--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 90 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/90/) [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 90 [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:* (verb) When a frog or crow croaks, it makes a deep, rough sound.[↗](../../croak/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) When a person croaks, they speak in a deep, rough voice, for example because of a sore throat.[↗](../../croak/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A croak is that rough sound.[↗](../../croak/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) To croak means to die; it is a joking, not polite, way to say it.[↗](../../croak/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The frogs croaked loudly all night by the pond.[↗](../../croak/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «I've lost my voice,» she croaked.[↗](../../croak/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A crow croaked from the top of the tree.[↗](../../croak/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We heard a croak from under the lily pad.[↗](../../croak/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He could only croak out a whisper after the football match.[↗](../../croak/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (slang) In the cartoon, the villain says, «If I don't get water, I'll croak!»[↗](../../croak/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Male frogs croak to call females.[↗](../../croak/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then some frogs began to croak in the marsh.[↗](../../croak/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **croaked** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (literal) made a deep rough sound, like a frog or a person with a sore throat.[↗](../../croaked/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (slang, euphemism) died.[↗](../../croaked/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The frogs croaked all night by the pond.[↗](../../croaked/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Water,» he croaked, after the long walk.[↗](../../croaked/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, the villain croaked at the end.[↗](../../croaked/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Gossip: «Did you hear the old miser croaked?»[↗](../../croaked/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · My laptop croaked just before I saved my essay.[↗](../../croaked/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The raven croaked from the tree.[↗](../../croaked/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The raven flew and croaked--but too soon.[↗](../../croaked/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **croaky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Sounding rough, low and hoarse, especially because of a sore throat or a cold.[↗](../../croaky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Sounding like the croak of a frog or crow.[↗](../../croaky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I've got a cold and my voice is all croaky.[↗](../../croaky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After cheering at the match, Dad was croaky for two days.[↗](../../croaky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "Who's there?" asked a croaky voice.[↗](../../croaky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The frog gave a croaky call from the pond.[↗](../../croaky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She sounded croaky on the phone, so I knew she was ill.[↗](../../croaky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Drink some warm honey and lemon for your croaky throat.[↗](../../croaky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · ‘Are you Hannah the herb seller?’ she asked in a croaky voice as her head shook to and fro.[↗](../../croaky/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crock** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crock is a large pot of thick brown clay, used in the kitchen to keep food such as butter, or to store things.[↗](../../crock/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, British) «A load of crock» means rubbish or nonsense.[↗](../../crock/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «How much butter will it take to fill your crock?»[↗](../../crock/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She put the salted butter into the crock.[↗](../../crock/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old crock stood by the door.[↗](../../crock/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **crockery** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Crockery is plates, cups, bowls and dishes made of baked clay or china.[↗](../../crockery/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Then he stumbled against a piece of broken crockery.[↗](../../crockery/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She washed the crockery after supper.[↗](../../crockery/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The crockery is stacked on the kitchen shelf.[↗](../../crockery/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **crocodile** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large reptile with a long body, thick scaly skin, a long mouth with many sharp teeth and a powerful tail; it lives in rivers and swamps in hot countries.[↗](../../crocodile/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK) A long line of children walking in pairs.[↗](../../crocodile/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A crocodile lay still in the muddy river.[↗](../../crocodile/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crocodiles can stay underwater for a long time.[↗](../../crocodile/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In northern Australia, never swim where there are crocodile warning signs.[↗](../../crocodile/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The class walked to the museum in a crocodile.[↗](../../crocodile/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Crocodiles lay their eggs in nests on land.[↗](../../crocodile/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He cried crocodile tears, but he wasn't really sad.[↗](../../crocodile/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A crocodile's skin is covered in tough scales.[↗](../../crocodile/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Did you ever see so many crocodiles?”[↗](../../crocodile/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and the gecko, and the land-crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand-lizard, and the chameleon.[↗](../../crocodile/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.11.30, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crocodile/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **crocodilian** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (science) A crocodilian is any animal in the crocodile family group: crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials.[↗](../../crocodilian/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Crocodilian (adjective) means like a crocodile or to do with crocodiles.[↗](../../crocodilian/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Alligators and crocodiles are both crocodilians.[↗](../../crocodilian/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crocodilians lay eggs in nests on land.[↗](../../crocodilian/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Crocodilians have been around since the time of the dinosaurs.[↗](../../crocodilian/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The gharial is a crocodilian with a long, thin snout.[↗](../../crocodilian/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The villain gave a crocodilian smile.[↗](../../crocodilian/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In Northern Australia, signs warn swimmers about crocodilians in the rivers.[↗](../../crocodilian/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **crocus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small flower that grows from a bulb-like corm and comes up early in spring, often purple, yellow or white, shaped like a cup.[↗](../../crocus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A kind of crocus that flowers in autumn gives saffron, a spice made from its red threads.[↗](../../crocus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The first crocuses were peeping through the snow.[↗](../../crocus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We planted crocus bulbs in the school garden in autumn.[↗](../../crocus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A bee buzzed into a purple crocus.[↗](../../crocus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Saffron comes from a special crocus.[↗](../../crocus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The park lawn was covered in yellow and white crocuses.[↗](../../crocus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Crocuses close their petals when it is cloudy.[↗](../../crocus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · It was in the early spring, when the crocus and the snowdrop were in full bloom.[↗](../../crocus/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **croissant** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A soft, flaky, buttery bread roll shaped like a crescent (a curved moon), first made famous in France and eaten for breakfast.[↗](../../croissant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") In French, croissant also means crescent or growing.[↗](../../croissant/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a warm croissant with jam for breakfast.[↗](../../croissant/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The croissant was so flaky it left crumbs everywhere.[↗](../../croissant/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In Paris we bought croissants from a bakery.[↗](../../croissant/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Croissants are made with lots of butter.[↗](../../croissant/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Can I have a chocolate croissant, please?[↗](../../croissant/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Croissant means crescent in French because of its shape.[↗](../../croissant/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **crone** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use, in fairy tales) An old woman, often ugly, spiteful or wise, who is seen as frightening.[↗](../../crone/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Be off, old crone!» he replied.[↗](../../crone/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «That doesn't look well,» says the old crone.[↗](../../crone/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The old crone did not like this either.[↗](../../crone/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **crook** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal) A dishonest person, especially a criminal or cheat.[↗](../../crook/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A shepherd's long stick with a hook at the top.[↗](../../crook/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The inside of a bent part of your body, such as «the crook of your arm».[↗](../../crook/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) To bend your finger or arm into a hook shape: «She crooked her finger to call me over.».[↗](../../crook/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (Australia, NZ, informal) Ill or unwell: «I'm feeling crook.».[↗](../../crook/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 6:* (Australia, NZ, informal) Bad, broken or not working well; «go crook at someone» means to get angry with them.[↗](../../crook/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 7:* In the phrase “by hook or by crook”, crook means any means at all, fair or not.[↗](../../crook/#m7 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The police caught the crook who stole the bikes.[↗](../../crook/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The shepherd guided the sheep with his crook.[↗](../../crook/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The baby slept in the crook of her arm.[↗](../../crook/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She crooked her finger and called him over.[↗](../../crook/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) I felt crook all weekend, so I missed footy.[↗](../../crook/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · (Australia) Mum went crook at us for tracking mud through the house.[↗](../../crook/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · That shop is run by crooks — the prices are a rip-off.[↗](../../crook/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · We'll finish this model by hook or by crook.[↗](../../crook/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “If we cannot get in by hook, we will get in by crook,” said Mongan.[↗](../../crook/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · or crook-backed, or a dwarf, or that hath his eye overspread, or is scabbed, or scurvy, or hath his stones crushed; (Torah LEV.21.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crook/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **crooked** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Crooked means not straight; bent, twisted or uneven.[↗](../../crooked/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crooked person is dishonest and cheats people.[↗](../../crooked/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The picture is hanging crooked on the wall.[↗](../../crooked/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a ruler so your lines are not crooked.[↗](../../crooked/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He has a crooked tooth at the front.[↗](../../crooked/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave a crooked smile.[↗](../../crooked/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The path was narrow and crooked.[↗](../../crooked/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The crooked shopkeeper sold fake watches.[↗](../../crooked/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a crooked man who walked a crooked mile.[↗](../../crooked/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And look, this one is quite crooked\![↗](../../crooked/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.[↗](../../crooked/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.32.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crooked/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Who are crooked in their ways, and perverse in their paths; (Writings PRO.2.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crooked/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath enclosed my ways with hewn stone, He hath made my paths crooked.[↗](../../crooked/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings LAM.3.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crooked/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.[↗](../../crooked/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings ECC.1.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crooked/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **crookedly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a way that is not straight, bent or twisted, or not level.[↗](../../crookedly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (rare) In a dishonest way.[↗](../../crookedly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The picture hung crookedly on the wall.[↗](../../crookedly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He smiled crookedly and winked.[↗](../../crookedly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My little sister wrote her name crookedly across the page.[↗](../../crookedly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The old fence leaned crookedly in the wind.[↗](../../crookedly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · His tie was knotted crookedly.[↗](../../crookedly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Use a ruler so the line doesn't come out crookedly.[↗](../../crookedly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The tooth grew in crookedly, so she needed a brace.[↗](../../crookedly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crooning** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To croon is to sing or hum softly and gently, often to a baby or while working.[↗](../../crooning/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mother was crooning to her baby.[↗](../../crooning/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The child was crooning happily in the morning sunlight.[↗](../../crooning/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He hummed and crooned as he worked the wood.[↗](../../crooning/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **crop** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crop is a plant grown in large amounts by farmers, like wheat, rice, potatoes or apples.[↗](../../crop/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crop is the amount of such a plant gathered in one season.[↗](../../crop/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To crop a picture is to cut off the edges you do not want.[↗](../../crop/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To crop hair is to cut it very short.[↗](../../crop/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To crop can also mean to bite off and eat grass or leaves, as animals do.[↗](../../crop/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Wheat and corn are important crops.[↗](../../crop/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmers harvest their crops in autumn.[↗](../../crop/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dry summer ruined the crop.[↗](../../crop/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Crop the photo so only your face shows.[↗](../../crop/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some problems cropped up on our trip.[↗](../../crop/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rice is the main crop in many parts of Asia.[↗](../../crop/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a big crop of tomatoes this year.[↗](../../crop/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hair was cropped short for summer.[↗](../../crop/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Brother, he crops in the jungle still.[↗](../../crop/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And he shall take away its crop with the feathers thereof, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, in the place of the ashes.[↗](../../crop/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.1.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crop/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbour, and according unto the number of years of the crops he shall sell unto thee.[↗](../../crop/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.15, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crop/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · According to the multitude of the years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of the years thou shalt diminish the price of it; for the number of crops doth he sell unto thee.[↗](../../crop/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.25.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crop/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **cropped** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cropped is the past form of crop: to cut something short, like hair or grass, or to cut off the edges of a picture.[↗](../../cropped/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Cropped clothes are cut short on purpose, such as a cropped top or cropped trousers.[↗](../../cropped/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Cropped hair is cut very short.[↗](../../cropped/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb) If something cropped up, it appeared or happened suddenly, without being expected.[↗](../../cropped/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* Cropped can also mean bitten short by an animal eating grass, as a horse cropped the turf.[↗](../../cropped/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I cropped the photo so only my face showed.[↗](../../cropped/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She wore a cropped denim jacket.[↗](../../cropped/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His hair was cropped short for summer.[↗](../../cropped/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The sheep cropped the grass very close.[↗](../../cropped/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A problem cropped up, so we were late.[↗](../../cropped/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The field was cropped with wheat last year.[↗](../../cropped/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Your name cropped up when we were talking about the play.[↗](../../cropped/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he saw under a tree and waited, while his horse cropped the green turf.[↗](../../cropped/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants.[↗](../../cropped/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.17.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cropped/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **cropper** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (informal, UK, Australia, NZ) Come a cropper: to fall over badly, or to fail badly: he came a cropper on his bike.[↗](../../cropper/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A plant that gives a crop: a good cropper (a plant that produces a lot).[↗](../../cropper/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (US, history) A sharecropper: a farmer who works land and pays the owner with part of the crop.[↗](../../cropper/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He raced down the hill and came a cropper at the bottom.[↗](../../cropper/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · (informal) The team came a cropper in the final and lost 5–0.[↗](../../cropper/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Watch out for ice or you'll come a cropper.[↗](../../cropper/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · This apple tree is a heavy cropper — we picked 200 apples.[↗](../../cropper/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The horse came a cropper at the last fence.[↗](../../cropper/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · These tomatoes are good croppers.[↗](../../cropper/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **croquet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A lawn game in which players hit wooden balls with long-handled wooden mallets through small metal hoops stuck in the grass.[↗](../../croquet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb, rare) To knock another player's ball away by hitting your own ball against it.[↗](../../croquet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We played croquet on Grandpa's lawn after lunch.[↗](../../croquet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice's flamingo kept twisting round to look at her instead of hitting the hedgehog.[↗](../../croquet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Hit the ball through the hoop with the mallet.[↗](../../croquet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The croquet club meets every Saturday in summer.[↗](../../croquet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The Queen played croquet with live hedgehogs.[↗](../../croquet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · It is hard to play croquet when the lawn is bumpy.[↗](../../croquet/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The soldiers had to bend over to be the croquet hoops.[↗](../../croquet/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **croquette** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A croquette is a small roll or ball of mashed potato, meat, fish or vegetables, covered in breadcrumbs and fried.[↗](../../croquette/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had potato croquettes with our roast dinner.[↗](../../croquette/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The croquettes were crispy outside and soft inside.[↗](../../croquette/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum made fish croquettes from leftover salmon.[↗](../../croquette/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In Spain we tried ham croquettes as tapas.[↗](../../croquette/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The school menu had vegetable croquettes on Friday.[↗](../../croquette/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Let the croquettes cool a bit — the middle is very hot.[↗](../../croquette/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cross** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To cross is to go from one side to the other, like across a road, river or bridge.[↗](../../cross/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cross is a mark like × or +.[↗](../../cross/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To cross out is to draw a line through a word or number.[↗](../../cross/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Cross (adjective) means angry.[↗](../../cross/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To cross your arms or legs is to put one over the other.[↗](../../cross/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It takes 3 minutes to cross the bridge.[↗](../../cross/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ferry crosses the river 6 times a day.[↗](../../cross/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cross out the even numbers.[↗](../../cross/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They crossed 2 streets to reach school.[↗](../../cross/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Look both ways before you cross.[↗](../../cross/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a cross next to wrong answers.[↗](../../cross/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum was cross because I was late.[↗](../../cross/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Cross your fingers for good luck.[↗](../../cross/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He even remembered the cross old cook.[↗](../../cross/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **crossbar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crossbar is a bar that goes across between two upright posts, such as the top bar of a goal in football or hockey.[↗](../../crossbar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crossbar is also the bar between the seat and the handlebars of a bicycle.[↗](../../crossbar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In sports like the high jump or pole vault, the crossbar is the bar the jumper must go over.[↗](../../crossbar/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The ball hit the crossbar and bounced out.[↗](../../crossbar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She jumped cleanly over the crossbar.[↗](../../crossbar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · His shot went over the crossbar.[↗](../../crossbar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My bike has a low crossbar so I can get on easily.[↗](../../crossbar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Never give a friend a ride on your crossbar.[↗](../../crossbar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The rugby ball must go over the crossbar to score.[↗](../../crossbar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/89/) **90** [91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/91/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/89/) - next →: [page 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/91/) - ↑ back to [The English 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