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Clashing
- verb - be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash"
- crash together with violent impact; "The cars collided"; "Two meteors clashed"
- disagree violently; "We clashed over the new farm policies"
- sharply and harshly discordant; "clashing interests of loggers and conservationists"; "clashing colors"
Clasping
- verb - fasten with a buckle or buckles
- fasten with or as if with a brooch
- grasp firmly; "The child clasped my hands"
- hold firmly and tightly
Classing
- verb - arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"
Cleaning
- verb - be cleanable; "This stove cleans easily"
- clean and tidy up the house; "She housecleans every week"
- clean one's body or parts thereof, as by washing; "clean up before you see your grandparents"; "clean your fingernails before dinner"
- deprive wholly of money in a gambling game, robbery, etc.; "The other players cleaned him completely"
- make clean by removing dirt, filth, or unwanted substances from; "Clean the stove!"; "The dentist cleaned my teeth"
- remove all contents or possession from, or empty completely; "The boys cleaned the sandwich platters"; "The trees were cleaned of apples by the storm"
- remove shells or husks from; "clean grain before milling it"
- remove unwanted substances from
- remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits; "Clean the turkey"
- remove while making clean; "Clean the spots off the rug"
- the act of making something clean; "he gave his shoes a good cleaning"
Clearing
- verb -
- a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area
- be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts; "The check will clear within 2 business days"
- become clear; "The sky cleared after the storm"
- clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.; "clear the water before it can be drunk"
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
- free (the throat) by making a rasping sound; "Clear the throat"
- free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment; "Clear the ship and let it dock"
- go away or disappear; "The fog cleared in the afternoon"
- go unchallenged; be approved; "The bill cleared the House"
- grant authorization or clearance for; "Clear the manuscript for publication"; "The rock star never
Cleating
- verb - provide with cleats; "cleat running shoes for better traction"
- secure on a cleat; "cleat a line"
Cleaving
- verb - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"
- separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument; "cleave the bone"
- Sever
- Split
- To hew
Clerking
- verb - the activity of recording business transactions
- work as a clerk, as in the legal business
Clicking
- verb -
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"
- make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"
- produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"
Climbing
- verb - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
- go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
- improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
- increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
- move with difficulty, by grasping
- slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"