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cleams

cleams is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cleam.

Meaning of cleam

Verb

cleam (third-person singular simple present cleams, present participle cleaming, simple past and past participle cleamed)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To smear, rub on, or anoint; to bedaub with an oily or sticky substance.
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To cause to stick; to glue on.
  3. (dialectal, intransitive) To stick, cling to, or adhere.

Questions about cleams

What is cleams the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cleams is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cleam.

Words near cleams in the dictionary

  1. cleading
  2. cleadings
  3. cleam
  4. cleamed
  5. cleaming
  6. cleams
  7. clean
  8. clean and jerk
  9. clean and jerked
  10. clean and jerking
  11. clean and jerks

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