verb
1 clap your hands
ADVERB
▪ enthusiastically , heartily , loudly , wildly
▪
The audience ~ed loudly.
▪ politely
2 praise sb/sth
ADVERB
▪ warmly , widely
▪
The decision to save the company has been warmly ~ed.
PHRASES
▪ is to be ~ed , should be ~ed
▪
His efforts to help people should be ~ed.
Applaud is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ audience , ↑ fan
Applaud is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ courage , ↑ decision , ↑ effort , ↑ move