--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 88 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/88/) [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 88 [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:* (science) Active mainly at twilight, at dawn and dusk, rather than in the day or night: «Rabbits and deer are crepuscular».[↗](../../crepuscular/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, literary) Of or like twilight; dim and half-dark: «the crepuscular light».[↗](../../crepuscular/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (science) Crepuscular rays: beams of sunlight shining through gaps in clouds, often seen at sunrise or sunset.[↗](../../crepuscular/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rabbits are crepuscular, so you often see them at dusk.[↗](../../crepuscular/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Deer come out at dawn and dusk because they are crepuscular.[↗](../../crepuscular/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Crepuscular rays streamed through the clouds at sunset.[↗](../../crepuscular/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My cat is most playful at dawn: it's crepuscular.[↗](../../crepuscular/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Bats are nocturnal, but many moths are crepuscular.[↗](../../crepuscular/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The forest was full of crepuscular light.[↗](../../crepuscular/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **crescent** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The curved shape of the Moon when only a thin part of it can be seen, like a slice of melon.[↗](../../crescent/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Any shape like that, curved and thin with pointed ends.[↗](../../crescent/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A curved street of houses (used in many UK, Australian and NZ street names).[↗](../../crescent/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There was a thin crescent moon in the sky.[↗](../../crescent/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The croissant is shaped like a crescent.[↗](../../crescent/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We live at 12 Oak Crescent.[↗](../../crescent/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Draw a crescent by drawing two curves that meet at the points.[↗](../../crescent/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crescent moon grows a little bigger each night until it is full.[↗](../../crescent/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The red crescent is a symbol of an aid group, like the red cross.[↗](../../crescent/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The sun had long set, and the young moon had risen like a silver crescent in the sky.[↗](../../crescent/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their anklets, and the fillets, and the crescents; (Prophets ISA.3.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crescent/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then Zebah and Zalmunna said: 'Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.'[↗](../../crescent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.[↗](../../crescent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JDG.8.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crescent/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **cress** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small plant with tiny green leaves that taste peppery, eaten in salads and sandwiches; watercress grows in water.[↗](../../cress/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We grew cress on wet cotton wool in an eggshell.[↗](../../cress/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cress grew towards the window.[↗](../../cress/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Egg and cress sandwiches are my favourite.[↗](../../cress/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cress tastes a little bit peppery.[↗](../../cress/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cress in the dark cupboard grew pale and yellow.[↗](../../cress/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Watercress grows in clean, flowing streams.[↗](../../cress/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In her solitude my old maid was always busy at the window, which was adorned in summer with pretty flowers, and in winter with cress, grown upon felt.[↗](../../cress/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crest** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crest is a bunch of feathers, fur or skin on the top of an animal's head, like a cockatoo's crest or a rooster's comb.[↗](../../crest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The crest of a hill or wave is its top.[↗](../../crest/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A crest is a special picture or badge of a family, school, team or town.[↗](../../crest/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To crest is to reach the top of a hill or wave.[↗](../../crest/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* «On the crest of a wave» means very successful at the moment.[↗](../../crest/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cockatoo raised its yellow crest.[↗](../../crest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We reached the crest of the hill and saw the sea.[↗](../../crest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school crest has a lion and a book on it.[↗](../../crest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The surfer rode the crest of the wave.[↗](../../crest/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The knight's shield showed his family crest.[↗](../../crest/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The river crested after days of rain.[↗](../../crest/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · In a wave, the crest is the top and the trough is the bottom.[↗](../../crest/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · How she lifts her crest, the ugly, spiteful creature\![↗](../../crest/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **crested** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crested bird or animal has a crest: a tuft of feathers, fur or skin on top of its head.[↗](../../crested/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Crested describes things with a decoration or badge (a crest) on them, as in crested notepaper or a crested blazer.[↗](../../crested/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Crested can also mean topped with something, such as a wave crested with white foam.[↗](../../crested/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The great crested grebe dances on the lake in spring.[↗](../../crested/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A crested newt lives in the pond.[↗](../../crested/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cockatoos are crested parrots.[↗](../../crested/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The crested penguin has yellow feathers above its eyes.[↗](../../crested/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school jumper is crested with an owl badge.[↗](../../crested/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crested lizard raised its frill.[↗](../../crested/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The waves rose high, crested with white foam, and the wind cut off their crests, scattering the foam far and wide.[↗](../../crested/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cretaceous** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) The Cretaceous is the last period of the age of dinosaurs, from about 145 to 66 million years ago.[↗](../../cretaceous/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Cretaceous (small c) means made of chalk or like chalk.[↗](../../cretaceous/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Tyrannosaurus rex lived in the Late Cretaceous period.[↗](../../cretaceous/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Cretaceous ended about 66 million years ago.[↗](../../cretaceous/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · An asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous wiped out most dinosaurs.[↗](../../cretaceous/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The White Cliffs of Dover are made of Cretaceous chalk.[↗](../../cretaceous/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The first flowering plants spread during the Cretaceous.[↗](../../cretaceous/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We found a Cretaceous fossil shell on the beach.[↗](../../cretaceous/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cretin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A person born with a serious illness that stops the body and mind growing properly.[↗](../../cretin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rude) A foolish or stupid person; now a hurtful insult.[↗](../../cretin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A person born with a serious illness that stops the body and mind growing properly.[↗](../../cretin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The poor cretin crept away to his bed.[↗](../../cretin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't call people cretins; it is cruel.[↗](../../cretin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The poor cretin crept away to his bed, and nothing was seen of him during the whole of the following day.[↗](../../cretin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) · Valais was then, as he expressed it, only a closed-up bag, quite full of sick people, miserable cretins; but the French soldiers came, and they were capital doctors, they soon killed the disease and the sick people, too.[↗](../../cretin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen) **crevasse** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A deep, narrow crack in thick ice, such as on a glacier.[↗](../../crevasse/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The climber nearly fell into a crevasse.[↗](../../crevasse/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ice was split by a deep crevasse.[↗](../../crevasse/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk carefully near a crevasse.[↗](../../crevasse/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **crevice** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A narrow crack or gap in rock, wood or a wall.[↗](../../crevice/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A small tree grew from a crevice in the rock.[↗](../../crevice/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Grass grew out of the crevice in the wall.[↗](../../crevice/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Light came through the crevices in the shutters.[↗](../../crevice/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the crevices of the crags, from before the terror of the LORD, and from the glory of His majesty, when he ariseth to shake mightily the earth.[↗](../../crevice/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.2.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crevice/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **crew** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crew is a group of people who work together, for example on a ship, a plane or a spacecraft.[↗](../../crew/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crew is any team that does a job together, like a film crew or a road crew.[↗](../../crew/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To crew is to work as part of the crew of a boat or plane.[↗](../../crew/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Crew can also be an old past tense of crow, used for a cock calling out.[↗](../../crew/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ship has a crew of 25.[↗](../../crew/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each crew paints 3 houses a week.[↗](../../crew/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · 4 crews work on the road.[↗](../../crew/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 6 of the crew are cooks.[↗](../../crew/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cabin crew showed us how to wear the life jacket.[↗](../../crew/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The pirate captain shouted at his crew.[↗](../../crew/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The space station has a crew of 7 astronauts.[↗](../../crew/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A film crew came to our school to make a video.[↗](../../crew/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · All of a sudden a cock crew.[↗](../../crew/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **crib** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (noun, US/Canada) A baby's bed with high barred sides (UK: «cot»).[↗](../../crib/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (noun, UK/Ireland/Australia) A model of the stable where Jesus was born, with figures of Mary, Joseph, the baby and animals, set up at Christmas (also «nativity scene»; US «crèche»).[↗](../../crib/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A wooden box or rack that holds food for animals; a manger.[↗](../../crib/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb, informal) To copy someone else's work and pretend it is yours; to cheat.[↗](../../crib/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (noun, informal) A sheet of answers or notes used to cheat (a «crib sheet»), or a quick summary of facts.[↗](../../crib/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (noun, slang, US) Someone's house or home: «Welcome to my crib.».[↗](../../crib/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* (noun) Short for «cribbage», a card game.[↗](../../crib/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 8:* A crib can also be a small store or bin for holding corn.[↗](../../crib/#m8 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The baby is fast asleep in her crib.[↗](../../crib/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · At Christmas we put the crib under the tree with little wooden sheep.[↗](../../crib/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The children placed baby Jesus in the crib at the crib service.[↗](../../crib/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cows ate hay from the crib in the barn.[↗](../../crib/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't crib your answers from Jack — do your own work.[↗](../../crib/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He was caught with a crib sheet in his pencil case.[↗](../../crib/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · "Come round to my crib after school," said my cousin (slang).[↗](../../crib/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad taught us to play crib.[↗](../../crib/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The turkey-cock slept on the beam, and the saddle rested in the empty crib.[↗](../../crib/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Or will he abide by thy crib?[↗](../../crib/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.39.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crib/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.[↗](../../crib/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.14.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crib/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib; but Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.[↗](../../crib/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.1.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crib/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **crick** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sudden, stiff pain in the neck or back that makes it hard to move.[↗](../../crick/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A sharp cracking or snapping sound.[↗](../../crick/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I woke up with a crick in my neck.[↗](../../crick/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crick! crack! went the branch.[↗](../../crick/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He could not turn his head because of a crick.[↗](../../crick/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **cricket** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played by two teams of eleven players on a large field with a pitch in the middle, where a bowler bowls to a batter who tries to score runs.[↗](../../cricket/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cricket is a jumping insect, like a grasshopper, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wings.[↗](../../cricket/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We play cricket in the summer holidays.[↗](../../cricket/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The bowler took three wickets.[↗](../../cricket/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He hit the ball for six in the cricket match.[↗](../../cricket/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · An over in cricket has six balls.[↗](../../cricket/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crickets chirped all night.[↗](../../cricket/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Crickets have long back legs for jumping.[↗](../../cricket/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Australia and England play for the Ashes.[↗](../../cricket/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate sandwiches at the cricket.[↗](../../cricket/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “Keep still, you ugly Cricket!” cried Pinocchio.[↗](../../cricket/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · even these of them ye may eat: the locust after its kinds, and the bald locust after its kinds, and the cricket after its kinds, and the grasshopper after its kinds.[↗](../../cricket/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cricket/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **cricketer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cricketer is a person who plays cricket, a bat-and-ball game played by two teams of eleven.[↗](../../cricketer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin wants to be a professional cricketer.[↗](../../cricketer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cricketer hit the ball for six.[↗](../../cricketer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Women cricketers play for England and Australia in the Ashes.[↗](../../cricketer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Every cricketer on the team wore white.[↗](../../cricketer/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The young cricketer practised bowling in the nets.[↗](../../cricketer/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A good cricketer needs patience and quick reactions.[↗](../../cricketer/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **crier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A town crier: in olden times, a person who walked through the streets ringing a bell and shouting out news and announcements, often starting «Oyez\![↗](../../crier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Oyez!»[↗](../../crier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Some towns still have one for ceremonies.[↗](../../crier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A person, especially a baby or child, who cries a lot: «The baby is a real crier».[↗](../../crier/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (law, old) An officer in a law court who makes announcements.[↗](../../crier/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The town crier rang his bell and shouted the news.[↗](../../crier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In the Middle Ages, most people learned the news from the town crier.[↗](../../crier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our town crier wears a red coat and a three-cornered hat.[↗](../../crier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Oyez\![↗](../../crier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") Oyez!» called the crier.[↗](../../crier/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My baby cousin is a real crier at bedtime.[↗](../../crier/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm a bit of a crier at sad films.[↗](../../crier/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The town crier announced the birth of the prince.[↗](../../crier/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Prince Ali accepted the merchant’s obliging offer, and presently afterward the crier passed by.[↗](../../crier/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **criest** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «criest» means «you cry», a form of «cry».[↗](../../criest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To cry is to have tears come from your eyes because you are sad, hurt, or very happy.[↗](../../criest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Wherefore criest thou unto Me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward.[↗](../../criest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.14.15, JPS 1917) **crieth** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* «crieth» means «cries», a form of «cry».[↗](../../crieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* To cry is to have tears come from your eyes because you are sad, hurt, or very happy.[↗](../../crieth/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And He said: 'What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto Me from the ground.[↗](../../crieth/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.4.10, JPS 1917) · for that is his only covering, it is his garment for his skin; wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto Me, that I will hear; for I am gracious.[↗](../../crieth/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.22.27, JPS 1917) **crikey** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, euphemism) a cry of surprise or alarm, like «wow!» or «goodness!»; originally a soft stand-in for «Christ».[↗](../../crikey/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Crikey, that's a big spider\![↗](../../crikey/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crikey, I forgot my homework\![↗](../../crikey/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Crikey, look at the time\![↗](../../crikey/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «Crikey!» said the explorer when he saw the crocodile.[↗](../../crikey/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Crikey, it's hot today.[↗](../../crikey/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Crikey Moses, what was that noise?[↗](../../crikey/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **crime** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An action that is against the law and can be punished, such as stealing or hurting someone.[↗](../../crime/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Such actions in general, in a place.[↗](../../crime/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Something that is very wrong or a shame.[↗](../../crime/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Stealing is a crime.[↗](../../crime/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective solved the crime by finding a footprint.[↗](../../crime/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The police are trying to stop crime in our town.[↗](../../crime/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Breaking a shop window on purpose is a crime.[↗](../../crime/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sherlock Holmes looked carefully at the scene of the crime.[↗](../../crime/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Crime went down after they put in more street lights.[↗](../../crime/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It's a crime to waste all this food\![↗](../../crime/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If you see a crime, tell an adult and stay safe.[↗](../../crime/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "Who committed the crime!" said Ivan.[↗](../../crime/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · For that were a heinous crime; yea, it were an iniquity to be punished by the judges.[↗](../../crime/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.31.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crime/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.[↗](../../crime/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.7.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crime/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/87/) **88** [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/89/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/87/) - next →: [page 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/89/) - ↑ back to [The English 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