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# cleat

noun (a cleat, cleats)

«cleat» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A cleat is one of the hard studs on the bottom of sports shoes that stop you slipping on grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#m1)
2. Cleats (US, Canada) are sports shoes with these studs, such as football or soccer boots. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#m2)
3. A cleat is a T-shaped piece of metal or wood on a boat or dock that you tie a rope around. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#m3)

### In the lessons

In PE and sport in the US and Canada, children wear cleats for soccer, football, baseball and lacrosse (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ: «football boots» with «studs»). On boats, sailors tie ropes to cleats to secure them. Phrases: «soccer cleats», «baseball cleats», «tie off to a cleat».

### Examples

- Put on your cleats before soccer practice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#x1)
- My cleats are covered in mud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#x2)
- The cleats help me run on wet grass. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#x3)
- Take your cleats off before you come inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#x4)
- Baseball cleats have metal or plastic studs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#x5)
- The sailor tied the rope to a cleat on the dock. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#x6)
- My new cleats are a size bigger. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#x7)
- You can't wear cleats on the gym floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/#x8)

### Note

Countable; mostly plural for shoes: «a pair of cleats». Mainly American and Canadian; in British English, «studs» are the bumps and «football boots» are the shoes.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cleat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cleat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cleat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cleat.html) on Mova free.