5 letter words starting with cl

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  • CLACH
  • CLACK
  • CLADE
  • CLADS
  • CLAES
  • CLAGS
  • CLAIM
  • CLAIR
  • CLAME
  • CLAMP
  • CLAMS
  • CLANG
  • CLANK
  • CLANS
  • CLAPS
  • CLAPT
  • CLARO
  • CLART
  • CLARY
  • CLASH
  • CLASP
  • CLASS
  • CLAST
  • CLATS
  • CLAUT
  • CLAVE
  • CLAVI
  • CLAWS
  • CLAYS
  • CLEAN
  • CLEAR
  • CLEAT
  • CLECK
  • CLEEK
  • CLEEP
  • CLEFS
  • CLEFT
  • CLEGS
  • CLEIK
  • CLEMS
  • CLEPE
  • CLEPT
  • CLERK
  • CLEVE
  • CLEWS
  • CLICK
  • CLIED
  • CLIES
  • CLIFF
  • CLIFT
  • CLIMB
  • CLIME
  • CLINE
  • CLING
  • CLINK
  • CLINT
  • CLIPE
  • CLIPS
  • CLIPT
  • CLITS
  • CLOAK
  • CLOAM
  • CLOCK
  • CLODS
  • CLOFF
  • CLOGS
  • CLOKE
  • CLOMB
  • CLOMP
  • CLONE
  • CLONK
  • CLONS
  • CLOOP
  • CLOOT
  • CLOPS
  • CLOSE
  • CLOTE
  • CLOTH
  • CLOTS
  • CLOUD
  • CLOUR
  • CLOUS
  • CLOUT
  • CLOVE
  • CLOWN
  • CLOWS
  • CLOYE
  • CLOYS
  • CLOZE
  • CLUBS
  • CLUCK
  • CLUED
  • CLUES
  • CLUEY
  • CLUMP
  • CLUNG
  • CLUNK
  • CLYPE

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Definition of clans

clans (noun)

  1. A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
  2. A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
  3. Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
  4. A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
  5. A badger colony.

Definition of clepe

clepe (noun)

  1. A cry; an appeal; a call.

clepe (verb)

  1. To give a call; cry out; appeal.
  2. To call; call upon; cry out to.
  3. To call to oneself; invite; summon.
  4. To call; call by the name of; name.
  5. (often with 'on') To tell lies about; inform against (someone).
  6. To be loquacious; tattle; gossip.
  7. To report; relate; tell.

Definition of clews

clews (noun)

  1. A roughly spherical mass or body.
  2. A ball of thread or yarn.
  3. Yarn or thread as used to guide one's way through a maze or labyrinth; a guide, a clue.
  4. The lower corner(s) of a sail to which a sheet is attached for trimming the sail (adjusting its position relative to the wind); the metal loop or cringle in the corner of the sail, to which the sheet is attached. (on a triangular sail) The trailing corner relative to the wind direction.
  5. (in the plural) The sheets so attached to a sail.
  6. (in the plural) The cords suspending a hammock.

clews (noun)

  1. A strand of yarn etc. as used to guide one through a labyrinth; something which points the way, a guide.
  2. Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion.
  3. An object or a kind of indication which may be used as evidence.
  4. Insight or understanding ("to have a clue [about]" or "to have clue". See have a clue, clue stick)


Definition of clips

clips (noun)

  1. Something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
  2. An unspecified but normally understood as rapid speed or pace.
  3. An embrace.
  4. A frame containing a number of bullets which is intended to be inserted into the magazine of a firearm to allow for rapid reloading.
  5. A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; a toe clip or beak.
  6. A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.

clips (verb)

  1. To grip tightly.
  2. To fasten with a clip.
  3. To hug, embrace.
  4. To collect signatures, generally with the use of a clipboard.

clips (noun)

  1. Something which has been clipped from a larger whole:
  2. An act of clipping, such as a haircut.
  3. The condition of something, its state.
  4. A blow with the hand (often in the set phrase clip round the ear)

clips (verb)

  1. To cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc.
  2. To curtail; to cut short.
  3. To strike with the hand.
  4. To hit or strike, especially in passing.
  5. An illegal tackle: Throwing the body across the back of an opponent's leg or hitting him from the back below the waist while moving up from behind unless the opponent is a runner or the action is in close line play.
  6. To cut off a signal level at a certain maximum value.
  7. To discard (an occluded part of a model or scene) rather than waste resources on rendering it.
  8. (Of a camera, character model, etc.) To move (through or into) (a rendered object or barrier).
  9. To cheat, swindle, or fleece.
  10. To grab or take stealthily