classify, v. arrange, range, order, dispose, place, group; organize, sort, assort, size; class, type, name, label, tag, ticket, brand; digest, index, file, codify, number, alphabetize; draw up, list, catalog; categorize, pigeonhole, Sl. peg, Sl. button-down, Inf. put [s.o. or s.t.] down as; associate, bracket; distinguish, rate, rank, grade, graduate; allocate, allot, assign, distribute, clatter, v. 1. rattle, clutter, racket, din; jangle, clang, clangor, echo, reverberate, resound.
2. hurtle, clank, crash, bang, clump, tramp, be heavy footed, Inf stomp or thump around; clash, collide, bump.
3. chatter, jabber, cackle, clack; prate, rattle, gabble; gush, blab, Inf. spout; babble, prattle.
-n. 4. rattling, clattering, clutter, racket, noise, din, clamor, raucousness, uproar; disturbance, tumult, pandemonium, commotion, hullabaloo, bedlam, Inf. shivaree; banging, thumping, clumping, crashing, clanking.
5. chatter, chattering, jabbering, jabber, prattling, prattle, cackling, cackle, gibbering, gibber; gabbling, gabble, babbling, babble, running on, rattling away.
6. gossip, buzzing, palaver, tittle-tattle, tattle, idle talk. clause, n. 1. sentence, paragraph, passage, section, division.
2. article, particle, provision, proviso, point, specification, particular, detail; stipulation, term, condition, qualification, exception, exemption, reservation, Law. covenant; rider, addendum, additament, addition, supplement, appendix, codicil. claw, n. 1. talon, pounce, curved nail, unguis, hoof, paw, Fr. griffe, Ornith. spur; pincer, nipper, chela, fang; hook, clamp, forceps, tongs; grapnel, grapple, grappling iron, cant hook.
-v. 2. tear, scratch, pounce, Archaic, clapperclaw, scrape, dig; pierce, prick, puncture, punch, perforate, jab, poke, gouge; cut, gash, slash, rend, rip, lacerate, mangle; stab, knife, lancinate, wound.
3. seize, grab, pull, snatch, catch hold of, hook; grasp, grip, gripe, clench, clutch; grapple, clinch, hold fast, fasten upon. clay, n. 1. argillite, clay stone; clayey earth, loam, adobe, terracotta, brick; potter's clay, Obs. argil, Ceramics, slip, kaolin, bole, fire clay; clayware, pottery, earthenware, stoneware, ceramics, porcelain, china.
2. earth, ground, soil, Archaic, marl, Archaic, glebe; sod, turf, sward; mud, mire, wet earth.
3. human body, flesh, flesh and blood, mortal clay, clayey, adj. clayish, claylike, argillaceous, argillitic,
Obs. loamy, earthy; pasty, gummy, sticky, adhesive, gluey, viscid, viscous, viscoid; plastic, fictile, malleable, moldable, formable; tractable, yielding, pliant, flexible. clean, adj. 1. unsoiled, unspotted, spotless, speck-less, white, snowy, immaculate; cleansed, washed, bathed, laundered, scrubbed, wiped, scoured; polished, dusted, swept, vacuumed, whisked; tidy, well-groomed, well-kept; fresh, fragrant, deodorized, sweet; wholesome, healthy, healthful.
2. pure, unstained, stainless, unblemished; perfect, flawless, faultless; virgin, untouched, unadulterated, unspoiled, untainted; unpolluted, uncontaminated, sanitized, disinfected, antisepticized.
3. clear, clarified, refined, distilled, unmixed; elutriated, Chem. edulcorated, purged, expurgated, defecated.
4. open, free, accessible, unobstructed, unblocked, passable; blank, void, vacant, empty; legible, readable, decipherable; distinct, definite, plain, unconfusing, uncomplicated.