Lexicon: clime – close

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clime (-s), n. [L. clima; see climate, n.] (webplay: sun's).

Climate; tract or region of land.

cling (clung), v. [OE clingan < Ger. sich klinken, fasten oneself on.] (webplay: adhere).

Adhere; grasp; cleave or hold fast to something.

clip (-t), v. [ME clipp-en.] (webplay: round).

Curtail; diminish; cut short.

cloak, n. [OFr < med. L. cloca, cape worn by horsemen and travelers.] (webplay: hide).

Loose outer garment worn over other clothes; [fig.] something that conceals.

clock (-s), n. [OE clucge < Central Fr. cloche, bell.] (webplay: bell, call, figure, great, hours, movement, pendulum, seconds, striking, stroke, time, work).

  1. Heartbeat.
  2. Time instrument; timepiece set by winding; [fig.] life; heart supporting a life.
  3. Rigor; regularity; reliable feature; dependable characteristic; [fig.] reality; truth; veracity; validity.
  4. Bell rung for the measurement of time; passage of hours and minutes as indicated by hands or pointers, on a face or dial-plate.
  5. Sundial; [fig.] season; passage of time.

clog, v. [Known since 14th c.; derivation obscure.]

Hinder; impede; obstruct; fill with something that retards or hinders motion.

close (-r), adj. [Fr. < L. claus-um, closed, shut.] (webplay: bringing, day, earth, eyes, fence, key, land, measures, night, place, plank, shut, stopping, time, window).

Near; nearby; nigh; not far from another in space.

close (-r), adv. [see close, adj.] (webplay: book, day, door, eyes, fast, high, key, lid, life, night, manner, move, pause, place, pressing, rest, shuts, stopping, tight, time, up).

  1. Near; nearby; in immediate proximity.
  2. Tight; shut solidly; fast, so as to leave no interstices, outlets, or openings.

close, n. [see close, v.] (webplay: day, eyes, final, gate, land, lid, life, low, night, open, separate, wound).

End; conclusion; termination; finishing part; [fig.] death.

close (-d, -s), v. [ME < OFr < L. claud-ere, to shut, close.] (webplay: attending, book, bore, cover, eyes, day, door, gate, lid, life, low, night, open, parts, pause, shut, shutter, tight, time, up, whole).

  1. End; finish; terminate; conclude; [fig.] die.
  2. Stop; block; shut.
  3. Shut; bring parts into near contact; come together into contact or union.
  4. Cover; inclose; encompass.