Clines are gradients used for teaching gradations of meaning. Words are spaced along the gradient, for example, words to describe temperature, such as tepid, hot, boiling, cool, cold, warm, chilly, and freezing.

What is cline Give 5 example?

freezing, cold, chilly, nippy, cool, mild, warm, hot, boiling, sweltering. blue, low, depressed, miserable, sorrowful.

What is cline in English and example?

A word cline is a scale of language items that goes from one extreme to another. ... For example, when talking about temperature we can choose from a range of words: freezing, cold, cool, warm, hot, boiling.