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Noun Plural: cleats
cleat - a metal or leather projection (as from the sole of a shoe); prevents slipping
		projection any structure that branches out from a central support
		cleats shoes with leather or metal projections on the soles; "the football players all wore cleats"
cleat - a fastener (usually with two projecting horns) around which a rope can be secured
		holdfast, fastener, fastening, fixing restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place
cleat - a strip of wood or metal used to strengthen the surface to which it is attached
Verb cleats, cleating, cleaten
cleat - secure on a cleat; "cleat a line"
		fasten, secure, fix attach to; "They fastened various nicknames to each other"
cleat - provide with cleats; "cleat running shoes for better traction"
		furnish, supply, provide, render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"

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cleat (Noun)
A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
cleat (Noun)
A continuous metal strip, or angled piece, used to secure metal components.
cleat (Noun)
A device to quickly affix a line or rope, and from which it is also easy to release.
cleat (Noun)
A protrusion on the bottom of a shoe meant for better traction.
cleat (Verb)
To strengthen with a cleat.
cleat (Verb)
To tie off , affix, stopper a line or rope, especially to a cleat.

cleat (n.)
A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.
cleat (n.)
A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.
cleat (v. t.)
To strengthen with a cleat.

cleat
A device for securing a rope, attached to a flat surface on a ship or on land, with two projecting horns around which a rope may be quickly affixed and also easily released.

cleat
klēt, n. a wedge: a piece of wood nailed across anything to keep it in its place or give it an additional strength: a piece of wood fastened on parts of a ship, and having holes or recesses for fastening ropes.—v.t. to strengthen with a cleat. [From a supposed A.S. cléat; cf. Dut. kloot; Dan. klode; Ger. kloss.]