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Antonyms for clod

Grammar : Noun
Spell : klod
Phonetic Transcription : klÉ’d

Definition of clod

Origin :
  • "lump of earth or clay," Old English clod- (in clodhamer "the fieldfare," a kind of thrush, literally "field-goer"), from Proto-Germanic *kludda-, from PIE *gleu- (see clay).
  • Synonymous with collateral clot until meaning differentiated 18c. Meaning "person" ("mere lump of earth") is from 1590s; that of "blockhead" is from c.1600 (cf. clodpate, clodpoll, etc.). It also was a verb in Middle English, meaning both "to coagulate, form into clods" and "to break up clods after plowing."
  • noun stupid person
Example sentences :
  • Tons of water fell on her decks, with the dull sound of the clod on the coffin.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • And thereupon he picked up a clod of earth and flung it at her.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • "In that it reduces a gentleman to the level of the clod," was the prompt answer.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • Micheals picked up a clod of dirt and tossed it on the object.
  • Extract from : « The Leech » by Phillips Barbee
  • What does it matter for one that was a girl and is now no more but a clod in Kilmalieu?
  • Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
  • "Oh, I will have her," he cried, striking a blow with his stick at a clod in front of him.
  • Extract from : « Madame Bovary » by Gustave Flaubert
  • Grass on a clod of earth Scorned even by the passing reaper's scythe.
  • Extract from : « Life Immovable » by Kostes Palamas
  • The clod in his hand broke apart of its own weight: it was not too wet to work.
  • Extract from : « Blind Man's Lantern » by Allen Kim Lang
  • Thy rather brings a clod of earth, a somberPillow for thy last slumber.
  • Extract from : « Laments » by Jan Kochanowski
  • A boy threw a clod of mud while he was thus reflecting and hit him upon the arm.
  • Extract from : « Sister Carrie » by Theodore Dreiser

Synonyms for clod

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