clay

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural

clays

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)

clay

past (v2)

clayed

past participle (v3)

clayed

present participle

claying

3rd person singular

clays

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.

2. 2.An earth material with ductile qualities.

3. 3.A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.

   • The French Open is played on clay.

4. 4.The material of the human body.

   • From clay we are made.

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.To add clay to, to spread clay onto.

2. 2.To purify using clay.

   • The Portuguese had mastered the technique of claying sugar, and other European nations tried to learn the secrets from them.

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