noun
Meaning 1
plural of cleat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cleats
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kliːts/
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rhymes with -iːts
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CMU ARPABET: K L IY1 T S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A pair of athletic shoes equipped with cleats.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
third-person singular simple present indicative of cleat
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the football players all wore cleats
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shoe
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: бутонки (butonki) — pair of shoes equipped with cleats
- Finnish: nappulakengät — pair of shoes equipped with cleats
- French: crampons — pair of shoes equipped with cleats
- French: chaussures à crampons — pair of shoes equipped with cleats
- German: Stollenschuhe — pair of shoes equipped with cleats
- Polish: korki — pair of shoes equipped with cleats
- Portuguese: chuteiras — pair of shoes equipped with cleats
- Russian: шиповки (šipovki) — pair of shoes equipped with cleats
- Russian: бутсы (butsy) — pair of shoes equipped with cleats
- Spanish: chimpunes — pair of shoes equipped with cleats
- Swedish: dobbsko — pair of shoes equipped with cleats