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1 N‑VAR Cloves are small dried flower buds used as a spice. □ …chicken soup with cloves.

2 N‑COUNT A clove of garlic is one of the sections of a garlic bulb.

clo|ven hoof /kloʊ v^ə n huː f/ (cloven hooves or cloven hoofs ) N‑COUNT Animals that have cloven hooves have feet that are divided into two parts. Cows, sheep, and goats have cloven hooves.

clo|ver /kloʊ və^r / (clovers ) N‑VAR Clover is a small plant with pink or white ball-shaped flowers. □ …a four-leaf clover.

clown /klaʊ n/ (clowns , clowning , clowned )

1 N‑COUNT A clown is a performer in a circus who wears funny clothes and bright make-up, and does silly things in order to make people laugh.

2 VERB If you clown , you do silly things in order to make people laugh. □ [V ] Bruno clowned and won affection everywhere. ● PHRASAL VERB Clown around and clown about mean the same as clown . □ [V P ] Bev made her laugh, the way she was always clowning around. ● clown|ing N‑UNCOUNT □ She senses that behind the clowning there is a terrible sense of anguish.

3 N‑COUNT If you say that someone is a clown , you mean that they say funny things or do silly things to amuse people. □ He was laughing, the clown of the twosome.

4 N‑COUNT If you describe someone as a clown , you disapprove of them and have no respect for them. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ I still think I could do a better job than those clowns in Washington.

clown|fish /klaʊ nf I ʃ/ (clownfish ) N‑COUNT A clownfish is a small, brightly-coloured sea fish.

clown|ish /klaʊ n I ʃ/ ADJ If you describe a person's appearance or behaviour as clownish , you mean that they look or behave rather like a clown, and often that they appear rather foolish. □ He had a clownish sense of humour.

cloy|ing /klɔ I I ŋ/ ADJ You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental. □ Her cheap, cloying scent enveloped him.

cloze /kloʊ z/ (clozes ) N‑COUNT [usu N n] In language teaching, a cloze test is a test in which words are removed from a text and replaced with spaces. The learner has to fill each space with a suitable word. [TECHNICAL ]

club ◆◆◆ /klʌ b/ (clubs , clubbing , clubbed )

1 N‑COUNT A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis. □ …the Chorlton Conservative Club. □ …a youth club. □ He was club secretary.

2 N‑COUNT [oft poss N ] A club is a place where the members of a club meet. □ I stopped in at the club for a drink.

3 N‑COUNT A club is a team which competes in sporting competitions. □ …Liverpool football club.

4 N‑COUNT A club is the same as a nightclub . □ It's a big dance hit in the clubs. □ …the London club scene.

5 N‑COUNT A club is a long, thin, metal stick with a piece of wood or metal at one end that you use to hit the ball in golf. □ …a six-iron club.

6 N‑COUNT A club is a thick heavy stick that can be used as a weapon. □ Men armed with knives and clubs attacked his home.

7 VERB To club a person or animal means to hit them hard with a thick heavy stick or a similar weapon. □ [V n] Two thugs clubbed him with baseball bats. □ [V n + to ] Clubbing baby seals to death for their pelts is wrong.

8 N‑UNCOUNT [with sing or pl verb] Clubs is one of the four suits in a pack of playing cards. Each card in the suit is marked with one or more black symbols: ♣. □ …the ace of clubs. ● N‑COUNT A club is a playing card of this suit. □ The next player discarded a club.

▸ club together PHRASAL VERB If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it. [BRIT ] □ [V P ] For my thirtieth birthday, my friends clubbed together and bought me a watch. COLLOCATIONS club NOUN