kleɪm

  • 41be|sprin|kle — «bih SPRIHNG kuhl», transitive verb, kled, kling. 1. to sprinkle all over with something: »The walls were besprinkled with holy water (Edward Gibbon). 2. Figurative: »... sloping banks besprinkled with pleasant villas (Charles Dickens) …

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  • 42cran|kle — «KRANG kuhl», noun, verb, kled, kling. –n. a bend or turn; crinkle. –v.t. to bend sinuously; crinkle. –v.i. to bend in and out; wind. ╂[perhaps < crank1, verb + le ( …

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  • 43crin|kle|root — «KRIHNG kuhl ROOT, RUT», noun. any one of various North American plants of the mustard family, having a fleshy, pungent rootstock; toothwort …

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  • 44crin|kle — «KRIHNG kuhl», verb, kled, kling, noun. –v.t., v.i. 1. to wrinkle or ripple: »Crepe paper is crinkled. 2. to rustle: »Paper crinkles when it is crushed. 3. to bend without breaking off: »The piece of aluminum foil crinkled as she tried to tear it …

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  • 45dar|kle — «DAHR kuhl», verb, kled, kling. –v.i. 1. to appear dark or indistinct. 2. to grow or become dark. 3. to become dark with anger. –v.t. to make dark or obscure. ╂[back formation < darkling] …

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  • 46ek|kle|si|a — «ih KLEE zhee uh, zee », noun, plural si|as, si|ae « zhee ee, zee ee». 1. Also, Ekklesia. all those who have accepted the call to God s service. 2. = ecclesia (def. 1). (Cf. ↑ecclesia) …

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  • 47fan|kle — «FANG kuhl», noun. Scottish. tangle; entanglement. ╂[< earlier verb fankle to tangle, entangle < fank a noose, variant of fang] …

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  • 48far|kle|ber|ry — «FAHR kuhl BEHR ee», noun, plural ries. a shrub or small tree of the heath family, growing in the southern United States, and bearing small, inedible black berries. ╂[American English; origin uncertain] …

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  • 49kin|kle — «KIHNG kuhl», noun. a little or slight kink or twist …

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  • 50out|spar|kle — «owt SPAHR kuhl», transitive verb, kled, kling. to surpass in sparkling …

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