Index of English words, starting with "cl"

(1) - Climbing () p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb.
(2) - Climbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Climb

(1) - Clime (n.) A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.

(1) - Clinch (n.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
(2) - Clinch (n.) A pun.
(3) - Clinch (n.) The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.
(4) - Clinch (v. i.) To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
(5) - Clinch (v. t.) To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument.
(6) - Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.
(7) - Clinch (v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first.
(8) - Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly.

(1) - Clincher (n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.
(2) - Clincher (n.) One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.

(1) - Cling (n.) Adherence; attachment; devotion.
(2) - Cling (v. t.) To make to dry up or wither.
(3) - Cling (v. t.) To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embracing.
(4) - Cling (v. i.) To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together.