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clod

/klɒd/

/klɑd/

clodnoun

clods

/klɒd/

/klɑd/

Translations

ком

The farmer picked up a clod of earth.

Фермер поднял ком земли.

глыба

He tripped over a clod of dirt in the field.

Он споткнулся о глыбу земли в поле.

Additional translations

болван

кусок земли

Definitions

A lump of earth or clay.

The farmer kicked a clod of dirt as he walked through the field.

A stupid or dull person.

He was such a clod that he couldn't understand the simplest instructions.

Synonyms

clodverb

clodded

Past Simple

clodded

Past Participle

clodding

Gerund

Definitions

To pelt or cover with clods of earth or clay.

The boys clodded the fence posts with wet mud.

(intransitive, of soil) To break up or form into lumps or clods.

The dry ground clodded as the sun beat down.

Synonyms

clump together

lump together

lump

clodadjective

/klɒd/

/klɑd/

Attributive use before nouns (e.g., "clod crusher")

Definitions

Attributive: consisting of or relating to clods of earth or clay.

The machine is designed for clod removal in freshly ploughed fields.

Synonyms