--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 84 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/84/) [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 84 [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 cowrie is a small sea snail with a smooth, shiny, rounded shell.[↗](../../cowrie/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cowrie is also the shell of this snail, which was used as money in parts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific long ago and is still used in jewellery.[↗](../../cowrie/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She found a tiny cowrie shell on the beach in Queensland.[↗](../../cowrie/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, people in West Africa used cowries as money.[↗](../../cowrie/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The necklace was made of white cowrie shells.[↗](../../cowrie/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A cowrie shell is smooth and shiny like glass.[↗](../../cowrie/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher showed us a cowrie to explain early money.[↗](../../cowrie/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cowrie snail lives in warm, shallow seas.[↗](../../cowrie/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · He swapped a bag of cowries for a goat in the trading game.[↗](../../cowrie/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cowshed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cowshed is a farm building where cows are kept, fed or milked, especially in winter.[↗](../../cowshed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmer led the cows into the cowshed before the storm.[↗](../../cowshed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cowshed smelled of hay and milk.[↗](../../cowshed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In winter the cows stay in the cowshed.[↗](../../cowshed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We saw the calves in the cowshed on our school trip.[↗](../../cowshed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Your bedroom looks like a cowshed! said Mum.[↗](../../cowshed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The old cowshed has been turned into a holiday cottage.[↗](../../cowshed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he would go into the cowsheds and unfasten the chains that fixed each beast in its own stall, and let them fall with a heavy clang to the ground.[↗](../../cowshed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cowslip** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A wild spring flower with pale yellow, sweet-smelling blossoms that grows in grass and meadows.[↗](../../cowslip/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We picked cowslips in the meadow.[↗](../../cowslip/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The field was yellow with cowslips.[↗](../../cowslip/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She made a crown of cowslips.[↗](../../cowslip/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **coyly** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* In a shy or teasing way, as if holding back.[↗](../../coyly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How long wilt thou turn away coyly, O thou backsliding daughter?[↗](../../coyly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.31.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../coyly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **coyote** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A coyote is a wild animal of the dog family, smaller than a wolf, with grey-brown fur, big ears and a bushy tail, found across North and Central America.[↗](../../coyote/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (US, slang) A coyote is also a person paid to smuggle people secretly across the border from Mexico into the USA.[↗](../../coyote/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We heard coyotes howling in the desert at night.[↗](../../coyote/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Coyotes now live in many cities in North America.[↗](../../coyote/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The coyote hunted mice in the field.[↗](../../coyote/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A coyote is smaller than a wolf.[↗](../../coyote/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In Native American tales, Coyote is a trickster.[↗](../../coyote/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the cartoon, the coyote never catches the Road Runner.[↗](../../coyote/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep small pets inside at night if coyotes live nearby.[↗](../../coyote/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now Iktomi returned to the coyote who had been looking on through his eyelashes.[↗](../../coyote/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cozy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Warm, snug and comfortable, safe from the cold or from harm.[↗](../../cozy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") (In British English this is spelled cosy.).[↗](../../cozy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They slept in a cozy nest in the hedge.[↗](../../cozy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our kitchen is cozy on winter nights.[↗](../../cozy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat curled up in a cozy corner by the fire.[↗](../../cozy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **cpr** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation: first aid for someone whose heart has stopped and who is not breathing, done by pushing hard and fast on the middle of their chest, sometimes with rescue breaths.[↗](../../cpr/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is said as three letters: «C-P-R».[↗](../../cpr/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The lifeguard gave him CPR until the ambulance came.[↗](../../cpr/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned CPR on a dummy at school.[↗](../../cpr/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Push hard and fast in the middle of the chest when you do CPR.[↗](../../cpr/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Call for help before you start CPR.[↗](../../cpr/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad took a CPR course at work.[↗](../../cpr/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · CPR helped save the footballer's life.[↗](../../cpr/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The song «Stayin' Alive» has about the right beat for CPR.[↗](../../cpr/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crab** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crab is a sea or shore animal with a hard shell, eight legs and two big claws (pincers), which often walks sideways.[↗](../../crab/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Crab is the meat of this animal eaten as food.[↗](../../crab/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Informally, a crab is a grumpy person.[↗](../../crab/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A crab scuttled sideways across the sand.[↗](../../crab/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a little crab in the rock pool.[↗](../../crab/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful, the crab's claws can pinch.[↗](../../crab/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A hermit crab lives in an empty shell.[↗](../../crab/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Crabs have hard shells to protect them.[↗](../../crab/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad ordered crab at the seafood restaurant.[↗](../../crab/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the crab back gently where you found it.[↗](../../crab/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · “Of course,” said the young crab.[↗](../../crab/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **crabby** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) Crabby means grumpy and easily annoyed, in a bad mood.[↗](../../crabby/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby gets crabby when she is tired.[↗](../../crabby/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad is always crabby before his morning coffee.[↗](../../crabby/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be so crabby — it's only a game\![↗](../../crabby/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I was crabby because I hadn't had lunch.[↗](../../crabby/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crabby neighbour shouted at us to keep the ball out of his garden.[↗](../../crabby/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the long car ride, everyone was hot and crabby.[↗](../../crabby/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **crabs** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sea or shore animals with a hard shell, ten legs and two big claws that walk sideways.[↗](../../crabs/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The meat of these animals, eaten as food.[↗](../../crabs/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found three little crabs in the rock pool.[↗](../../crabs/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crabs walk sideways across the sand.[↗](../../crabs/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold crabs from behind so they can't pinch you.[↗](../../crabs/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Hermit crabs live in empty shells.[↗](../../crabs/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Crabs shed their hard shells when they grow.[↗](../../crabs/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the crabs back in the water before you go home.[↗](../../crabs/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad ordered crab cakes at the seaside restaurant.[↗](../../crabs/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Crabs are crustaceans, not insects.[↗](../../crabs/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · There grew water-plants, some quite fresh, and others looking sickly, which had water-snakes twining round them, and black crabs clinging to their stems.[↗](../../crabs/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **crack** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crack is a thin line where something has broken but not fallen apart.[↗](../../crack/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crack is a narrow gap or opening.[↗](../../crack/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A crack is a sudden sharp loud sound.[↗](../../crack/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To crack means to break so that lines appear, or to break something open, like an egg.[↗](../../crack/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To crack a joke means to tell it; to crack a code or problem means to solve it.[↗](../../crack/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* Crack-brain is an old word for a person who is mad or very silly.[↗](../../crack/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There's a crack in my phone screen.[↗](../../crack/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crack two eggs into the bowl.[↗](../../crack/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep off the ice; it has cracks in it.[↗](../../crack/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The whip gave a loud crack.[↗](../../crack/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She opened the door a crack and peeped out.[↗](../../crack/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We finally cracked the secret code\![↗](../../crack/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Water freezing in rocks makes them crack.[↗](../../crack/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad likes to crack jokes at dinner.[↗](../../crack/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the crack-brain under lock and key!"[↗](../../crack/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Because of the ground which is cracked, for there hath been no rain in the land, the plowmen are ashamed, they cover their heads.[↗](../../crack/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.14.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crack/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **cracker** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cracker is a thin, dry, crisp biscuit, often eaten with cheese.[↗](../../cracker/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A Christmas cracker is a paper tube that bangs when two people pull it, with a small gift inside (UK, Ireland, Australia).[↗](../../cracker/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A firecracker is a small firework that bangs.[↗](../../cracker/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Matthew had 24 crackers.[↗](../../cracker/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave equal numbers of crackers to his 3 friends.[↗](../../cracker/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each friend ate 5 crackers.[↗](../../cracker/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many crackers did he have left?[↗](../../cracker/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I like crackers with cheese.[↗](../../cracker/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We pulled crackers at the party and got paper hats.[↗](../../cracker/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Animal crackers are shaped like animals.[↗](../../cracker/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Firecrackers are loud, so keep away from them.[↗](../../cracker/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Bang! answered the Crackers, who were enjoying themselves immensely.[↗](../../cracker/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **crackle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To crackle is to make a lot of short, sharp, small sounds, like a fire burning or paper being crushed.[↗](../../crackle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crackle is one of these sounds, or a series of them.[↗](../../crackle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To crackle with something (excitement, energy) means to be full of it.[↗](../../crackle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The logs crackled in the fireplace.[↗](../../crackle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dry leaves crackled under our boots.[↗](../../crackle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The radio crackled and then went silent.[↗](../../crackle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · I heard the crackle of a crisp packet.[↗](../../crackle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The air crackled with excitement before the match.[↗](../../crackle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rice cereal crackles when you pour milk on it.[↗](../../crackle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We sat by the crackling campfire.[↗](../../crackle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The badger, hearing the crackle of the burning grass, asked, “What is that?”[↗](../../crackle/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool; this also is vanity.[↗](../../crackle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.7.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crackle/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **cradle** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cradle is a small bed for a baby, often one that can rock.[↗](../../cradle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The place where something began: the cradle of civilisation.[↗](../../cradle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To cradle something is to hold it gently in your arms.[↗](../../cradle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A frame that holds something, like a phone cradle.[↗](../../cradle/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby slept in a wooden cradle.[↗](../../cradle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She cradled the kitten in her arms.[↗](../../cradle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mesopotamia is called the cradle of civilisation.[↗](../../cradle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Rock the cradle gently.[↗](../../cradle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He cradled his sore arm.[↗](../../cradle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the phone back in its cradle.[↗](../../cradle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · “Wendy,” remonstrated Michael, “I’m too big for a cradle.”[↗](../../cradle/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **craft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An activity where you make things by hand, such as painting, sewing, cutting and gluing.[↗](../../craft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A skill or job that needs skilful hands, like woodwork or pottery.[↗](../../craft/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A boat, ship, plane or spaceship: «a small craft».[↗](../../craft/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To make something carefully and skilfully.[↗](../../craft/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Cleverness used to trick people (old use: «craftiness»).[↗](../../craft/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We made paper lanterns in craft time.[↗](../../craft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Knitting is a craft my grandma loves.[↗](../../craft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Carpentry is an old craft.[↗](../../craft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The small craft sailed into the harbour.[↗](../../craft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A spacecraft landed on Mars.[↗](../../craft/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She crafted a birthday card for her friend.[↗](../../craft/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful with scissors and glue guns at the craft table.[↗](../../craft/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘What craft shall we follow?’ asked Pryderi.[↗](../../craft/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **craftily** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a clever, sly way, often to trick someone or to get something without being noticed.[↗](../../craftily/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Would you send me to school?" he asked craftily.[↗](../../craftily/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox craftily hid his tail.[↗](../../craftily/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She craftily made the guard look away.[↗](../../craftily/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He turned their heart to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants.[↗](../../craftily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.105.25, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craftily/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **craftiness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cleverness used in a sly way, especially for tricking people.[↗](../../craftiness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His craftiness made the king believe him.[↗](../../craftiness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The fox used his craftiness to escape.[↗](../../craftiness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We admired her craftiness in solving the puzzle.[↗](../../craftiness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In whose hands is craftiness, and their right hand is full of bribes.[↗](../../craftiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.26.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craftiness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.[↗](../../craftiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.5.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craftiness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **craftsman** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A person, traditionally a man, who is skilled at making things by hand, such as furniture, pots, jewellery or stone carvings: «a skilled craftsman».[↗](../../craftsman/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Anyone who does their work with great care and skill.[↗](../../craftsman/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The craftsman carved the wooden chair by hand.[↗](../../craftsman/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Medieval craftsmen built the great cathedrals.[↗](../../craftsman/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A master craftsman trained young apprentices.[↗](../../craftsman/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The clock was made by a Swiss craftsman.[↗](../../craftsman/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at the craftsmanship in this old table\![↗](../../craftsman/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Joseph, in the Bible, was a craftsman who worked with wood.[↗](../../craftsman/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The stained glass was made by a local craftsman.[↗](../../craftsman/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "A master craftsman--you are a master, of course?--can see in a minute what's wrong," the dragon went on.[↗](../../craftsman/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Cursed be the man that maketh a graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and setteth it up in secret.[↗](../../craftsman/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.27.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craftsman/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And with him was Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman, and a skilful workman, and a weaver in colours, in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. — (Torah EXO.38.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craftsman/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And now I have sent a skilful man, endued with understanding, even Huram my master craftsman, (Writings 2CH.2.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craftsman/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The image perchance, which the craftsman hath melted, and the goldsmith spread over with gold, the silversmith casting silver chains?[↗](../../craftsman/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.40.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craftsman/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For from Israel is even this: the craftsman made it, and it is no God; yea, the calf of Samaria shall be broken in shivers.[↗](../../craftsman/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.8.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craftsman/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **craftsperson** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A craftsperson is someone who makes things skilfully by hand, such as pots, furniture, jewellery or baskets.[↗](../../craftsperson/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A craftsperson carved the wooden chair by hand.[↗](../../craftsperson/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The craft fair is full of local craftspeople.[↗](../../craftsperson/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Middle Ages, a young apprentice learned from a craftsperson.[↗](../../craftsperson/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The potter is a craftsperson who makes bowls on a wheel.[↗](../../craftsperson/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It takes years of practice to become a skilled craftsperson.[↗](../../craftsperson/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum showed tools used by craftspeople long ago.[↗](../../craftsperson/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **crafty** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Crafty means clever at getting what you want by tricks and secret plans; sly.[↗](../../crafty/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) Crafty can mean liking or good at making crafts by hand.[↗](../../crafty/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The crafty fox tricked the crow.[↗](../../crafty/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He gave a crafty smile.[↗](../../crafty/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad made a crafty plan to escape.[↗](../../crafty/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The crafty weasels took over Toad Hall.[↗](../../crafty/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That was a crafty way to win the game\![↗](../../crafty/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Gran is very crafty — she knits and sews everything.[↗](../../crafty/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · So, with a crafty and evil smile upon his face, he spoke as follows:[↗](../../crafty/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cannot my taste discern crafty devices?[↗](../../crafty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.6.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crafty/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.[↗](../../crafty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.15.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crafty/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They hold crafty converse against Thy people, and take counsel against Thy treasured ones.[↗](../../crafty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.83.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crafty/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **crag** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A steep, rough, rocky cliff or high rock sticking out from a hill or mountain.[↗](../../crag/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An eagle perched on the crag.[↗](../../crag/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Edinburgh Castle stands on a volcanic crag.[↗](../../crag/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Climbers scaled the steep crag.[↗](../../crag/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mist hid the crags above the valley.[↗](../../crag/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The old sailor had a craggy face.[↗](../../crag/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't climb crags without proper gear and an instructor.[↗](../../crag/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Next year the Eagle built her nest far up on a mountain crag; but the Beetle found it and again destroyed the eggs.[↗](../../crag/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He made him ride on the high places of the earth, and he did eat the fruitage of the field; and He made him to suck honey out of the crag, and oil out of the flinty rock; (Torah DEU.32.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crag/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The rock-badgers are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the crags; (Writings PRO.30.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crag/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the stronghold.[↗](../../crag/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.28, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crag/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The one crag rose up on the north in front of Michmas, and the other on the south in front of Geba.[↗](../../crag/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.14.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crag/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/83/) **84** [85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/85/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/83/) - next →: [page 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/85/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)