--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 85 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/85/) [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 85 [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:* Rough and steep, with many sharp rocks sticking out; a craggy hill or cliff.[↗](../../craggy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They climbed the craggy mountain.[↗](../../craggy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A craggy cliff overlooked the sea.[↗](../../craggy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant's craggy face was lined with rock.[↗](../../craggy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **cram** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cram is to push too many things or people into a small space.[↗](../../cram/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To cram is to study a lot in a short time just before a test.[↗](../../cram/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To cram food is to eat it very fast, stuffing your mouth.[↗](../../cram/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He crammed all his clothes into one small bag.[↗](../../cram/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Twenty people crammed into the tiny lift.[↗](../../cram/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't cram for the test the night before; revise a bit each day.[↗](../../cram/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cupboard was crammed with old toys.[↗](../../cram/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She crammed the whole sandwich into her mouth.[↗](../../cram/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We crammed into the car for the trip.[↗](../../cram/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The shelves were crammed full of books.[↗](../../cram/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hansel bent down and filled his pocket with as many of them as he could cram in.[↗](../../cram/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cramp** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cramp is a sudden, painful tightening of a muscle, often in the leg or foot.[↗](../../cramp/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Cramps are pains in the stomach.[↗](../../cramp/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To cramp means to stop someone moving or acting freely: cramp your style.[↗](../../cramp/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I got cramp in my leg during the race.[↗](../../cramp/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Stretch your leg to ease the cramp.[↗](../../cramp/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My hand had a cramp after writing so much.[↗](../../cramp/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She had stomach cramps after eating too fast.[↗](../../cramp/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A cramp in the water can be dangerous, so swim near the shore.[↗](../../cramp/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The small car felt cramped with five people in it.[↗](../../cramp/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Even where he was, Shere Khan’s shoulders and forepaws were cramped for want of room, as a man’s would be if he tried to fight in a barrel.[↗](../../cramp/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cranberry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small, round, red, very sour berry that grows on low bushes in wet, boggy ground.[↗](../../cranberry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The deep red colour of these berries.[↗](../../cranberry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had turkey with cranberry sauce for dinner.[↗](../../cranberry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cranberries taste very sour on their own.[↗](../../cranberry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers flood the bog so the cranberries float to the top.[↗](../../cranberry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum put dried cranberries in the muffins.[↗](../../cranberry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She drank a glass of cranberry juice.[↗](../../cranberry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The recipe needs 200 grams of cranberries.[↗](../../cranberry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · My new jumper is a dark cranberry red.[↗](../../cranberry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So the bear promised to lie very still; but the moment the cranberries touched her eyes she sprang up with a roar.[↗](../../cranberry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **crane** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crane is a very tall machine with a long arm used to lift and move heavy things, especially on building sites and at ports.[↗](../../crane/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crane is also a large bird with long legs, a long neck and a long beak.[↗](../../crane/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To crane your neck is to stretch your neck to see something better.[↗](../../crane/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A huge crane lifted the steel beams to the top floor.[↗](../../crane/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crane unloaded the containers from the ship.[↗](../../crane/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A crane stood in the marsh on one leg.[↗](../../crane/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We folded paper cranes in art class.[↗](../../crane/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I craned my neck to see over the crowd.[↗](../../crane/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crane driver sits in a little cab high in the air.[↗](../../crane/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Cranes fly in big flocks when they migrate.[↗](../../crane/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Take this sack,’ said the crane.[↗](../../crane/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Like a swallow or a crane, so do I chatter, I do moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward.[↗](../../crane/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.38.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crane/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but My people know not the ordinance of the LORD.[↗](../../crane/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.8.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crane/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **crank** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun) A handle or bar bent at a right angle that you turn round and round to make a machine work, like on an old car engine, a pencil sharpener or a jack-in-the-box.[↗](../../crank/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, informal) A person with strange, fixed ideas who will not listen to evidence: «a crank who thinks the Earth is flat».[↗](../../crank/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun, US, informal) A grumpy, bad-tempered person.[↗](../../crank/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To turn a crank to start or move something: «crank the handle».[↗](../../crank/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (verb, informal) Crank up: to turn up the volume, heat or power: «crank up the music».[↗](../../crank/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (slang, US) Crank: a slang name for an illegal drug (methamphetamine) — dangerous and against the law.[↗](../../crank/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the old days, drivers had to crank the engine by hand.[↗](../../crank/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The pedals of a bike are attached to cranks.[↗](../../crank/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the crank and the music box plays.[↗](../../crank/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Can you crank up the heating?[↗](../../crank/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") It's freezing.[↗](../../crank/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some cranks still claim the Earth is flat.[↗](../../crank/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa is a bit of a crank before his morning coffee.[↗](../../crank/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The factory cranks out thousands of toys a day.[↗](../../crank/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't make crank calls; it is mean and can be illegal.[↗](../../crank/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **crankshaft** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crankshaft is a long metal rod in an engine that turns the up-and-down movement of the pistons into turning (spinning) movement that drives the wheels.[↗](../../crankshaft/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The pistons push the crankshaft round.[↗](../../crankshaft/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A broken crankshaft means the engine cannot work.[↗](../../crankshaft/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A bicycle's pedals turn a crank, a little like a crankshaft.[↗](../../crankshaft/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The mechanic showed us the crankshaft inside the old engine.[↗](../../crankshaft/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In D&T we built a model with a crankshaft that made a toy bird flap.[↗](../../crankshaft/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Steam engines used a crankshaft to turn their wheels.[↗](../../crankshaft/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cranky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, US/Canada/Australia) Bad-tempered or easily annoyed, often because you are tired or hungry.[↗](../../cranky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, UK) Strange or odd (cranky ideas).[↗](../../cranky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (of a machine) Not working well; unreliable.[↗](../../cranky/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby gets cranky when she's tired.[↗](../../cranky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't be cranky; we'll eat soon.[↗](../../cranky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad is a bit cranky in the mornings.[↗](../../cranky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cranky old car wouldn't start.[↗](../../cranky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm always cranky when I'm hungry.[↗](../../cranky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cranky shopkeeper shouted at the kids.[↗](../../cranky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cranny** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small crack, gap or hole in a wall or rock where something tiny can hide or shelter.[↗](../../cranny/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old use) Any tiny hidden corner or secret place.[↗](../../cranny/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The crab hid in a cranny between the rocks.[↗](../../cranny/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She felt into every cranny for the lost button.[↗](../../cranny/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mouse squeezed through a cranny in the wall.[↗](../../cranny/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **crap** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (rude) Nonsense or untrue things: «That's a load of crap.».[↗](../../crap/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rude, UK, Australia) Very bad or of poor quality: «a crap film».[↗](../../crap/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rude) Rubbish or junk: «clear all that crap off the table».[↗](../../crap/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (rude) Solid waste from the body; or to empty the bowels.[↗](../../crap/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (rude) «Crap!» said when something goes wrong.[↗](../../crap/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* «Craps» (US): a game played with two dice for money.[↗](../../crap/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* In some old dialect speech, crap means a crop grown on a farm.[↗](../../crap/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* (rude) «Crap\![↗](../../crap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") I forgot my homework.»[↗](../../crap/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) «That film was crap,» said my cousin.[↗](../../crap/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) «I'm crap at football,» he sighed.[↗](../../crap/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) «Stop talking crap.»[↗](../../crap/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) «Get your crap off my bed!»[↗](../../crap/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (rude) «Cut the crap and tell me the truth.»[↗](../../crap/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · They played craps in the casino.[↗](../../crap/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crape** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A thin, crinkly black cloth, worn to show mourning for someone who has died.[↗](../../crape/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A thin crinkled cloth of other colours, used for dresses and wrappers.[↗](../../crape/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She wore a black crape band on her sleeve for her grandfather.[↗](../../crape/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The box was wrapped in crape.[↗](../../crape/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The table was covered with crape for the funeral.[↗](../../crape/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **crash** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crash is an accident when a vehicle hits something hard.[↗](../../crash/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crash is a sudden loud noise of something falling or breaking.[↗](../../crash/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To crash is to hit something hard, or to fall with a loud noise.[↗](../../crash/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* When a computer crashes, it suddenly stops working.[↗](../../crash/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To crash can mean to fall asleep very quickly because you are tired (informal).[↗](../../crash/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The car crashed into a tree.[↗](../../crash/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a crash from the kitchen.[↗](../../crash/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves crashed against the rocks.[↗](../../crash/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My computer crashed and I lost my work.[↗](../../crash/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Wear a helmet in case you crash your bike.[↗](../../crash/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The plane made a crash landing.[↗](../../crash/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After the trip I crashed on the sofa.[↗](../../crash/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crashing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A loud noise of things smashing, breaking or falling.[↗](../../crashing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The sound of heavy bodies bursting through things, such as trees or branches.[↗](../../crashing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We heard a crashing in the bushes.[↗](../../crashing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The falling tree made a loud crashing.[↗](../../crashing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Through the crashings of the branches, the horse ran on.[↗](../../crashing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the crashings of His pavilion?[↗](../../crashing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.36.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crashing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And in that day, saith the LORD, Hark! a cry from the fish gate, and a wailing from the second quarter, and a great crashing from the hills.[↗](../../crashing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEP.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crashing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **crate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crate is a big strong box, often made of wood or plastic slats, used to carry or store things.[↗](../../crate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A dog crate is a box-like cage where a dog sleeps or travels.[↗](../../crate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each crate holds 24 apples.[↗](../../crate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They loaded 15 crates onto the truck.[↗](../../crate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · How many crates are needed for 96 bottles?[↗](../../crate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A crate of oranges weighs 20 kg.[↗](../../crate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The puppy sleeps in a crate at night.[↗](../../crate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer stacked the crates in the barn.[↗](../../crate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We used an old crate as a step.[↗](../../crate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The ship carried hundreds of crates.[↗](../../crate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **crater** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crater is a large bowl-shaped hole in the ground made when something hits it, like a meteorite or a bomb.[↗](../../crater/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crater is the hollow at the top of a volcano.[↗](../../crater/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A crater can also be any small hollow or dip, like a dent in a soft surface.[↗](../../crater/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Moon's surface is covered in craters.[↗](../../crater/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We dropped stones into a tray of flour to make craters.[↗](../../crater/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Smoke rose from the crater of the volcano.[↗](../../crater/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A meteorite made a huge crater in the desert.[↗](../../crater/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bigger stones made deeper craters in our experiment.[↗](../../crater/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bomb left a crater in the road.[↗](../../crater/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some craters fill with water and become lakes.[↗](../../crater/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Does the crater of the volcano know that the glowing lava is pouring from it?[↗](../../crater/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **craunch** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* An old word meaning to crunch or chew noisily.[↗](../../craunch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Thou shalt even drink it and drain it, and thou shalt craunch the sherds thereof, and shalt tear thy breasts; for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.[↗](../../craunch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craunch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **crave** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To crave something is to want it very strongly, so that it is hard to think about anything else.[↗](../../crave/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old, formal) To crave something is to ask for it humbly: «I crave your pardon».[↗](../../crave/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* After the long walk, I craved a cold drink.[↗](../../crave/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Toad craved excitement and fast cars.[↗](../../crave/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Babies crave attention and comfort.[↗](../../crave/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «I crave your pardon, my lord.»[↗](../../crave/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She craved a quiet moment alone.[↗](../../crave/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some people crave chocolate when they are tired.[↗](../../crave/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · At last Hook had got the boon for which he craved.[↗](../../crave/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · So they did eat, and were well filled; and He gave them that which they craved.[↗](../../crave/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crave/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **craving** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A craving is a very strong wish for something, especially a food or drink.[↗](../../craving/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A strong need for an addictive thing, like a smoker's craving for a cigarette.[↗](../../craving/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Craving is also the -ing form of «crave», to want something very strongly.[↗](../../craving/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I have a craving for ice cream.[↗](../../craving/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum had cravings for pickles when she was expecting the baby.[↗](../../craving/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Smokers feel cravings when they try to stop.[↗](../../craving/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He is craving attention from his friends.[↗](../../craving/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Buddhists teach that craving leads to suffering.[↗](../../craving/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · After the run I was craving water.[↗](../../craving/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A glass of milk stopped my craving for something sweet.[↗](../../craving/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He sold all his possessions in order to satisfy his cravings, and was forced at last to devour his own limbs.[↗](../../craving/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And they tried God in their heart by asking food for their craving.[↗](../../craving/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craving/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · They were not estranged from their craving, their food was yet in their mouths, (Writings PSA.78.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../craving/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **craw** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The first stomach pouch of a bird, where food is stored.[↗](../../craw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") In some texts it is the throat or the crop.[↗](../../craw/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* The first stomach of a bird, where food is stored; in one sentence it is the sound of crows calling.[↗](../../craw/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And these are the Twelve Leaders in the Person: two hands, two legs, two kidneys, spleen, liver, gall, rumen, abomasum, craw.[↗](../../craw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 2: Identification of the latter four terms is very strange.[↗](../../craw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../craw/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · "Craw-craw! away-away from here!" cried the great black birds, and they flew away; but on the following day they came back, for they were at home here.[↗](../../craw/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · And these are the Twelve Leaders in the Person: two hands, two legs, two kidneys, spleen, liver, gall, rumen, abomasum, craw.[↗](../../craw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") \[note 2: Identification of the latter four terms is very strange.[↗](../../craw/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) **crawl** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To crawl is to move on your hands and knees, as babies do.[↗](../../crawl/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To crawl is how insects, worms and snakes move along the ground slowly.[↗](../../crawl/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To crawl means to go very slowly, like traffic in a jam.[↗](../../crawl/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To be crawling with something means to be full of crawling creatures or people.[↗](../../crawl/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* The crawl, or front crawl, is a fast swimming stroke with arms going over the head one at a time.[↗](../../crawl/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby is learning to crawl.[↗](../../crawl/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · If there's smoke, crawl low under it to get out.[↗](../../crawl/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A caterpillar crawled across the leaf.[↗](../../crawl/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Traffic crawled along the motorway.[↗](../../crawl/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The kitchen was crawling with ants.[↗](../../crawl/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I can swim fifty metres of front crawl.[↗](../../crawl/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We crawled through the tunnel in the playground.[↗](../../crawl/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The last lesson before the holidays crawled by.[↗](../../crawl/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The place is crawling with them,” said he.[↗](../../crawl/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The wasting of hunger, and the devouring of the fiery bolt, and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, with the venom of crawling things of the dust.[↗](../../crawl/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crawl/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their close places; they shall come with fear unto the LORD our God, and shall be afraid because of Thee.[↗](../../crawl/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets MIC.7.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crawl/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/84/) **85** 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