clay
To add clay to, to spread clay ontoTo add clay to, to spread clay onto.
» The heat of the sun hardens clay.
Die Hitze der Sonne härtet den Ton.
Die Hitze der Sonne härtet den Lehm aus.
Солнечное тепло делает глину твёрдой.
Солнечное тепло затвердевает глину.
Від сонячного тепла глина твердішає.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
(transitive)To purify using clay.
Examples
71 sentencesThe heat of the sun hardens clay.
Від сонячного тепла глина твердішає. — aandrusiak
ruСолнечное тепло делает глину твёрдой. — odexed
deDie Hitze der Sonne härtet den Ton. — mayabe
We made statues out of clay.
deWir machten Statuen aus Ton. — andrej
He made a little statue out of soft clay.
Він зробив невелику статую із глини. — deniko
He formed the clay into a bowl.
ruОн сделал чашу из глины. — furioness
deEr formte den Ton zu einer Kugel. — al_ex_an_der
He formed the clay into a ball.
ruОн сделал шар из глины. — Hayabusa
Origin
From Middle English cley, clay, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”), from Proto-West Germanic *From Middle English cley, clay, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz (“clay”), derived from Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- (“to glue, paste, stick together”). Cognate with Dutch klei (“clay”), Low German Klei (“clay”), German Klei, Danish klæg (“clay”); compare Ancient Greek γλία (glía), Latin glūten (“glue”) (whence ultimately English glue), Russian глина (glina, “clay”). Related also to clag, clog.
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Forms
clays, claying, clayed, clayedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle