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clod

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clod  (kld)
n.
1. A lump or chunk, especially of earth or clay.
2. Earth or soil.
3. A dull, stupid person; a dolt.

[Middle English, variant of clot, lump; see clot.]

cloddish adj.
cloddish·ly adv.
cloddish·ness n.

clod [klɒd]
n
1. a lump of earth or clay
2. earth, esp when heavy or in hard lumps
3. Also called clodpole clod poll clodpate a dull or stupid person
4. (Cookery) a cut of beef taken from the shoulder
[Old English clod- (occurring in compound words) lump; related to cloud]
cloddy  adj
cloddish  adj
cloddishly  adv
cloddishness  n

Clod a mass or lump of any solid matter.
Example: clod of earth, clay, iron, brass, turf.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.clodclod - a compact mass; "a ball of mud caught him on the shoulder"
clot, coagulum - a lump of material formed from the content of a liquid
agglomeration - a jumbled collection or mass
gob - a lump of slimy stuff; "a gob of phlegm"
clew - a ball of yarn or cord or thread
2.clodclod - an awkward stupid person            
clumsy person - a person with poor motor coordination

clod
noun lump, piece, block, mass, chunk, clump, hunk a clod of earth from which a mass of thick plant roots protruded
Translations
clod [klɒd] N
1. [of earth] → terrón m
2. (= person) → patán m, zoquete mf
you clod!¡bestia!

clod [ˈklɒd] n
a clod of earth → une motte de terre

clod
n
(of earth)Klumpen m
(fig: = person, also clodpole) → Trottel m; this silly great cloddieser Obertrottel (inf)

clod [klɒd] nzolla
clod [klɒd] nzolla

clod
n clod [klod]
a thick lump, especially of earth. kluit, klont كُتْلَه من الطّين буца пръст hrouda klump der Erdklumpen σβόλος terrón (mulla)kamakas کلوخ kokkare motte גוּש אֲדָמָה ढेला gruda, grumen rög gumpalan (moldar)köggull zolla 土のかたまり 덩어리 grumstas kukurznis; zemes pika gumpalan tanah kluit (jord-/leir)klump grudka torrão bulgăre ком hruda kepa, gruda busen klump แผ่นดิน kesek, topak 土塊 грудка, брила ڈھیلا cục đất


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To learn and discern of his brother the clod, Of his brother the brute, and his brother the God.
Man early invented God, often of stone, or clod, or fire, and placed him in trees and mountains and among the stars.
It was as if a clumsy clod had trod upon his toe and he conceived it to be his privilege, his duty, to use deep, resentful oaths.
 
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