clod
A lump of something, especially earth or clayA lump of something, especially earth or clay.
» There are earthworms in the clod.
In dem Klumpen sind Regenwürmer.
Meaning
4 sensesA lump of something, especially earth or clay.
1600, Edward Fairfax (translator), originally published in 1581 by Torquato Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered clods of blood
Klumpen, Erdklumpen
комkom, глы́баglýba
The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.
A stupid person, a dolt, a clodpate, a clodhopper.
Trottel
о́лухólux, дура́кdurák, ду́реньdúrenʹ
an awkward stupid person
Part of a shoulder of beef, or of the neck piece near the shoulder.
Examples
4 sentencesThere are earthworms in the clod.
deIn dem Klumpen sind Regenwürmer.
I thought she was a clod at first, but we're happy on our farm now.
Don't throw dirt clods!
"I fear the rain," said the stone. "What would I say, me!" replied the clod of earth.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English clod, a late by-form of clot, from Old English clot, from Proto-West GFrom Middle English clod, a late by-form of clot, from Old English clot, from Proto-West Germanic *klott (“mass, ball, clump”). Compare clot and cloud; cognate to kloot (“clod”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source