--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 3 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 3 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* A caller is a person who makes a telephone call.[↗](../../caller/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A caller is someone who visits a house for a short time.[↗](../../caller/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In some games and dances, the caller is the person who calls out numbers or steps, as in bingo or a barn dance.[↗](../../caller/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The caller asked to speak to my dad.[↗](../../caller/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Caller ID showed it was Grandma.[↗](../../caller/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't give your address to an unknown caller.[↗](../../caller/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a caller at the door selling cleaning products.[↗](../../caller/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bingo caller shouted «two little ducks, twenty-two».[↗](../../caller/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The caller at the barn dance told us when to swing our partners.[↗](../../caller/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **callous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cruel and not caring at all about other people's feelings or pain.[↗](../../callous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Showing no pity: «a callous remark».[↗](../../callous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was callous to laugh when she fell over.[↗](../../callous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The callous man kicked the stray dog.[↗](../../callous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The villain made a callous joke about the people he had cheated.[↗](../../callous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ignoring someone who needs help can be callous.[↗](../../callous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge called the crime cold and callous.[↗](../../callous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was shocked by his callous words.[↗](../../callous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So great indeed was their faith in a mother’s love that they felt they could afford to be callous for a bit longer.[↗](../../callous/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **callus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A callus is a patch of hard, thick skin on your hands or feet, made by rubbing or pressing again and again.[↗](../../callus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) A callus is also the hard lump that forms around a broken bone as it heals.[↗](../../callus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Playing guitar gives you calluses on your fingertips.[↗](../../callus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The gymnast had calluses on her hands.[↗](../../callus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Walking barefoot can make calluses on your feet.[↗](../../callus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer's hands were rough with calluses.[↗](../../callus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A callus forms around a broken bone as it heals.[↗](../../callus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **calm** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Not worried, angry or excited; peaceful.[↗](../../calm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "Stay calm."[↗](../../calm/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Still, without wind or waves.[↗](../../calm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a calm sea".[↗](../../calm/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* As a verb, to make someone or something calm.[↗](../../calm/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "calm down".[↗](../../calm/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a noun, a peaceful, quiet time.[↗](../../calm/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "the calm before the storm".[↗](../../calm/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stay calm and call for help.[↗](../../calm/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Take deep breaths to calm down.[↗](../../calm/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sea was calm this morning.[↗](../../calm/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She spoke in a calm voice.[↗](../../calm/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep calm during the fire drill.[↗](../../calm/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The music calmed the baby.[↗](../../calm/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was a calm, sunny day.[↗](../../calm/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · After the storm came the calm.[↗](../../calm/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to calm the Dragon King.[↗](../../calm/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He made the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof were still.[↗](../../calm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.107.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../calm/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Then said they unto him: 'What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us?' for the sea grew more and more tempestuous.[↗](../../calm/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JON.1.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../calm/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he said unto them: 'Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you; for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.'[↗](../../calm/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JON.1.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../calm/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **calmly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Calmly means in a quiet, peaceful way, without getting angry, upset, excited or frightened.[↗](../../calmly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Walk calmly to the door during the fire drill.[↗](../../calmly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She calmly explained what happened.[↗](../../calmly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Speak calmly and clearly on the phone in an emergency.[↗](../../calmly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He waited calmly for his turn.[↗](../../calmly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathe slowly and talk calmly.[↗](../../calmly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher calmly stopped the argument.[↗](../../calmly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The lifeguard calmly helped the swimmer.[↗](../../calmly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to solve problems calmly, not with fists.[↗](../../calmly/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “There it is,” said Peter calmly.[↗](../../calmly/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **calmness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Calmness is the state of being quiet, peaceful and not worried, angry or excited.[↗](../../calmness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Calmness is stillness in weather or water: «the calmness of the sea».[↗](../../calmness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She answered the hard question with calmness.[↗](../../calmness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The calmness of the lake was beautiful.[↗](../../calmness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Breathing slowly helps bring calmness.[↗](../../calmness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The pilot's calmness helped the passengers.[↗](../../calmness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His calmness in the emergency saved lives.[↗](../../calmness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the storm came a strange calmness.[↗](../../calmness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At last Labakan spoke with forced calmness, “Most gracious lord and father, do not let yourself be deceived by this man.[↗](../../calmness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **caloric** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An old word for heat thought of as a kind of invisible fluid.[↗](../../caloric/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* 41) Our author means to say that the water has a great disposition to unite itself with the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latent in steam, but the air equipoises them.[↗](../../caloric/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../caloric/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **calorie** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A calorie is a unit used to measure how much energy food gives your body.[↗](../../calorie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In science, a calorie is a small unit of heat energy.[↗](../../calorie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A banana has about 100 calories.[↗](../../calorie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Running burns more calories than walking.[↗](../../calorie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the label to see how many calories are in a serving.[↗](../../calorie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Growing children need plenty of calories.[↗](../../calorie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Fizzy drinks have lots of calories but few vitamins.[↗](../../calorie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · If one biscuit has 50 calories, three have 150.[↗](../../calorie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **calque** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* A word or phrase made by translating each part of a word from another language.[↗](../../calque/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It might best be calqued as 'whatlessness', meaning 'having no essence', and thus the ‘Ten Sefirot Belimah’ would be the ‘Ten Essenceless/Whatless Numbers'.[↗](../../calque/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../calque/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **calve** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (of a cow, whale, elephant and some other animals) To give birth to a calf.[↗](../../calve/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of a glacier or iceberg) To have a big piece of ice break off and fall into the sea.[↗](../../calve/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cow is due to calve next week.[↗](../../calve/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Most of the cows calved in March.[↗](../../calve/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The glacier calved a huge iceberg into the sea.[↗](../../calve/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We watched a video of ice calving into the ocean.[↗](../../calve/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Elephants calve about every four or five years.[↗](../../calve/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer stayed up all night while the cow calved.[↗](../../calve/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · As soon as they have calved, I shall sell the calves.[↗](../../calve/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?[↗](../../calve/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../calve/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and strippeth the forests bare; and in His temple all say: 'Glory.'[↗](../../calve/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.29.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../calve/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **calving** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The birth of a calf, especially on a farm.[↗](../../calving/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The breaking off of ice from the edge of a glacier or ice sheet into the sea, making icebergs.[↗](../../calving/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is calving season on the dairy farm.[↗](../../calving/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet came to help with a difficult calving.[↗](../../calving/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Calving at the glacier made a huge splash.[↗](../../calving/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists measure calving to see how fast ice sheets shrink.[↗](../../calving/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · During calving, the farmer checks the cows at night.[↗](../../calving/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The noise of calving ice sounded like thunder.[↗](../../calving/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **calyx** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The ring of green leaves (sepals) that wraps around the bud of a flower.[↗](../../calyx/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The green calyx protects the bud.[↗](../../calyx/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Pull off the calyx of the thistle.[↗](../../calyx/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The petals rise up from the calyx.[↗](../../calyx/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **cambrian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The Cambrian was a period of Earth's history about 540 to 485 million years ago, when many kinds of animals with hard shells first appeared in the sea.[↗](../../cambrian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Cambrian means to do with Wales, as in the Cambrian Mountains, from Cambria, the Latin name for Wales.[↗](../../cambrian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Trilobites lived in Cambrian seas.[↗](../../cambrian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Many animal groups appeared in the Cambrian explosion.[↗](../../cambrian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There were no animals on land in the Cambrian.[↗](../../cambrian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The Cambrian period is named after Wales.[↗](../../cambrian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We hiked in the Cambrian Mountains.[↗](../../cambrian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cambrian rocks contain early fossils.[↗](../../cambrian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **camel** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A camel is a large animal with a long neck and one or two humps on its back, which lives in deserts.[↗](../../camel/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Camel is a light brown colour.[↗](../../camel/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A camel can walk for days in the desert.[↗](../../camel/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The camel has two humps.[↗](../../camel/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We rode a camel on holiday.[↗](../../camel/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A camel's hump stores fat.[↗](../../camel/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Camels have long eyelashes to keep out sand.[↗](../../camel/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Thousands of wild camels live in Australia.[↗](../../camel/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a camel coat.[↗](../../camel/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “The proper way,” said the camel.[↗](../../camel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") “We all sat down--”[↗](../../camel/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · So I drank, and she made the camels drink also.[↗](../../camel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.46, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camel/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; (Torah GEN.31.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camel/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man.[↗](../../camel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.24.61, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camel/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty.[↗](../../camel/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings EZR.2.67, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camel/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · and over the camels was Obil the Ishmaelite; and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite; (Writings 1CH.27.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camel/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.[↗](../../camel/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 2CH.14.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../camel/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **camellia** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A bush with shiny dark green leaves and large flowers like roses, usually pink, red or white, that bloom in late winter or spring.[↗](../../camellia/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The tea plant is a kind of camellia (Camellia sinensis).[↗](../../camellia/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The camellia bush is covered in pink flowers.[↗](../../camellia/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Tea is made from the leaves of a camellia plant.[↗](../../camellia/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Camellias bloom in late winter.[↗](../../camellia/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's camellia has white flowers.[↗](../../camellia/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Frost turned the camellia petals brown.[↗](../../camellia/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The camellia's leaves are shiny and dark green.[↗](../../camellia/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Perhaps the Story might have hidden itself in the red tulips, with the golden yellow edges, or in the fresh rose, or in the beaming camellia.[↗](../../camellia/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **camera** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A camera is a device for taking photographs or making videos.[↗](../../camera/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A camera can be part of a phone, tablet or computer, or fixed to watch an area, like a security camera.[↗](../../camera/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Smile for the camera\![↗](../../camera/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I took a photo with my camera.[↗](../../camera/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My tablet has two cameras.[↗](../../camera/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The security camera filmed the thief.[↗](../../camera/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Ask before you take someone's picture.[↗](../../camera/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The film crew had three cameras.[↗](../../camera/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Light enters the camera through the lens.[↗](../../camera/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn off your camera when you finish the video call.[↗](../../camera/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cameraman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person whose job is to operate a camera for films or television.[↗](../../cameraman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cameraman filmed the football match.[↗](../../cameraman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The reporter and her cameraman went to the flood.[↗](../../cameraman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cameraman ran backwards to keep the runner in the shot.[↗](../../cameraman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Wave to the cameraman\![↗](../../cameraman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt works as a camera operator on wildlife films.[↗](../../cameraman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **camest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «camest» means «you came», a form of «come»: To come is to move towards here, to the person speaking.[↗](../../camest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* Come here\![↗](../../camest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And he said: 'Hagar, Sarai's handmaid, whence camest thou? and whither goest thou?'[↗](../../camest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") And she said: 'I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.'[↗](../../camest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.16.8, JPS 1917) · Now get hence, or by the Sambhur that I killed (I eat no starved cattle), back thou goest to thy mother, burned beast of the jungle, lamer than ever thou camest into the world\![↗](../../camest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Jungle Book) · Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.[↗](../../camest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.34.18, JPS 1917) **camion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (rare in English) A low, strong truck or cart used to carry heavy things, especially in the army.[↗](../../camion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (French and Spanish) «camion» (French) and «camión» (Spanish) mean a lorry or truck; French says it ka-mee-ON with a nasal end.[↗](../../camion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (French) Le camion est rouge – the lorry is red.[↗](../../camion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A camion carried the cannons to the front.[↗](../../camion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Mexico, people say «camión» for a bus.[↗](../../camion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers loaded the camion with supplies.[↗](../../camion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · "Camion" is the French word for a truck.[↗](../../camion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **camo** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Short for camouflage: clothes or patterns in greens and browns that help you blend into the background.[↗](../../camo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Having that pattern: camo trousers, camo jacket.[↗](../../camo/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He wore camo trousers to the paintball party.[↗](../../camo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I got a camo backpack for school.[↗](../../camo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers were in full camo.[↗](../../camo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Chameleons are masters of camo.[↗](../../camo/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My camo skin in the game is gold.[↗](../../camo/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **camomile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small plant with flowers like tiny daisies, white petals around a yellow middle, which has a sweet apple-like smell.[↗](../../camomile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A drink (camomile tea) made from the dried flowers, often drunk to feel calm or sleepy.[↗](../../camomile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In old times, a bitter medicine made from the plant.[↗](../../camomile/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Gran drinks a cup of camomile tea before bed.[↗](../../camomile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Camomile flowers look like tiny daisies.[↗](../../camomile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden smelled of camomile and mint.[↗](../../camomile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Peter Rabbit was put to bed with camomile tea.[↗](../../camomile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice said that camomile makes people bitter.[↗](../../camomile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We dried camomile flowers for a science project.[↗](../../camomile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people say camomile helps them relax.[↗](../../camomile/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The lawn was made of camomile instead of grass.[↗](../../camomile/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · His mother put him to bed, and made some camomile tea; and she gave a dose of it to Peter\![↗](../../camomile/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **camouflage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Camouflage is colours, patterns or shapes that help an animal or thing blend into its surroundings so it is hard to see.[↗](../../camouflage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To camouflage means to hide something by making it look like what is around it.[↗](../../camouflage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Camouflage is the green and brown patterned clothing soldiers wear.[↗](../../camouflage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stick insect uses camouflage to look like a twig.[↗](../../camouflage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A polar bear's white fur is camouflage in the snow.[↗](../../camouflage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The chameleon changed colour to camouflage itself.[↗](../../camouflage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The moth was camouflaged against the tree bark.[↗](../../camouflage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Soldiers wear camouflage in the jungle.[↗](../../camouflage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you spot the camouflaged frog in the picture?[↗](../../camouflage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Zebras' stripes may confuse 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