clay

  1. Proper noun.  (surname, from Middle English) .
  2. Proper noun.  (given name, male) transferred from the surname.
  3. Proper noun.  (given name, male) .
  4. Noun.  A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
  5. Noun.  An earth material with ductile qualities.
  6. Noun.  (tennis) A tennis court surface.
  7. Noun.  (biblical) The material of the human body.
  8. Verb.  (transitive) To add clay to, to spread clay onto.
  9. Verb.  (transitive, of sugar) To purify using clay.

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