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clack /klæ k/ (clacks , clacking , clacked ) VERB If things clack or if you clack them, they make a short loud noise, especially when they hit each other. □ [V ] The windshield wipers clacked back and forth. □ [V n] I clacked one ski against the other and almost tripped. ● N‑SING ; N‑COUNT Clack is also a noun. □ [+ of ] …listening to the clack of her shoes on the stairs. □  Her bracelets were going clack-clack-clack, she was shaking so hard.

clad /klæ d/

1 ADJ [adv ADJ ] If you are clad in particular clothes, you are wearing them. [LITERARY ] □ [+ in ] …the figure of a woman, clad in black. □  …posters of scantily-clad women. ● COMB Clad is also a combining form. □  …the leather-clad biker.

2 ADJ A building, part of a building, or mountain that is clad with something is covered by that thing. [LITERARY ] □ [+ in/with ] The walls and floors are clad with ceramic tiles. ● COMB Clad is also a combining form. □  …the distant shapes of snow-clad mountains.

clad|ding /klæ d I ŋ/

1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft n N ] Cladding is a covering of tiles, wooden boards, or other material that is fixed to the outside of a building to protect it against bad weather or to make it look more attractive. □  …stone cladding.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Cladding is a layer of metal which is put round fuel rods in a nuclear reactor.

claim ◆◆◆ /kle I m/ (claims , claiming , claimed )

1 VERB If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. □ [V that] He claimed that it was all a conspiracy against him. □ [V to-inf] A man claiming to be a journalist threatened to reveal details about her private life. □ [V with quote] 'I had never received one single complaint against me,' claimed the humiliated doctor. □ [V n] He claims a 70 to 80 per cent success rate.

2 N‑COUNT [oft N that] A claim is something which someone says which they cannot prove and which may be false. □  He repeated his claim that the people backed his action. □  He rejected claims that he had affairs with six women.

3 VERB If you say that someone claims responsibility or credit for something, you mean they say that they are responsible for it, but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth. □ [V n] An underground organisation has claimed responsibility for the bomb explosion.

4 VERB If you claim something, you try to get it because you think you have a right to it. □ [V n] Now they are returning to claim what was theirs.

5 N‑COUNT A claim is a demand for something that you think you have a right to. □ [+ to ] Rival claims to Macedonian territory caused conflict in the Balkans.

6 VERB If someone claims a record, title, or prize, they gain or win it. [JOURNALISM ] □ [V n] Zhuang claimed the record in 54.64 seconds.

7 N‑COUNT If you have a claim on someone or their attention, you have the right to demand things from them or to demand their attention. □ [+ on ] She'd no claims on him now. □ [+ on ] He was surrounded by people, all with claims on his attention.

8 VERB If something or someone claims your attention, they need you to spend your time and effort on them. □ [V n] There is already a long list of people claiming her attention.