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clay

[kleɪ] брит. / амер.

сущ.
1. глина
2. земля; ил, тина; грязь
3. библ. земной прах (из которого Бог сотворил человека)
4. поэт. человеческая плоть; тело
5. спорт.; = clay court теннисный корт с грунтовым покрытием
6. амер.; = modelling clay
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clay

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One hundred pounds of clay reward for Pip; five feet high-looks cowardly– quickest known by that!
Сто фунтов праха в награду тому, кто отыщет Пипа, рост пять футов, вид трусоватый — сразу можно узнать!
Melville, Herman / Moby Dick Or The WhaleМелвилл, Герман / Моби Дик, или Белый Кит
Моби Дик, или Белый Кит
Мелвилл, Герман
© Издательство «Художественная литература», 1981
Moby Dick Or The Whale
Melville, Herman
© Northwestern University Press and The Newberry Library, 1988

A very thick body of clay may create conditions in which the inner layers have not been baked yet while the outer layers have started cracking and melting under the effect of high temperature.
При большой толщине глины могут создаться такие условия, когда внутренние слои еще не обожглись, а наружные начинают трескаться и плавиться от высокой температуры.
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The weather is far from cheering. Churned-up clay squelches underfoot. We are not walking but slithering, looking down at the ground in order to maintain our footing.
Погода, впрочем, тоже невеселая, размытая глина под нашими ногами – не идем, а плывем, смотря себе под ноги, чтобы не упасть.
Политковская, Анна / Путинская РоссияPolitkovskaya, Anna / Putin's Russia
Putin's Russia
Politkovskaya, Anna
© Anna Politkovskaya 2004
© Arch Tait 2004
Путинская Россия
Политковская, Анна
© Анна Политковская 2004

Soil forming elements are clay and sand alluvial deposits.
Почвообразующие элементы представлены глинистыми и песчаными аллювиальными отложениями.
© «Сахалин Энерджи» 2006
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© Sakhalin Energy 2006
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The ceiling may rest on supports 3 such as refractory metal girders, although the best supports are clay items (such as large-sized bricks, columns, and the like) that are, upon completion of the firing, removed outside, to the second floor.
Опорами 3 для потолка могут быть металлические балки (тугоплавкие), но лучше использовать глиняные изделия (крупноразмерные кирпичи, колонны и т.п.), которые после обжига выносятся наружу (на второй этаж).
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The boy quickly learned to draw the letters and had already begun creating words that made sense; Elijah charged him with writing on clay tablets the history of the rebuilding of the city.
Мальчик быстро научился писать буквы и мог уже соединять их в отдельные слова. Илия поручил ему записать на глиняных табличках историю восстановления города.
Coelho, Paulo / The fifth mountainКоэльо, Пауло / Пятая гора
Пятая гора
Коэльо, Пауло
© Paulo Coelho, 1996
© Перевод, Эмин А.В., 2003
© "София", 2006
© ООО ИД "София", 2006
The fifth mountain
Coelho, Paulo
© 1998 by Paulo Coelho

When water-based mud is used to drill through shale, it will form a gumbo, a hydrated shale with the consistency of heavily saturated clay.
Когда буровой раствор на водяной основе используется для бурения в глинистой породе, он образует гумбо - гидратную глину с консистенцией водонасыщенной глины.
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‘No,’ he said at last, ‘no-one’s got that much clay.’
– Нет, – сказал он наконец, – столько глины не может вместиться в одном человеке.
Pratchett, Terry / Reaper ManПратчетт,Терри / Мрачный Жнец
Мрачный Жнец
Пратчетт,Терри
© Перевод Н. Берденников 2008
© Издание на русском языке, оформление ООО «Издательство «Эксмо», 2009
© 1991 by Terry and Lyn Pratchett
Reaper Man
Pratchett, Terry
© Terry and Lyn Pratchett, 1991

Samples 2-8—furrow samples of marking clay.
Пробы 2-8 - бороздовые пробы маркирующей глины.
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The horse made me a sign to go in first; it was a large room with a smooth clay floor, and a rack and manger, extending the whole length on one side.
Конь знаком пригласил меня войти первым, и я очутился в просторной комнате с гладким глиняным полом; по одной ее стене во всю длину тянулись ясли с решетками для сена.
Swift, Jonathan / Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the worldСвифт, Джонатан / Путешествия Гулливера
Путешествия Гулливера
Свифт, Джонатан
© Издательство "Правда", 1987
Gulliver's travels into several remote nations of the world
Swift, Jonathan

The clay of him had been so moulded in the making.
Таким уж человек появился на свет божий.
London, Jack / White FangЛондон, Джек / Белый Клык
Белый Клык
Лондон, Джек
© Издательство «ОЛМА-ПРЕСС», 2002
White Fang
London, Jack
© Wordsworth Editions Limited 1992

If one imagined some spirit flying by the earthly globe in space in a million years he would see nothing but clay and bare rocks.
Если вообразить, что через миллион лет мимо земного шара пролетит в пространстве какой-нибудь дух, то он увидит только глину и голые утесы.
Чехов, А.П. / Палата No. 6Chekhov, A. / Ward No. 6
Ward No. 6
Chekhov, A.
© 2009 Rowland Classics
Палата No. 6
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974

The invention relates to analytical chemistry and technology for processing clay-salt waste (slurries) of potassium-processing factories.
Реферат: Изобретение относится к аналитической химии и технологии переработки глинисто-солевых отходов (шламов) калийных предприятий.
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The river was only a few hundred paces wide here, bordered with dried black mud and bare yellow clay.
Река, окаймленная полосами высохшего черного ила и голой желтоватой глины, была всего в несколько сотен шагов шириной.
Jordan, Robert / The Fires of HeavenДжордан, Роберт / Огни небес
Огни небес
Джордан, Роберт
The Fires of Heaven
Jordan, Robert
© 1993 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc.

It started to freeze. The surface of the clay, stirred up by many feet, began to ice over, and a fine snow was blowing.
Подмерзать стало, поверх разбитой ногами глины прихватило морозцем, и крупку наметает.
Tolstaya, Tatyana / The SlynxТолстая, Татьяна / Кысь
Кысь
Толстая, Татьяна
The Slynx
Tolstaya, Tatyana
© 2003 by Tatyana Tolstaya
© 2003 by Jamey Gambrell

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kleɪNounглинаExamples

clay pot — глиняный горшок
clay pipe — глиняная трубка
clay soil — глинистая почва
a lump of clay — кусок глины
to be made of clay — быть сделанным из глины
to model in clay — лепить из глины

User translations

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Глина
translation added by Yefim Yasnogorsky
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Collocations

addition of clay

глинование

activated clay

активированная глина

attapulgous clay

аттапульгит

ball clay

комовая глина

ball clay

пластичная глина

ball clay

сырье для тонкой керамики

basement clay

коренная глина

bentonitic clay

бентонитовая глина

bond clay

цементирующая глина

bottling clay

леточная глина

bottling clay

леточная масса

boulder clay

валунная глина

brick clay

кирпичная глина

calcareous clay

известковая глина

carbonaceous taphole clay

углеродистая леточная масса

Word forms

clay

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	clay	clays
Possessive case	clay's	clays'

clay

verb

Basic forms
Past	clayed
Imperative	clay
Present Participle (Participle I)	claying
Past Participle (Participle II)	clayed

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I clay	we clay
you clay	you clay
he/she/it clays	they clay

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am claying	we are claying
you are claying	you are claying
he/she/it is claying	they are claying

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have clayed	we have clayed
you have clayed	you have clayed
he/she/it has clayed	they have clayed

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been claying	we have been claying
you have been claying	you have been claying
he/she/it has been claying	they have been claying

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I clayed	we clayed
you clayed	you clayed
he/she/it clayed	they clayed

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was claying	we were claying
you were claying	you were claying
he/she/it was claying	they were claying

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had clayed	we had clayed
you had clayed	you had clayed
he/she/it had clayed	they had clayed

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been claying	we had been claying
you had been claying	you had been claying
he/she/it had been claying	they had been claying

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will clay	we shall/will clay
you will clay	you will clay
he/she/it will clay	they will clay

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be claying	we shall/will be claying
you will be claying	you will be claying
he/she/it will be claying	they will be claying

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have clayed	we shall/will have clayed
you will have clayed	you will have clayed
he/she/it will have clayed	they will have clayed

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been claying	we shall/will have been claying
you will have been claying	you will have been claying
he/she/it will have been claying	they will have been claying

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would clay	we should/would clay
you would clay	you would clay
he/she/it would clay	they would clay

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be claying	we should/would be claying
you would be claying	you would be claying
he/she/it would be claying	they would be claying

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have clayed	we should/would have clayed
you would have clayed	you would have clayed
he/she/it would have clayed	they would have clayed

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been claying	we should/would have been claying
you would have been claying	you would have been claying
he/she/it would have been claying	they would have been claying

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am clayed	we are clayed
you are clayed	you are clayed
he/she/it is clayed	they are clayed

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being clayed	we are being clayed
you are being clayed	you are being clayed
he/she/it is being clayed	they are being clayed

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been clayed	we have been clayed
you have been clayed	you have been clayed
he/she/it has been clayed	they have been clayed

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was clayed	we were clayed
you were clayed	you were clayed
he/she/it was clayed	they were clayed

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being clayed	we were being clayed
you were being clayed	you were being clayed
he/she/it was being clayed	they were being clayed

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been clayed	we had been clayed
you had been clayed	you had been clayed
he/she/it had been clayed	they had been clayed

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be clayed	we shall/will be clayed
you will be clayed	you will be clayed
he/she/it will be clayed	they will be clayed

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been clayed	we shall/will have been clayed
you will have been clayed	you will have been clayed
he/she/it will have been clayed	they will have been clayed

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