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clothes·pin noun : a device for fastening clothes on a line

clothes·press noun : a receptacle for clothes

cloth·ier noun : a maker or seller of clothing

cloth·ing noun : garments in general

Synonyms

apparel, attire, dress, duds, raiment, wear; also garment, vestment; array, bravery, finery; rags, tatters; costume, garb, getup, guise, outfit, rig, wardrobe; haberdashery

clo·ture noun : the closing or limitation (as by calling for a vote) of debate in a legislative body

1cloud noun [ORIGIN: ME, rock, cloud, fr. OE clūd]

1 : a visible mass of particles of condensed vapor (as water or ice) suspended in the atmosphere

2 : a usu. visible mass of minute airborne particles; also : a mass of obscuring matter in interstellar space

3 : CROWD, SWARM

4 : something having a dark or threatening aspect

— cloud·i·ness noun

2cloud verb 1 : to darken or hide with or as if with a cloud : OBSCURE

2 : to make unclear or confused : CONFUSE

3 : TAINT, SULLY

Synonyms

[1] becloud, befog, blur, darken, dim, fog, haze, mist, obscure, overshadow, shroud; also blot out, conceal, hide, screen, shade; camouflage, cloak, cover, curtain, disguise, mask, veil; distort, falsify, garble, misrepresent

Antonyms

brighten, illuminate, illumine, lighten

[2] becloud, befog, blur, confuse, fog, muddy—more at CONFUSE

cloud·burst noun : a sudden heavy rainfall

Synonyms

deluge, downpour, rain, rainstorm, storm, wet—more at RAIN

cloud·less adjective : free from any cloud

Synonyms

clear, fair, sunny, sunshiny, unclouded—more at FAIR

cloud·let noun : a small cloud

cloud nine noun : a feeling of extreme well-being or elation — usu. used with on

cloudy adjective 1 : having a cloudy or overcast sky

2 : dimmed or dulled as if by clouds

3 : having visible material in suspension : MURKY

Synonyms

[1] dull, hazy, heavy, overcast—more at OVERCAST

[2] foggy, hazy, misty, murky, smoggy, soupy—more at HAZY

[3] muddy, murky, turbid; also dingy, filmy, hazy, unfiltered; opaque

Antonyms

clear

1clout noun 1 : a blow esp. with the hand

2 : the power to sway people : special influence

Synonyms

authority, influence, pull, sway, weight—more at INFLUENCE

2clout verb : to hit forcefully

1clove noun : one of the small bulbs that grows at the base of the scales of a large bulb

2clove past of CLEAVE

3clove noun [ORIGIN: ME clowe, fr. AF clou (de girofle), lit., nail of clove, fr. L clavus nail]

: the dried flower bud of an East Indian tree used esp. as a spice

clo·ven past participle of CLEAVE

cloven foot noun : CLOVEN HOOF

— cloven–foot·ed adjective

cloven hoof noun : a foot (as of a sheep) with the front part divided into two parts

— cloven–hoofed adjective

clo·ver noun : any of a genus of leguminous herbs with usu. 3-parted leaves and dense flower heads

clo·ver·leaf noun, plural cloverleafs or clo·ver·leaves : an interchange between two major highways that from above resembles a four-leaf clover

1clown noun 1 : a rude ill-bred person : BOOR

2 : a fool or comedian in an entertainment (as a circus)

Synonyms

[1] beast, boor, churl, creep, cretin, cur, heel, jerk, joker, louse, lout, skunk, slob, snake—more at JERK

[2] buffoon, harlequin, zany; also cutup, madcap; fool, jester, motley; mime, mummer; comedian, comedienne, comic, joker, wag

2clown verb : to act like a clown

Synonyms

act up, cut up, fool, horse, monkey, show off, skylark—more at CUT UP

clown·ish adjective : resembling or befitting a clown (as in ignorance and lack of sophistication)

— clown·ish·ly adverb

— clown·ish·ness noun

Synonyms

boorish, churlish, loutish, uncouth; also coarse, ill-bred, uncultivated, unpolished, unrefined; tasteless, vulgar; beastly, bestial; doltish, oafish, stupid; discourteous, impolite, rude, uncivil

Antonyms

cultivated, polished, refined, well-bred; courtly, genteel, gentlemanly, ladylike; civil,