLAIN

clear, distill, filter, purify; also process, refine; clean, cleanse, purge; extract, leach; screen, sieve, sift

clar·i·net noun : a single-reed woodwind instrument in the form of a cylindrical tube with a moderately flaring end

— clar·i·net·ist or clar·i·net·tist noun

clar·i·on adjective : brilliantly clear

clar·i·ty noun : the quality or state of being clear : LUCIDITY

Synonyms

explicitness, lucidity, perspicuity, simplicity—more at SIMPLICITY

1clash verb 1 : to make or cause to make a clash

2 : to be incompatible

3 : to come into conflict

Synonyms

[2] collide, conflict, jar; also mismatch; battle, combat, fight, war (against); chafe, gall, grate, jangle; differ, disagree

Antonyms

blend, harmonize, match

usually clash with [3] battle, combat, fight, scrimmage, skirmish, war—more at FIGHT

2clash noun 1 : a noisy usu. metallic sound of collision

2 : a hostile encounter; also : a conflict of opinion

Synonyms

[1] clang—more at CLANG

[2] battle, combat, conflict, contest, fight, fracas, fray, hassle, scrap, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle—more at FIGHT

1clasp noun 1 : a device (as a hook) for holding objects or parts together

2 : a holding or enveloping with or as if with the hands or arms : EMBRACE, GRASP

2clasp verb : to enclose and hold with the arms or hands

Synonyms

caress, embrace, enfold, grasp, hug—more at EMBRACE

grasp, grip, hold, take—more at TAKE

1class noun [ORIGIN: F classe, fr. L classis group called to military service, fleet, class]

1 : a group of students meeting regularly in a course; also : a group graduating together

2 : a course of instruction; also : the period when such a course is taught

3 a : social rank; especially : high social rank

b : high quality : ELEGANCE

4 : a group of the same general status or nature; especially : a major category in biological classification that is above the order and below the phylum

5 : a division or rating based on grade or quality

— class·less adjective

Synonyms

[3a] caste, estate, folk, order, place, position, rank, standing, status, stratum; also bracket, level, tier; place, grouping, hierarchy, stratification; clan, family, people, race, tribe

[3b] elegance, grace, handsomeness, majesty, refinement, stateliness—more at ELEGANCE

[4] breed, description, feather, ilk, kind, like, manner, nature, order, sort, species, type—more at SORT

[5] bracket, category, division, family, grade, group, kind, order, set, species, type; also description, feather, ilk, nature, sort; branch, section, subdivision, subgroup, variety; breed, race; classification, heading, label, rubric, title

2class verb : to arrange in classes : CLASSIFY

Synonyms

assort, break down, categorize, classify, grade, group, peg, place, range, rank, separate, sort—more at CLASSIFY

class action noun : a legal action undertaken in behalf of the plaintiffs and all others having an identical interest in the alleged wrong

1classic adjective 1 : serving as a standard of excellence; also : TRADITIONAL

2 : CLASSICAL 2

3 : notable esp. as the best example

4 : AUTHENTIC

5 : typical or regarded as typical : ideally illustrative

Synonyms

[1] model, paradigmatic, quintessential, traditional—more at MODEL

[5] characteristic, distinct, distinctive, individual, peculiar, proper, symptomatic,