Clod
noun
A lump or chunk of earth or clay.
The farmer broke up the clods of earth with a rake.
Often appears as...
- lump of clod
- breaking up a clod
noun
A stupid or clumsy person.
Don't be such a clod, watch where you're going!
Often appears as...
- clod in the room
- what a clod
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A lump or chunk of earth or clay.
The farmer broke up the clods of earth with a rake.
Often appears as...
- lump of clod
- breaking up a clod
noun
A stupid or clumsy person.
Don't be such a clod, watch where you're going!
Often appears as...
- clod in the room
- what a clod
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Natural context
Use 'clod' to describe soil or clay in farming or gardening contexts.
He picked up a large clod of soil to examine it more closely.
Pro Tip 2/3Hard, dry earth
'Clod' often implies that the earth or clay is in a hard, dry condition.
Dry clods crumbled under his boots as he walked.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative metaphor
Used metaphorically, 'clod' can imply something is dull or lumpish.
The sculpture looked like a mere clod of clay without form.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural context
Use 'clod' to describe soil or clay in farming or gardening contexts.
He picked up a large clod of soil to examine it more closely.
Pro Tip 2/3Hard, dry earth
'Clod' often implies that the earth or clay is in a hard, dry condition.
Dry clods crumbled under his boots as he walked.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative metaphor
Used metaphorically, 'clod' can imply something is dull or lumpish.
The sculpture looked like a mere clod of clay without form.
Pro Tip 1/3Natural context
Use 'clod' to describe soil or clay in farming or gardening contexts.
He picked up a large clod of soil to examine it more closely.
Pro Tip 2/3Hard, dry earth
'Clod' often implies that the earth or clay is in a hard, dry condition.
Dry clods crumbled under his boots as he walked.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative metaphor
Used metaphorically, 'clod' can imply something is dull or lumpish.
The sculpture looked like a mere clod of clay without form.
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Video examples
Encountering a Blind...
While I was chopping I chopped up a clump of grass and under the dirt clod, I just saw this little bit of color. I would have never thought in my entire life I would see one of these in real life.
Video examples
Encountering a Blind...
While I was chopping I chopped up a clump of grass and under the dirt clod, I just saw this little bit of color. I would have never thought in my entire life I would see one of these in real life.
Example 1 of 1
Quote examples
Hampton Sides
American Historian
Sometimes it takes a brush with eternity - a crash, an illness, some shock to the system - to get you really thinking about what you want to do with your limited time here, and why you're living on this wobbling dirt clod in the first place.
Quote examples
Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.
Quote examples
Mike Leach
American Coach
I think the days before cell phones, when it was dirt clod wars at construction sites, was a lot more wholesome and productive, to be perfectly honest.
Quote examples
Charles McCabe
American Journalist
Any clod can have the facts; having opinions is an art.
Quote examples
Hampton Sides
American Historian
Sometimes it takes a brush with eternity - a crash, an illness, some shock to the system - to get you really thinking about what you want to do with your limited time here, and why you're living on this wobbling dirt clod in the first place.
Quote examples
Carl Jung
Swiss Psychologist
In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am.
Quote examples
Mike Leach
American Coach
I think the days before cell phones, when it was dirt clod wars at construction sites, was a lot more wholesome and productive, to be perfectly honest.
Quote examples
Charles McCabe
American Journalist
Any clod can have the facts; having opinions is an art.
Example 1 of 4
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