1. (noun)clay a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired
2. (noun)mud, clay water soaked soil; soft wet earth
3. (noun)Clay, Lucius Clay, Lucius DuBignon Clay United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlinairlift (1897-1978)
4. (noun)Clay, Henry Clay, the Great Compromiser United States politician responsible for the MissouriCompromise between free and slave states (1777-1852)
5. (noun)cadaver, corpse, stiff, clay, remains the deadbody of a humanbeing "the cadaver was intended for dissection"; "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"; "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"; "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"