Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 70
Clue (n.) (Naut.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail.
Clue (n.) (Naut.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail.
Clue (n.) (Naut.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended.
Clew garnet (Naut.), One of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards.
Clew line (Naut.), A rope by which a clew of one of the smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or royal, is run up to its yard.
Clew-line block (Naut.), The block through which a clew line reeves. See Illust. of Block.
Clewing (imp. & p. p. & vb. n.) of Clew.
Clew (v. t.) To direct; to guide, as by a thread. [Obs.]
Direct and clew me out the way to happiness. -- Beau. & Fl.
Clew (v. t.) (Naut.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard.
To clew down (Naut.), To force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines.
To clew up (Naut.), To draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling.
Clew (n.) A ball of yarn or cord or thread.
Clew (n.) Evidence that helps to solve a problem [syn: clue, clew, cue].
Clew (v.) Roll into a ball [syn: clue, clew].
Cliche (n.) A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief.
Cliche (n.) A trite or obvious remark.
Syn: platitude, banality, commonplace, bromide.
Clich['e] casting, A mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.
Cliche (n.) A trite or obvious remark [syn: platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide].
Click (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
Click (n.) A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.
Click (v. t.) To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] -- Halliwell.
Clicked (imp. & p. p.) of Click.
Clicking (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Click.
Click (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. -- Goldsmith.
Click (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
Click (n.) The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
Click (v. t.) To move with the sound of a click.
She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. -- Thackeray.
Click (v. t.) To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. -- Ben Jonson.
When merry milkmaids click the latch. -- Tennyson.
Click (n.) A short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click, clink].
Click (n.) A stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) [syn: suction stop, click].
Click (n.) A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: pawl, detent, click, dog].
Click (n.) Depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example" [syn: click, mouse click].
Click (v.) Move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward" [syn: snap, click].
Click (v.) Make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" [syn: click, tick].
Click (v.) Click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn: chatter, click].
Click (v.) Cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn: snap, click, flick].
Click (v.) Produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click."
Click (v.) Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: cluck, click, clack].
Click (v.) Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place].
Click, () To press and release a button on a mouse or other pointing device. This generates an event, also specifying the screen position, which is processed by the window manager or application program.
On a mouse with more than one button, the unqualified term usually implies pressing the left-most button (with the right index finger), other buttons would be qualified, e.g. "{right-click". Multiple clicks in quick succession, e.g. a double-click, often have a different meaning from slow single clicks. Keyboard modifiers may also be used, e.g. "shift-click", meaning to hold down the shift key on the keyboard while clicking the mouse button.
If the mouse moves while the button is pressed then this is a drag.
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Click beetle () (Zool.) See Elater.
Click beetle (n.) Able to right itself when on its back by flipping into the air with a clicking sound [syn: click beetle, skipjack, snapping beetle].
Clicker (n.) One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [Low, Eng.]
Clicker (n.) (Print.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.
Clicket (n.) The knocker of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
Clicket (n.) A latch key. [Eng.] -- Chaucer. clickety-clack
Clicky (a.) Resembling a click; abounding in clicks. "Their strange clicky language." -- The Century.
Clidastes (n.) (Paleon.) A genus of extinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix.
Cliency (n.) State of being a client.
Client (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.
Client (n.) A dependent; one under the protection of another.
I do think they are your friends and clients, And fearful to disturb you. -- B. Jonson.
Client (n.) A person who seeks the advice of a lawyer.
Client (n.) Someone who pays for goods or services [syn: customer, client].
Client (n.) (Computer science) Any computer that is hooked up to a computer network [syn: node, client, guest].
Client, () A computer system or process that requests a service of another computer system or process (a "{server") using some kind of protocol and accepts the server's responses. A client is part of a client-server software architecture.
For example, A workstation requesting the contents of a file from a file server is a client of the file server.
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Client () practice. One who employs and retains an attorney or counsellor to manage or defend a suit or action in which he is a party, or to advise him about some legal matters.
Client, () The duties of the client towards his counsel are, 1st. to give him a written authority, 1 Ch. Pr. 19; 2. to disclose his case with perfect candor3. to offer spontaneously, advances of money to his attorney; 2 Ch. Pr. 27; 4. he should, at the end of the suit, promptly pay his attorney his fees. Ib. His rights are, 1. to be diligently served in the management of his business 2. to be informed of its progress and, 3. that his counsel shall not disclose what has been professionally confided to him. See Attorney at law; Confidential communication.
Client (n.) (Law) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.
Client (n.) [ C ] (Customer) (B2) 客戶；顧客，主顧；委託人 A customer or someone who receives services.
// Mr Black has been a client of this firm for many years.
// We always aim to give our clients personal attention.
Client (n.) [ C ] (Computer) （連接在伺服器上的）客戶機 A computer that is connected to a server (= large central computer) from which it gets information.
Clientage (n.) State of being client.
Clientage (n.) A body of clients. -- E. Everett.
Clientage (n.) Relation of a client to a patron.
Cliental (a.) Of or pertaining to a client.
A dependent and cliental relation. -- Burke.
I sat down in the cliental chair. -- Dickens.
Cliented (a.) Supplied with clients. [R.]
The least cliented pettifiggers. -- R. Carew.
Clientelage (n.) See Clientele, n., 2.
Clientele (n.) The condition or position of a client; clientship. [Obs.] -- Bp. Hall.
Clientele (n.) The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.
Clientele (n.) The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.
Clientele (n.) Customers collectively; "they have an upper class clientele" [syn: clientele, patronage, business].
Clientship (n.) Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron. -- Dryden.
Cliff (n.) （尤指海邊的）懸崖，峭壁 [C] A high, steep rock; a precipice.
{Cliff swallow} (Zool.), A North American swallow ({Petrochelidon lunifrons}), which builds its nest against cliffs; the {eaves swallow}.
Cliff (n.) (Mus.) See {Clef}. [Obs.]
Cliff (a.) A steep high face of rock; "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop" [syn: {cliff}, {drop}, {drop-off}].
Compare: Precipice
Precipice (n.) 斷崖，絕壁；危急的處境；災難的邊緣 A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.
‘We swerved toward the edge of the precipice.’
Compare: Clef
Clef (n.) (Music) 【音】譜號 Any of several symbols placed at the left hand end of a stave, indicating the pitch of the notes written on it.
Cliff limestone () (Geol.) A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.
Cliffy (a.) Having cliffs; broken; craggy.
Clift (n.) A cliff. [Obs.]
That gainst the craggy clifts did loudly roar. -- Spenser.
Clift (n.) A cleft of crack; a narrow opening. [Obs.]
Clift (n.) The fork of the legs; the crotch. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Clifted (a.) Broken; fissured.
Climb the Ande? clifted side. -- Grainger.
Climacter (n.) See Climacteric, n.
Climacteric (a.) Relating to a climacteric; critical.
Climacteric (n.) A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year.
Climacteric (n.) Any critical period.
It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world. -- Southey.
Climacteric (n.) A period in a man's life corresponding to menopause.
Climacteric (n.) The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends [syn: menopause, climacteric, change of life].
Climacterical (a. & n.) See Climacteric. -- Evelyn.
Climatal (a.) Climatic. -- Dunglison.
Climatarchic (a.) Presiding over, or regulating, climates.
Climate (n.) (Anc. Geog.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day.
Climate (n.) The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.
Climate (v. i.) To dwell. [Poetic] -- Shak.
Climate (n.) The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate, clime].
Climate (n.) The prevailing psychological state; "the climate of opinion"; "the national mood had changed radically since the last election" [syn: climate, mood].
Climatic (a.) Of or pertaining to a climate; depending on, or limited by, a climate.
Climatic (a.) Of or relating to a climate; "climatic changes" [syn: climatic, climatical].
Climatical (a.) Climatic.
Climatical (a.) Of or relating to a climate; "climatic changes" [syn: climatic, climatical].
Climatized (imp. & p. p.) of Climatize.
Climatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Climatize.
Climatize (v. t. & i.) 使順應氣候 To acclimate or become acclimated.
Compare: Acclimate (【美】= Acclimatize)
Acclimate (v. t. ) (v. t.) 使適應新環境，使服水土 (v. i.) 服水土To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize. -- J. H. Newman.
Acclimate (v.) Get used to a certain climate; "They never acclimatized in Egypt" [syn: {acclimatize}, {acclimatise}, {acclimate}].
Climatography (n.) 氣候誌 A scientific description of climates.
Climatological (a.) 氣候學的 Of or pertaining to climatology.
Climatologist (n.) 氣候學家 One versed in, or who studies, climatology.
Climatologist (n.) Someone who is expert in climatology.
Climatology (n.) 氣候學 The science which
treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. -- Brande &
C.
Climatology (n.) Meteorology of climates and
their phenomena.
Climature (n.) A climate. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Climax (n.) [C] 頂點，最高點；高潮；（修辭學中的）層進法 Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. -- Glanvill.
Climax (n.) (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness. "Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope" -- a happy climax. -- J. D. Forbes.
Climax (n.) The highest point; the greatest degree.
We must look higher for the climax of earthly good. -- I. Taylor.
To cap the climax, To surpass everything, as in excellence or in absurdity. [Colloq.]
Climax (n.) The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success" [syn: {climax}, {flood tide}].
Climax (n.) The decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" [syn: {climax}, {culmination}].
Climax (n.) The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse [syn: {orgasm}, {climax}, {sexual climax}, {coming}].
Climax (n.) The most severe stage of a disease.
Climax (n.) Arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness.
Climax (v.) 使達到頂點（或高潮） End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" [syn: {culminate}, {climax}].
Climax, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000): 297
Housing Units (2000): 134
Land area (2000): 0.790467 sq. miles (2.047300 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.790467 sq. miles (2.047300 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16908
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 30.877194 N, 84.431975 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 31734
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Climax, GA
Climax
Climax, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 64
Housing Units (2000): 29
Land area (2000): 0.125651 sq. miles (0.325434 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.125651 sq. miles (0.325434 sq. km)
FIPS code: 14275
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 37.720155 N, 96.223888 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 67137
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Climax, KS
Climax
Climax, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000): 791
Housing
Units (2000): 291
Land area (2000): 1.027410 sq. miles (2.660980 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.027410 sq. miles (2.660980 sq. km)
FIPS code: 16440
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 42.237493 N, 85.336970 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49034
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Climax, MI
Climax
Climax, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000): 243
Housing Units (2000): 124
Land area (2000): 1.145192 sq. miles (2.966034 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.145192 sq. miles (2.966034 sq. km)
FIPS code: 11962
Located within: Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location: 47.608772 N, 96.815453 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note:
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Climax, MN
Climax
Compare: Culminate
Culminate (v. i.) 達到最高點；達到高潮；告終 [（+in）] ；（天體）到子午線 (v. t.) 使達最高點（或高潮）；使結束 Reach a climax or point of highest development.
‘The tensions and disorders which culminated in World War II.’
Culminate (v. i.) [With object ] Be the climax or point of highest development of.
‘Her book culminated a research project on the symmetry studies of Escher.’
Culminate (v. i.) [Astronomy] [Astrology] (Of a celestial body) Reach the highest point at the meridian.
‘Thus if the fixed star Regulus culminates on the Midheaven as Mercury rises on the ascendant it is referred to as a paran of Mercury and considered to have an influence upon its meaning.’
Climbed (imp. & p. p.) of Climb.
Clomb () of Climb.
Climbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Climb.
Climb (v. i.) 爬，攀登；沿著...攀緣而上；登上；爬，攀登；逐漸上升；徐徐上升，攀緣向上 To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
Climb (v. i.) To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. -- Dryden.
Climb (v. i.) (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.
Climb (v. t.) To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.
Climb (n.) 攀登；爬 The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. -- Warburton.
Climb (n.) An upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" [syn: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade] [ant: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall].
Climb (n.) An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: climb, climbing, mounting].
Climb (n.) The act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" [syn: climb, mount].
Climb (v.) Go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: climb, climb up, mount, go up].
Climb (v.) Move with difficulty, by grasping.
Climb (v.) Go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: wax, mount, climb, rise] [ant: wane].
Climb (v.) Slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill."
Climb (v.) Improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder."
Climb (v.) Increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" [syn: rise, go up, climb].
Climbable (a.) Capable of being climbed.
Climbable (a.) Capable of being ascended [syn: ascendable, ascendible, climbable].
Climbable (a.) Capable of being surmounted [syn: surmountable, climbable].
Climber (n.) One who, or that which, climbs.
Climber (n.) (Bot.) A plant that climbs.
Climber (n.) (Zool.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot.
Climber (v. i.) To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. [Obs.] -- Tusser.
Climber (n.) A vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants.
Climber (n.) Someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior [syn: social climber, climber].
Climber (n.) Someone who ascends on foot; "a solitary mounter of the staircase" [syn: mounter, climber].
Climber (n.) Someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains; "the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes."
Climber (n.) An iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing [syn: crampon, crampoon, climbing iron, climber].
Climbing () p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb.
Climbing fern. See under Fern.
Climbing perch. (Zool.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.
Climb (v. i.) [imp. & p. p. Climbed, Obs. or Vulgar Clomb; p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.] To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
Climb (v. i.) To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. -- Dryden.
Climb (v. i.) (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.
Climbing (n.) An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: climb, climbing, mounting].
Clime (n.) A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.
Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display. -- Goldsmith.
Clime (n.) The weather in some location averaged over some long period of time; "the dank climate of southern Wales"; "plants from a cold clime travel best in winter" [syn: climate, clime].
Clinanthium (n.) (Bot.) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.
Clinched (imp. & p. p.) of Clinch.
Clinching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clinch.
Clinch (v. t.) To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." -- Dryden.
Clinch (v. t.) To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. -- Swift.
Clinch (v. t.) To bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven through an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.
Clinch (v. t.) To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. -- South.
Clinch (v. i.) To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.
Clinch (n.) The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.
Clinch (n.) A pun. -- Pope.
Clinch (n.) (Naut.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.
Clinch (n.) (Boxing) The act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily.
Clinch (n.) A small slip noose made with seizing [syn: clinch, clench].
Clinch (n.) The flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet.
Clinch (n.) A device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together [syn: clamp, clinch].
Clinch (n.) A tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug" [syn: hug, clinch, squeeze].
Clinch (v.) Secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall."
Clinch (v.) Hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent Punches.
Clinch (v.) Hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel" [syn: clench, clinch].
Clinch (v.) Embrace amorously.
Clinch (v.) Flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched."
Clinch (v.) Settle conclusively; "clinch a deal."
Clinch -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 6878
Housing Units (2000): 2837
Land area (2000): 809.287995 sq. miles (2096.046195 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 14.884630 sq. miles (38.551013 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 824.172625 sq. miles (2134.597208 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 30.945683 N, 82.716673 W
Headwords:
Clinch
Clinch, GA
Clinch County
Clinch County, GA
Clinch (v.) ( Informal) (Win) [ T ] 獲得；最終贏得；達成 To finally get or win something.
// I hear he finally clinched the deal to buy the land he wanted.
Clinch (v.) (Decide) Clinch it使下定決心；使敲定；使確定 To make someone decide what to do after a lot of thought or discussion.
// When they said the job would involve travelling to Paris, that clinched it (for her) (= that made her certain that she wanted the job).
Clinch (n.) [ C ] （打架時的）扭抱；（表示親熱時的）擁抱 The position two people are in when they are holding each other tightly in their arms, when fighting or showing love.
Clincher (n.) 緊鉗；夾子；決定性的論點；關鍵；決定勝利的最後一擊 One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast. -- Pope.
Clincher (n.) That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.
Clincher (n.) An argument that is conclusive [syn: {clincher}, {determiner}, {determining factor}].
Clincher (n.) A point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively [syn: {clincher}, {decisive factor}].
Clincher (n.) A tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets.
Compare: Conclusive
Conclusive (a.) 決定性的；確實的；最終的 (Of evidence or argument) Having or likely to have the effect of proving a case; decisive.
‘Conclusive evidence.’
‘The findings were by no means conclusive.’
Conclusive (a.) (Of a victory) Achieved easily or by a large margin.
‘A conclusive 5–O win’
Compare: Conclusively
Conclusively (adv.) 決定性地；確定地 In a decisive way that has the effect of proving a case.
‘The story had been conclusively debunked.’
‘I have shown conclusively that there was no such epidemic.’
Conclusively (adv.) In a way that is achieved easily or by a large margin.
‘Wars are difficult to win conclusively.’
Clincher-built (a.) See Clinker-built.
Clincher-built (a.) Having overlapping hull planks [syn: clinker-built, clincher-built, lap-strake, lap-straked, lap-streak, lap-streaked] [ant: carvel-built].
Clung (imp. & p. p.) of Cling.
Clong () of Cling.
Clinging (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cling.