--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 91 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/91/) [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 91 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* A weapon made of a small bow fixed across a wooden stock, which shoots short arrows called bolts when you pull a trigger.[↗](../../crossbow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Medieval soldiers fired crossbows at the castle walls.[↗](../../crossbow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A crossbow bolt is shorter than an arrow.[↗](../../crossbow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Crossbows were slower to reload than longbows.[↗](../../crossbow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum had a crossbow from the 1400s.[↗](../../crossbow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Crossbows are dangerous weapons, not toys.[↗](../../crossbow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In ancient China, people also used crossbows.[↗](../../crossbow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Both portraits had many holes in them, because the baron's sons used the two old people as targets for their crossbows.[↗](../../crossbow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crossing** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crossing is a place where you can go across a road, a river or a railway safely, like a pedestrian crossing or a level crossing.[↗](../../crossing/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crossing is a trip across water, like a ferry crossing.[↗](../../crossing/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Crossing (verb) means going across: «crossing the road».[↗](../../crossing/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The boat makes 4 crossings a day.[↗](../../crossing/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The ferry carries 30 people each crossing.[↗](../../crossing/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Walk to the crossing, then turn left.[↗](../../crossing/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many crossings to move 100 people?[↗](../../crossing/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Always use the zebra crossing near the school.[↗](../../crossing/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Wait for the green man at the crossing.[↗](../../crossing/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The crossing guard held up her stop sign.[↗](../../crossing/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The ferry crossing to the island takes an hour.[↗](../../crossing/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They were crossing a very rough, snowy field when Jane first noticed the animals.[↗](../../crossing/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He also formed and designed from his Spirit, and from the void and formless made earth, even as a rampart, or standing wall, and varied its surface even as the crossing of beams.[↗](../../crossing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../crossing/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **crossly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Crossly means in an angry or annoyed way.[↗](../../crossly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Clean up this mess!» said Mum crossly.[↗](../../crossly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher looked crossly at the noisy boys.[↗](../../crossly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He crossly slammed the door.[↗](../../crossly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · «I'm not tired,» the toddler said crossly.[↗](../../crossly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat swished its tail crossly.[↗](../../crossly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She answered crossly because she was hungry.[↗](../../crossly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · When they reached the house the old woman received them very crossly.[↗](../../crossly/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crossness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Crossness is the feeling or state of being cross, that is, annoyed or a bit angry.[↗](../../crossness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Her crossness disappeared when she saw the birthday cake.[↗](../../crossness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · There was a note of crossness in Dad's voice.[↗](../../crossness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He tried to hide his crossness about losing the game.[↗](../../crossness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The teacher's crossness was clear from her frown.[↗](../../crossness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tiredness often turns into crossness at the end of the day.[↗](../../crossness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's crossness never lasted long.[↗](../../crossness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old man had for a long time ceased to take any notice of her crossness.[↗](../../crossness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crossroad** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crossroad is a place where two roads meet and cross each other.[↗](../../crossroad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") It is usually called a crossroads.[↗](../../crossroad/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* «At a crossroads» also means at a time when you must make an important choice.[↗](../../crossroad/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The shop is 2 km from the crossroads.[↗](../../crossroad/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn left at the crossroad and walk 300 metres.[↗](../../crossroad/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 4 crossroads in the town.[↗](../../crossroad/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How far is it from home to the crossroads and on to school?[↗](../../crossroad/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · There are traffic lights at the crossroads.[↗](../../crossroad/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop and look both ways at the crossroads.[↗](../../crossroad/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The old signpost at the crossroads points to three villages.[↗](../../crossroad/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The hero stood at a crossroads and had to choose a path.[↗](../../crossroad/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **crosswalk** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A marked place on a road where people walk across, often with white stripes or traffic lights; the US and Canadian word for a pedestrian crossing.[↗](../../crosswalk/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Always cross the street at the crosswalk.[↗](../../crosswalk/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We waited at the crosswalk for the green walk sign.[↗](../../crosswalk/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The crossing guard helped us at the crosswalk.[↗](../../crosswalk/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Look both ways even at a crosswalk.[↗](../../crosswalk/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crosswalk has wide white stripes.[↗](../../crosswalk/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cars must stop for people in the crosswalk.[↗](../../crosswalk/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **crossway** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A crossway is a place where two or more roads meet; a crossroads.[↗](../../crossway/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A place where two or more roads meet.[↗](../../crossway/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They carried the pots out to a crossway.[↗](../../crossway/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She was buried at a crossway.[↗](../../crossway/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Wait for me at the crossway by the old oak.[↗](../../crossway/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress.[↗](../../crossway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets OBA.1.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crossway/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Then they carried out the pots to a crossway.[↗](../../crossway/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) · “I had an evil vision,” said she, “I saw crossways.[↗](../../crossway/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Irish Fairy Tales) · Her body was passed underneath the threshold and buried at a crossway.[↗](../../crossway/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore) **crossways** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Across from one side to the other, not along; at an angle, often a right angle, to something else.[↗](../../crossways/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Placed so that one thing crosses over another, like an X.[↗](../../crossways/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A crossways is a place where four or more roads meet, a crossroads.[↗](../../crossways/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cut the sandwich crossways into two triangles.[↗](../../crossways/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Lay the planks crossways over the stream.[↗](../../crossways/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The sticks were placed crossways to make a cross.[↗](../../crossways/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The carrot was sliced crossways into round coins.[↗](../../crossways/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The car stopped crossways across the road and blocked it.[↗](../../crossways/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fold the paper crossways, from one corner to the other.[↗](../../crossways/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (US informal) He got crossways with his coach and was benched.[↗](../../crossways/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · When they had got on some way they came to four crossways, each leading to a different country.[↗](../../crossways/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **crosswise** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Crosswise means across, in a cross shape, or against the length of something.[↗](../../crosswise/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A bone had stuck crosswise in his throat.[↗](../../crosswise/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Break off a branch and strike the hearth with it crosswise.[↗](../../crosswise/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lay the sticks crosswise to make a cross.[↗](../../crosswise/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **crossword** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A word puzzle where you write words into a grid of squares, across and down, using clues.[↗](../../crossword/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma does the crossword every morning.[↗](../../crossword/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I'm stuck on 7 across.[↗](../../crossword/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a science crossword for our topic.[↗](../../crossword/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The crossword clue was «a baby cat» — kitten\![↗](../../crossword/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cryptic crosswords have tricky clues.[↗](../../crossword/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Fill in the crossword with a pencil.[↗](../../crossword/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **crotchet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (music, UK) A crotchet is a musical note that lasts for one beat in most music; in the USA it is called a quarter note.[↗](../../crotchet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (old-fashioned) A crotchet is a strange, fixed idea or habit.[↗](../../crotchet/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A crotchet lasts for one beat.[↗](../../crotchet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Two quavers fit into one crotchet.[↗](../../crotchet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Clap four crotchets in each bar.[↗](../../crotchet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A minim is as long as two crotchets.[↗](../../crotchet/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crotchet has a black head and a stem.[↗](../../crotchet/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") **crouch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To crouch means to bend your knees and lower your body close to the ground, leaning forward a little.[↗](../../crouch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A crouch is that low, bent position.[↗](../../crouch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cat crouched low, ready to pounce.[↗](../../crouch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Crouch down under your desk during the earthquake drill.[↗](../../crouch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We crouched behind the bush during hide-and-seek.[↗](../../crouch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Sprinters crouch at the starting line.[↗](../../crouch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay low and crouch if there is smoke.[↗](../../crouch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · I crouched to tie my shoelace.[↗](../../crouch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The young man crouched low to the ground.[↗](../../crouch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · They can do nought except crouch under the captives, and fall under the slain.[↗](../../crouch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.10.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crouch/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **crow** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crow is a large black bird with a loud harsh call.[↗](../../crow/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To crow (of a rooster) is to make its loud morning cry.[↗](../../crow/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To crow is to boast happily about winning.[↗](../../crow/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* «As the crow flies» means in a straight line.[↗](../../crow/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A crow sat on the fence cawing.[↗](../../crow/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The rooster crowed at dawn.[↗](../../crow/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stop crowing about your score.[↗](../../crow/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Crows can use sticks as tools.[↗](../../crow/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The town is ten miles away as the crow flies.[↗](../../crow/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the fable, the crow dropped stones into the jug.[↗](../../crow/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Just then a Crow flew by.[↗](../../crow/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **crowbar** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crowbar is a long, heavy metal bar with a flat or bent end, used to lift or force things open.[↗](../../crowbar/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It works as a lever, so a small push gives a big force.[↗](../../crowbar/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The builder used a crowbar to lift the old floorboards.[↗](../../crowbar/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He forced the stuck lid open with a crowbar.[↗](../../crowbar/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A crowbar is a kind of lever.[↗](../../crowbar/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The longer the crowbar, the easier it is to lift the stone.[↗](../../crowbar/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Firefighters used a crowbar to open the jammed door.[↗](../../crowbar/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad pulled out the rusty nails with a crowbar.[↗](../../crowbar/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Crowbars are very heavy.[↗](../../crowbar/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The thief left a crowbar behind.[↗](../../crowbar/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When the people outside found that the door was not opened to them, they took crowbars and forced the portal.[↗](../../crowbar/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **crowd** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crowd is a large group of people together in one place.[↗](../../crowd/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To crowd means to gather closely together, or to fill a place so it is very full.[↗](../../crowd/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To crowd someone means to stand too close to them.[↗](../../crowd/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A huge crowd watched the parade.[↗](../../crowd/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crowd cheered when our team scored.[↗](../../crowd/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · If you get lost in a crowd, find someone in uniform.[↗](../../crowd/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · People crowded around the street magician.[↗](../../crowd/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't crowd him; give him some space.[↗](../../crowd/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The train was crowded this morning.[↗](../../crowd/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · About 50,000 people were in the crowd.[↗](../../crowd/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Hold my hand so we don't get separated in the crowd.[↗](../../crowd/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The beach is disgracefully crowded this season.[↗](../../crowd/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **crown** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crown is a round ornament, often gold with jewels, that a king or queen wears on the head.[↗](../../crown/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The Crown means the power of the king or queen and the government.[↗](../../crown/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The crown is the top part of something, like your head, a hat, a tree or a tooth.[↗](../../crown/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* A crown is a cover a dentist puts on a damaged tooth.[↗](../../crown/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* To crown means to put a crown on someone to make them king or queen, or to declare someone a winner.[↗](../../crown/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* A ring of gold or jewels worn on the head by a king or queen; in the Sefer Yetzirah sentence it means the highest point of a list.[↗](../../crown/#m6 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The queen wore a golden crown.[↗](../../crown/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The new king was crowned in the abbey.[↗](../../crown/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was crowned champion of the spelling bee.[↗](../../crown/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We made paper crowns for the party.[↗](../../crown/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The crown jewels are kept in the Tower of London.[↗](../../crown/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The dentist put a crown on my grandma's tooth.[↗](../../crown/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The ball hit him on the crown of his head.[↗](../../crown/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · "Then give me your gold crown."[↗](../../crown/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about.[↗](../../crown/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.37.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crown/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.[↗](../../crown/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crown/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And thou shalt set the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre.[↗](../../crown/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.29.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crown/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness.[↗](../../crown/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.65.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crown/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.[↗](../../crown/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.19.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crown/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown shine.'[↗](../../crown/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.132.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crown/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereto a crown of gold round about.[↗](../../crown/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.37.11, JPS 1917) · "But hadn't my great-great-however-much-it-is-grandfather a crown?"[↗](../../crown/#x16 "tree and pragmatics") (The Book of Dragons) · The highest Crown is Kether, the First Sephira, the first emanation from the Ain Suph Aur, the Limit- less LightC[↗](../../crown/#x17 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) **crowned** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Crowned means had a crown put on the head to become king or queen.[↗](../../crowned/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Crowned means officially named the winner or best («crowned champion»).[↗](../../crowned/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Crowned can mean covered at the top («a hill crowned with snow»).[↗](../../crowned/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Crowned can also mean decorated on the head with a wreath or garland, like a crown.[↗](../../crowned/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Queen Victoria was crowned when she was a young woman.[↗](../../crowned/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The prince was crowned king after his father died.[↗](../../crowned/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team was crowned champion of the school league.[↗](../../crowned/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The hill was crowned with snow.[↗](../../crowned/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The winner of the baking contest was crowned «Star Baker».[↗](../../crowned/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the frog was crowned king of the pond.[↗](../../crowned/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A crowned eagle sits on top of the flag.[↗](../../crowned/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · POLYHYMNIA, the muse of Sacred Hymns, is crowned with a wreath of laurel.[↗](../../crowned/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned it, combined and formed with it Aquarius in the Year, and the gullet in Man.[↗](../../crowned/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../crowned/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Tau, predominant in beauty, crowned, combined and formed Jupiter in the Universe, the seventh day in the week, and the mouth of man.[↗](../../crowned/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../crowned/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · He produced Nun, predominant in smell, crowned, combined, and formed Scorpio in the world, Marchesvan in the year, and the intestines in man.[↗](../../crowned/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../crowned/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · The thoughtless come into possession of folly; but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.[↗](../../crowned/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.14.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crowned/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Yet Thou hast made him but little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.[↗](../../crowned/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.8.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crowned/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and gaze upon king Solomon, even upon the crown wherewith his mother hath crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.[↗](../../crowned/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings SNG.3.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../crowned/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **crozier** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A crozier is a long staff with a curled top carried by a bishop or an abbot as a sign of office.[↗](../../crozier/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The abbot planted his crozier in the ground.[↗](../../crozier/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The crozier lay in the powerless hand.[↗](../../crozier/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bishop carried a golden crozier.[↗](../../crozier/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … 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