"cleat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kliːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cleats [plural]
enPR: klēt Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From Middle English clete, from Old English *clēat, clēot, 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. See also clay and clout. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clete}} Middle English clete, {{inh|en|ang|*clēat}} Old English *clēat, {{m|ang|clēot}} clēot, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klautaz|t=firm lump}} Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gelewd-}} Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, {{m|ine-pro|*gley-||to glue, stick together, form into a ball}} *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”), {{cog|nl|kloot||ball; testicle}} Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”), {{cog|de|Kloß}} German Kloß, {{m|en|clay}} clay, {{m|en|clout}} clout Head templates: {{en-noun}} cleat (plural cleats)
  1. A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
    Sense id: en-cleat-en-noun-T1gwDqYV
  2. A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
    Sense id: en-cleat-en-noun-lJ9Vuq5v
  3. (nautical) A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (device to secure a rope): кнехт (kneht) [masculine] (Bulgarian), rohatinka [feminine] (Czech), vazák [masculine] (Czech), klamp (Dutch), knaapi (Finnish), knaappi (Finnish), köysipidin (Finnish), taquet (French), Klampe [feminine] (German), krussholt [neuter] (Icelandic), klampi [masculine] (Icelandic), galloccia [feminine] (Italian), kryssholt (Norwegian), knaga (Polish), grampo (Portuguese), malagueta [feminine] (Portuguese), у́тка (útka) [feminine] (Russian), крепительная у́тка (krepitelʹnaja útka) [feminine] (Russian), би̏тва [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), bȉtva [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cornamusa [feminine] (Spanish), knap [common-gender] (Swedish), кнага (knaha) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-cleat-en-noun-UGtSIp2U Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'device to secure a rope': 2 30 60 2 5
  4. A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe or wheel meant for better traction. Translations (protrusion on the bottom of a shoe): кабър (kabǎr) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kolík [masculine] (Czech), nop (Dutch), nappula (Finnish), crampon [masculine] (French), Stollen [masculine] (German), tatchet [masculine] (Norman), crampon [neuter] (Romanian), шип (šip) [masculine] (Russian), suela [feminine] (Spanish), dobb (english: on sports shoes) [common-gender] (Swedish), dubb [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-cleat-en-noun-IpCZsOd4 Disambiguation of 'protrusion on the bottom of a shoe': 8 0 2 82 8
  5. An athletic shoe equipped with cleats.
    Sense id: en-cleat-en-noun-Q9ByNThn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 9 14 8 41 1 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: expansion cleat, French cleat

Verb [English]

IPA: /kliːt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleat.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cleats [present, singular, third-person], cleating [participle, present], cleated [participle, past], cleated [past]
enPR: klēt Rhymes: -iːt Etymology: From Middle English clete, from Old English *clēat, clēot, 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. See also clay and clout. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|clete}} Middle English clete, {{inh|en|ang|*clēat}} Old English *clēat, {{m|ang|clēot}} clēot, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*klautaz|t=firm lump}} Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“firm lump”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gelewd-}} Proto-Indo-European *gelewd-, {{m|ine-pro|*gley-||to glue, stick together, form into a ball}} *gley- (“to glue, stick together, form into a ball”), {{cog|nl|kloot||ball; testicle}} Dutch kloot (“ball; testicle”), {{cog|de|Kloß}} German Kloß, {{m|en|clay}} clay, {{m|en|clout}} clout Head templates: {{en-verb}} cleat (third-person singular simple present cleats, present participle cleating, simple past and past participle cleated)
  1. To strengthen with a cleat.
    Sense id: en-cleat-en-verb-nk3pm6iU
  2. (nautical) To tie off, affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat. Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-cleat-en-verb-Tgog9OQR Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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          "english": "on sports shoes",
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      "sense": "protrusion on the bottom of a shoe",
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