--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 31 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/31/) [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 31 [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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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A chronicle is a written record of events in the order they happened.[↗](../../chronicle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To chronicle means to record events in order.[↗](../../chronicle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* «Chronicle» is a common name for newspapers and story series (The Chronicles of Narnia).[↗](../../chronicle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Bible) Chronicles (1 and 2 Chronicles) are books of the Old Testament that tell the history of the kings of Israel and Judah.[↗](../../chronicle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The monks kept a chronicle of every battle.[↗](../../chronicle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her diary chronicles a year at sea.[↗](../../chronicle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm reading The Chronicles of Narnia.[↗](../../chronicle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The book of Chronicles is in the Old Testament.[↗](../../chronicle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The film chronicles the life of a famous footballer.[↗](../../chronicle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The town newspaper is called the Chronicle.[↗](../../chronicle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?[↗](../../chronicle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.14.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../chronicle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.[↗](../../chronicle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.15.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../chronicle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?[↗](../../chronicle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2KI.1.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../chronicle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **chronological** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Chronological means arranged in the order in which things happened, from earliest to latest.[↗](../../chronological/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «Chronological order» is putting events, dates or steps in time order.[↗](../../chronological/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Put these pictures in chronological order to tell the story.[↗](../../chronological/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our history timeline is chronological, from the Stone Age to today.[↗](../../chronological/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A diary is written in chronological order.[↗](../../chronological/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The photos on my phone are arranged chronologically.[↗](../../chronological/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher asked us to list the kings in chronological order.[↗](../../chronological/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Reverse chronological order puts the newest first.[↗](../../chronological/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A recount should be chronological so the reader can follow it.[↗](../../chronological/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **chronometer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A very exact clock, used at sea to find the ship's position by knowing the exact time.[↗](../../chronometer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The captain checked the chronometer before he marked the map.[↗](../../chronometer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A chronometer keeps very exact time, even on a rocking ship.[↗](../../chronometer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **chrysalis** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The hard case a caterpillar makes around itself while it changes into a butterfly.[↗](../../chrysalis/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The stage in a butterfly's life cycle when it is inside this case (the pupa stage).[↗](../../chrysalis/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A time of quiet change before something new appears (figurative).[↗](../../chrysalis/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The caterpillar hung upside down and made a chrysalis.[↗](../../chrysalis/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar turns into a butterfly.[↗](../../chrysalis/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · After two weeks the butterfly came out of its chrysalis.[↗](../../chrysalis/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A butterfly's life cycle is egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly.[↗](../../chrysalis/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't touch the chrysalis — it is very delicate.[↗](../../chrysalis/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The chrysalis looked like a little green jewel on the leaf.[↗](../../chrysalis/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **chrysanthemum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A garden flower with many layered petals, which blooms in autumn in many colours.[↗](../../chrysanthemum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The chrysanthemums were in bloom in the garden.[↗](../../chrysanthemum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She picked three yellow chrysanthemums for the table.[↗](../../chrysanthemum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **chubby** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Slightly fat and round in a soft, often cute way, as in «chubby cheeks» or «a chubby baby».[↗](../../chubby/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby had chubby little hands.[↗](../../chubby/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our puppy is round and chubby.[↗](../../chubby/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma pinched my chubby cheeks.[↗](../../chubby/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The chubby hamster stuffed seeds into its cheeks.[↗](../../chubby/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It is unkind to tease someone for being chubby.[↗](../../chubby/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cartoon bear had a chubby tummy.[↗](../../chubby/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This kept mother badger very busy, and the baby badgers very chubby.[↗](../../chubby/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **chuck** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) To chuck something is to throw it, often casually.[↗](../../chuck/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) To chuck something out or away is to throw it in the bin.[↗](../../chuck/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) To chuck something in or chuck it is to give it up or quit.[↗](../../chuck/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, UK) To chuck a boyfriend or girlfriend is to end the relationship with them.[↗](../../chuck/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (Australia, slang) To chuck a sickie is to stay off work pretending to be ill; to chuck a U-ey is to do a U-turn.[↗](../../chuck/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* A chuck is the part of a drill that holds the bit tight.[↗](../../chuck/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (northern England, informal) "Chuck" is a friendly word for a person, like "love" or "dear".[↗](../../chuck/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Chuck me the ball\![↗](../../chuck/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't chuck your rubbish on the ground.[↗](../../chuck/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum chucked out the old shoes.[↗](../../chuck/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's chucking it down, so take a coat.[↗](../../chuck/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He chucked in his paper round after a week.[↗](../../chuck/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My brother chucked a wobbly when the TV went off.[↗](../../chuck/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She chucked 5 stones into the pond and then 3 more, so she chucked 8 in all.[↗](../../chuck/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Tighten the chuck before you start drilling.[↗](../../chuck/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Ta, chuck," said the lady at the bus stop.[↗](../../chuck/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · “But I shouldn't have minded all that if it hadn't been for that little fellow on top of the house, who kept a-hollering, 'Chuck him up to me-e\![↗](../../chuck/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **chuckle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To laugh quietly, often with your mouth closed, because something is amusing.[↗](../../chuckle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A soft, quiet laugh.[↗](../../chuckle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandpa chuckled at his own joke.[↗](../../chuckle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a little chuckle as she read the comic.[↗](../../chuckle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The audience chuckled at the funny line.[↗](../../chuckle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Very clever,» he chuckled.[↗](../../chuckle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a good chuckle about the muddy football match.[↗](../../chuckle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The sly fox chuckled to himself.[↗](../../chuckle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Hah!” said Kaa with a chuckle, “he has friends everywhere, this manling.[↗](../../chuckle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **chuff** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* verb To make the puffing sound of a steam train: chuff-chuff.[↗](../../chuff/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* chuffed (UK, informal): very pleased.[↗](../../chuff/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, rude slang) Bottom; «chuffing» and «chuff me» are mild swear words like «flipping».[↗](../../chuff/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The little steam train chuffed up the hill.[↗](../../chuff/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Chuff, chuff, chuff went the engine.[↗](../../chuff/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm well chuffed with my new bike.[↗](../../chuff/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (UK)[↗](../../chuff/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum was chuffed to bits with her present.[↗](../../chuff/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Chuffing heck, it's raining again!» said Uncle Dave.[↗](../../chuff/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (rude)[↗](../../chuff/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The kettle chuffed out steam.[↗](../../chuff/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **chuffed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, informal) Chuffed means very pleased and proud, as in I'm chuffed to bits.[↗](../../chuffed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Chuffed is also the past form of chuff: to make a puffing sound like a steam train.[↗](../../chuffed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I was chuffed to bits with my certificate.[↗](../../chuffed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (UK informal)[↗](../../chuffed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad's dead chuffed with his new bike.[↗](../../chuffed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (UK slang)[↗](../../chuffed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was chuffed that her team won.[↗](../../chuffed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran was chuffed with her birthday card.[↗](../../chuffed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The little engine chuffed up the hill.[↗](../../chuffed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm well chuffed\![↗](../../chuffed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (UK slang)[↗](../../chuffed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **chunder** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (slang, Australia/NZ, UK) to vomit, be sick.[↗](../../chunder/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) vomit.[↗](../../chunder/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He chundered on the boat all the way to the island.[↗](../../chunder/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't eat that, you'll chunder.[↗](../../chunder/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There was chunder all over the bus seat.[↗](../../chunder/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Chat: «Feel like I'm gonna chunder.»[↗](../../chunder/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The rollercoaster made three kids chunder.[↗](../../chunder/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum said, «Chunder in the bucket, not on the carpet!»[↗](../../chunder/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **chunk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thick, solid piece of something (a chunk of cheese).[↗](../../chunk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A large part or amount of something (a chunk of time).[↗](../../chunk/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To break something into chunks or smaller parts.[↗](../../chunk/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In maths, chunking is a way of dividing by taking away groups.[↗](../../chunk/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He broke off a chunk of chocolate.[↗](../../chunk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We spent a big chunk of the day at the beach.[↗](../../chunk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Chop the carrots into chunks.[↗](../../chunk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Chunk long words into syllables to read them.[↗](../../chunk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Use chunking to divide 96 by 8.[↗](../../chunk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A chunk of ice fell from the roof.[↗](../../chunk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Slipping a long thin blade from out his belt, he cut large chunks of choice meat.[↗](../../chunk/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **chunky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Thick, solid and heavy-looking: a chunky jumper, chunky boots.[↗](../../chunky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Containing thick pieces: chunky soup, chunky peanut butter.[↗](../../chunky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of a person or animal, informal) Short and broad, with a solid body.[↗](../../chunky/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma knitted me a chunky woolly jumper.[↗](../../chunky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I like chunky peanut butter with bits of nut.[↗](../../chunky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore chunky boots in the snow.[↗](../../chunky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The soup was chunky with carrots and potatoes.[↗](../../chunky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The toddler held a chunky crayon.[↗](../../chunky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat is a bit chunky after the holidays.[↗](../../chunky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **church** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A church is a building where Christians go to pray and worship.[↗](../../church/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A church is a group of Christians with the same beliefs, like the Catholic Church.[↗](../../church/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Church can mean the service held there: «We go to church on Sunday.».[↗](../../church/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We walked past the old stone church.[↗](../../church/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My cousin got married in a church.[↗](../../church/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · They go to church every Sunday.[↗](../../church/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The church bells rang at noon.[↗](../../church/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school concert was in the church hall.[↗](../../church/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn right after the church.[↗](../../church/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The church has beautiful coloured windows.[↗](../../church/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · There are graves in the churchyard.[↗](../../church/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Why, she never goes to church."[↗](../../church/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **churchwarden** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (church) A churchwarden is a volunteer in a parish (especially Church of England and Anglican churches) who helps look after the church building, its money and services.[↗](../../churchwarden/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old) A long clay pipe for smoking.[↗](../../churchwarden/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The churchwarden unlocked the church for the choir.[↗](../../churchwarden/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mrs Patel is a churchwarden at St Mary's.[↗](../../churchwarden/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The churchwardens counted the collection after the service.[↗](../../churchwarden/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Each parish chooses two churchwardens.[↗](../../churchwarden/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The churchwarden helped fix the leaking roof.[↗](../../churchwarden/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our churchwarden rings the bell on Sunday mornings.[↗](../../churchwarden/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **churchyard** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The land around a church, often with a graveyard where people are buried.[↗](../../churchyard/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (in stories) A quiet, sometimes spooky place with gravestones, trees and old walls.[↗](../../churchyard/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old yew tree stands in the churchyard.[↗](../../churchyard/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We read the names on the gravestones in the churchyard.[↗](../../churchyard/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My great-grandparents are buried in the village churchyard.[↗](../../churchyard/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The children walked past the dark churchyard at night.[↗](../../churchyard/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The churchyard wall is covered in moss.[↗](../../churchyard/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Snowdrops grow in the churchyard in winter.[↗](../../churchyard/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Now we are in the churchyard.[↗](../../churchyard/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **churl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A rude, mean, rough man who is unkind and will not do what is fair or good.[↗](../../churl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The churl would not pay the workers what he owed.[↗](../../churl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Now, Jack," said the Gray Churl, "you must lose a month's wages."[↗](../../churl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince.[↗](../../churl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.17.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../churl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And the king lamented for Abner, and said: Should Abner die as a churl dieth?[↗](../../churl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.3.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../churl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For a servant when he reigneth; and a churl when he is filled with food; (Writings PRO.30.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../churl/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **churlish** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Rude, grumpy and unkind in the way one behaves or speaks.[↗](../../churlish/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It was churlish of him not to say thank you.[↗](../../churlish/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Only a churlish farmer would refuse to help.[↗](../../churlish/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") **churn** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A churn is a container in which cream or milk is shaken or stirred to make butter.[↗](../../churn/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To churn is to stir or shake milk or cream to make butter.[↗](../../churn/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To churn is to move or stir water, mud or earth around violently: «The boat churned up the water.».[↗](../../churn/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* If your stomach churns, you feel sick, often from worry.[↗](../../churn/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To churn out is to make lots of something quickly, often without care.[↗](../../churn/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the old days, people made butter in a wooden churn.[↗](../../churn/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We shook cream in a jar to churn our own butter.[↗](../../churn/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The tractor churned up the muddy field.[↗](../../churn/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The boat's engine churned the water white.[↗](../../churn/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My stomach churned before my turn on stage.[↗](../../churn/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves churned around the rocks.[↗](../../churn/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory churns out thousands of toys a day.[↗](../../churn/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers carried milk in metal churns.[↗](../../churn/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "This good, rich milk," she mused, "will give me plenty of cream to churn.[↗](../../churn/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For the churning of milk bringeth forth curd, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood; so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.[↗](../../churn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.30.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../churn/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **churr** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To churr is to make a low, long, trilling or whirring sound, like a nightjar, a grasshopper or a partridge.[↗](../../churr/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun) A churr is that sound.[↗](../../churr/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The nightjar churred on the heath at dusk.[↗](../../churr/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard the churr of a grasshopper.[↗](../../churr/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A partridge churred in the field.[↗](../../churr/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The insects churred in the warm evening.[↗](../../churr/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The churring went on all night.[↗](../../churr/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Listen for the nightjar's long churr.[↗](../../churr/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **ci** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (abbreviation) CI often means «Chief Inspector», a senior police officer in the UK.[↗](../../ci/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (abbreviation, science and maths) CI means «confidence interval», a range of numbers that probably contains the true value.[↗](../../ci/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (abbreviation) The Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey and others) are sometimes written CI; CI is also the code for Côte d'Ivoire.[↗](../../ci/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (Mandarin, pinyin) «Cì» means «time» as in «once, twice» (yí cì = once), and «cí» means «word»; it sounds like «tsuh».[↗](../../ci/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (Italian) «Ci» means «us» or «there».[↗](../../ci/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") It is not an English word.[↗](../../ci/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The CI arrived at the crime scene.[↗](../../ci/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · DCI Smith led the detectives.[↗](../../ci/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientists gave a 95% CI for the average height.[↗](../../ci/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Mandarin, «yí cì» means «once».[↗](../../ci/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We went on holiday to the Channel Islands, written CI on the map.[↗](../../ci/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · «Ci vediamo» means «see you» in Italian.[↗](../../ci/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It is worthy ot note that Philo attributes the tirst inven- tion of letters to Abraham iRees, Ci,clopediii, art.[↗](../../ci/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../ci/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cicada** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cicada is a large insect with clear wings and big eyes that lives in warm places; male cicadas make a very loud buzzing or clicking song in summer.[↗](../../cicada/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Young cicadas (nymphs) live underground for years, then climb out, shed their skin and become adults.[↗](../../cicada/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cicadas sang loudly all through the hot afternoon.[↗](../../cicada/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We found an empty cicada shell stuck to the tree.[↗](../../cicada/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Periodical cicadas come out every 17 years in some parts of the USA.[↗](../../cicada/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Male cicadas make sound with drum-like parts on their bodies.[↗](../../cicada/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Australia, the Green Grocer cicada is bright green.[↗](../../cicada/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cicadas suck sap from trees.[↗](../../cicada/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The cicada nymph lived underground for years.[↗](../../cicada/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cider** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) An alcoholic drink made from the juice of crushed apples, a bit like beer in strength.[↗](../../cider/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (USA, Canada) Cloudy apple juice that has not been filtered, often drunk hot in autumn; it has no alcohol unless called «hard cider».[↗](../../cider/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A glass or bottle of this drink: «two ciders».[↗](../../cider/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We drank hot apple cider at the pumpkin patch.[↗](../../cider/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In Canada, cider at the farm stand is just thick apple juice.[↗](../../cider/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My uncle ordered a pint of cider at the pub.[↗](../../cider/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cider is for grown-ups in England because it contains alcohol.[↗](../../cider/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer put the apples into the cider press.[↗](../../cider/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Yeast turns the sugar in apple juice into alcohol, and that is how cider is made.[↗](../../cider/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum puts a splash of apple cider vinegar in the salad dressing.[↗](../../cider/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The orchard smelt of apples and cider.[↗](../../cider/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Which do you like, canary, St. Julien, champagne, hermitage sack, raisin, or cider?’[↗](../../cider/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/30/) **31** [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/32/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← 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