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Cleats

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Noun

1. cleats

shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles

Example Sentences:
'the football players all wore cleats'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Cleats

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noun
1. 
a wedge-shaped block, usually of wood, attached to a structure to act as a support
2. 
a device consisting of two hornlike prongs projecting horizontally in opposite directions from a central base, used for securing lines on vessels, wharves, etc
3. 
a short length of angle iron used as a bracket
4. 
a piece of metal, leather, etc, attached to the sole of a shoe to prevent wear or slipping
5. 
a small triangular-shaped nail used in glazing
6. 
any of the main cleavage planes in a coal seam
verb (transitive)
7. 
to supply or support with a cleat or cleats
8. 
to secure (a line) on a cleat

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Cleats

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noun
1. 
a piece of wood, metal, or plastic, often wedge-shaped, fastened to something to strengthen it or give secure footing: cleats are used on gangways, under shelves, on the soles or heels of shoes, etc.
2.  Nautical
a small metal or wood fitting fixed as to the deck of a ship and used to secure a rope, specif. one with projecting ends
verb transitive
3. 
to fasten to or with a cleat

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Cleats

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n.
1. A strip of wood or iron used to strengthen or support the surface to which it is attached.
2.
a. A projecting piece of metal or hard rubber attached to the underside of a shoe to provide traction.
b. cleats A pair of shoes with such projections on the soles.
3.
a. A piece of metal or wood having projecting arms or ends on which a rope can be wound or secured.
b. Any of various other fittings by means of which a rope can be secured.
4. A wedge-shaped piece of material, such as wood, that is fastened onto something, such as a spar, to act as a support or prevent slippage.
5. A spurlike device used in gripping a tree or pole in climbing.
tr.v. cleat·ed, cleat·ing, cleats
To supply, support, secure, or strengthen with a cleat.

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