Meaning

2 senses

  1. To strengthen with a cleat.

    secure on a cleat

  2. To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. I put a cleat to him.

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  2. Have you worn soccer cleats before?

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  3. He wants to buy soccer cleats.

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  4. She wants to buy soccer cleats.

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  5. I put a cleat in his mouth.

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Origin

From Middle English clete, from Old English *clēat (“block, wedge”), from Proto-West Germa

From Middle English clete, from Old English *clēat (“block, wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaut, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, from *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”). Cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”) and German Kloß (“clump”). See also clay and clout.

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Forms

cleats, cleating, cleated, cleated
Base formcleat · to cleat
3rd person singularcleats
Present participlecleating
Past simplecleated
Past participlecleated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycleat
he, she, itcleats

Past simpleLesson

all personscleated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cleated
he, she, ithas cleated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cleat

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
clearanceclearingclearlyA2clearnessB2cleavagecleavecleaver
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