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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
Clepsine
- - A genus of fresh-water leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.
Clergial
- - Learned; erudite; clerical.
Clergies
- noun - in Christianity, clergymen collectively (as distinguished from the laity)
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"
Clingier
- unknown - being more clingy
Clinging
- 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"
- hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
- to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."
Clinking
- verb - like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped
- make a high sound typical of glass; "champagne glasses clinked to make a toast"
- make or emit a high sound; "tinkling bells"