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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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2019
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SYNONYMS: near, nearby

4 People who are close are very friendly with each other and know each other well.

5 If the weather is close, it is uncomfortably warm and stuffy.

NOUN 6 a street that is closed at one end • We live in Park Close.

closely ADVERB

close-up close-ups

Said “klohss-up” NOUN A close-up in a film or a photograph is taken at very close range and shows things in great detail.

cloth cloths

NOUN 1 fabric made by a process such as weaving

2 a piece of material used for wiping or protecting things

clothes

PLURAL NOUN things people wear on their bodies

cloud clouds

NOUN 1 a mass of water vapour that is seen as a white or grey patch in the sky

2 A cloud of smoke or dust is a mass of it floating in the air.

cloudy cloudier, cloudiest

ADJECTIVE 1 full of clouds • The sky was cloudy.

SYNONYMS: dull, overcast

2 difficult to see through • a cloudy liquid

SYNONYM: murky

clover

NOUN a small plant with leaves made up of three similar parts

clown clowns

NOUN a circus performer who wears funny clothes and make-up and does silly things to make people laugh

club clubs

NOUN 1 a group of people with similar interests, who meet regularly. The place where they meet is also called a club. • a youth club

2 a team that competes in sports competitions

clue clues

NOUN something that helps solve a problem or mystery • Police have found clues to the robbery.

clueless

ADJECTIVE INFORMAL If you say that someone is clueless, you think they are stupid and not able to do things properly.

clump clumps

NOUN a small group of things growing or standing close together • a clump of trees

clumsy clumsier, clumsiest

ADJECTIVE moving awkwardly and carelessly

SYNONYMS: awkward, ungainly

clumsily ADVERB

clung

VERB the past tense and past participle of cling (#ulink_3809a8cc-2b60-5df6-95d0-13e6462c0dfe)

cluster clusters, clustering, clustered

NOUN 1 a group of things together • There is a cluster of houses by the lake.

VERB 2 If people cluster together, they stay together in a close group.

[from Old English clyster meaning bunch of grapes]

clutch clutches, clutching, clutched

VERB If you clutch something, you hold it tightly or seize it.

clutter clutters, cluttering, cluttered

NOUN 1 an untidy mess

VERB 2 Things that clutter a place fill it and make it untidy.

coach coaches, coaching, coached

NOUN 1 a large bus that takes passengers on long journeys
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