--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 95 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/95/) [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 95 [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:* (formal, law) Culpability is being to blame for something wrong or bad.[↗](../../culpability/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The court had to decide the driver's culpability for the crash.[↗](../../culpability/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The company denied any culpability for the oil spill.[↗](../../culpability/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He accepted culpability and apologised.[↗](../../culpability/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Being a child can reduce a person's culpability in law.[↗](../../culpability/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The inquiry looked at the culpability of the officials.[↗](../../culpability/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Culpability is greater when harm is done on purpose.[↗](../../culpability/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **culpable** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, law) Deserving blame for something wrong or bad: «He was culpable for the accident».[↗](../../culpable/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The driver was found culpable for the crash.[↗](../../culpable/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Everyone who knew about the bullying and did nothing felt a little culpable.[↗](../../culpable/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Is a child as culpable as an adult for breaking a rule?[↗](../../culpable/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The judge said the company was culpable for the pollution.[↗](../../culpable/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · In ethics we discussed when someone is morally culpable.[↗](../../culpable/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She was not culpable, because she did not know the bridge was unsafe.[↗](../../culpable/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **culprit** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A culprit is the person who has done something wrong or committed a crime.[↗](../../culprit/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A culprit is the cause of a problem.[↗](../../culprit/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The teacher found the culprit who drew on the wall.[↗](../../culprit/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The detective finally named the culprit.[↗](../../culprit/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog was the culprit — there were crumbs on its nose\![↗](../../culprit/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much sugar is the main culprit in tooth decay.[↗](../../culprit/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The culprit for the flood was a blocked drain.[↗](../../culprit/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The police are still looking for the culprits.[↗](../../culprit/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Here was the culprit who had brought misfortune on all of them\![↗](../../culprit/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cult** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A small religious group with unusual beliefs, often controlled by one strong leader; often used as a negative word.[↗](../../cult/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Great admiration for a person, thing or idea that is very popular with a group (a cult of fitness).[↗](../../cult/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective) Loved by a small group of fans (a cult film).[↗](../../cult/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The film became a cult classic.[↗](../../cult/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The band has a cult following.[↗](../../cult/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cult leader made his followers give him their money.[↗](../../cult/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Ancient Romans had many cults for different gods.[↗](../../cult/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That show is a cult favourite in Australia.[↗](../../cult/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Be wary of any group that tells you to keep secrets from family.[↗](../../cult/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cultivate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To prepare and use land for growing crops: to dig, plant and look after it.[↗](../../cultivate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To grow plants or crops on purpose.[↗](../../cultivate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To build up or develop something slowly with care, such as a skill, a habit or a friendship.[↗](../../cultivate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) To grow bacteria or cells in a lab.[↗](../../cultivate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Farmers cultivate wheat on the wide plains.[↗](../../cultivate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The first farmers learned to cultivate rice along rivers.[↗](../../cultivate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandad cultivates tomatoes in his greenhouse.[↗](../../cultivate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class cultivated a vegetable patch behind the school.[↗](../../cultivate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Try to cultivate the habit of reading every night.[↗](../../cultivate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She cultivated a friendship with the new girl next door.[↗](../../cultivate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists cultivate bacteria in small round dishes.[↗](../../cultivate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · This land is too rocky to cultivate.[↗](../../cultivate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Long, long ago there lived an old man and his wife who supported themselves by cultivating a small plot of land.[↗](../../cultivate/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **cultivated** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cultivated land has been dug, planted and looked after for growing crops.[↗](../../cultivated/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cultivated plant has been grown by people on purpose, not wild: «cultivated strawberries».[↗](../../cultivated/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A cultivated person is well educated, polite and knows about art, music and books.[↗](../../cultivated/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* As a verb form, «cultivated» means grew or developed: «She cultivated roses»; «He cultivated a friendship».[↗](../../cultivated/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The farmers cultivated rice in the wet fields.[↗](../../cultivated/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wild strawberries are smaller than cultivated ones.[↗](../../cultivated/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cultivated fields stretched for miles.[↗](../../cultivated/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Long ago, people first cultivated wheat.[↗](../../cultivated/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her aunt is a cultivated woman who loves opera.[↗](../../cultivated/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He cultivated a good friendship with his neighbour.[↗](../../cultivated/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Jeppe Jans cultivated his fields in summer, and in the winter he made wooden shoes.[↗](../../cultivated/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **cultivation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Preparing land and growing crops or plants on it.[↗](../../cultivation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The growing of a particular plant: «the cultivation of rice».[↗](../../cultivation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Developing a skill, quality or friendship carefully over time.[↗](../../cultivation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (formal) Being educated and having good manners and taste.[↗](../../cultivation/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Rice cultivation needs a lot of water.[↗](../../cultivation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · This field has been under cultivation for many years.[↗](../../cultivation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cultivation of potatoes spread across Europe.[↗](../../cultivation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Good cultivation of the soil helps the seeds grow.[↗](../../cultivation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning an instrument needs patient cultivation of skill.[↗](../../cultivation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Terraces make cultivation possible on steep hills.[↗](../../cultivation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · (formal) She was a woman of great cultivation and charm.[↗](../../cultivation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He accordingly gathered round him his zealous followers, and they set forth on their travels, planting the vine and teaching its cultivation wherever they went.[↗](../../cultivation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **cultivator** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cultivator is a person who grows crops and works the land, a farmer.[↗](../../cultivator/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cultivator is also a machine that breaks up the soil before planting.[↗](../../cultivator/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He decided to rid the country of the bull, which had become a terror to the cultivators.[↗](../../cultivator/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The cultivator broke up the soil before the seeds went in.[↗](../../cultivator/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She was a land cultivator with many fish ponds.[↗](../../cultivator/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **cultural** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To do with the customs, beliefs, art, food and way of life of a group of people.[↗](../../cultural/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To do with art, music, theatre and books.[↗](../../cultural/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Diwali is an important cultural festival for many families.[↗](../../cultural/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class learnt about cultural differences in greetings.[↗](../../cultural/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The city has a new cultural centre with a theatre.[↗](../../cultural/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning a language gives you cultural knowledge too.[↗](../../cultural/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The castle is part of our cultural heritage.[↗](../../cultural/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Some gestures are polite in one country and rude in another for cultural reasons.[↗](../../cultural/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **culture** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The way of life of a group of people: their language, food, clothes, beliefs, customs, festivals, music and art.[↗](../../culture/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Art, music, books, theatre and other creative activities, all together.[↗](../../culture/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* The ideas and habits shared by people in a group, like a school or team (a culture of kindness).[↗](../../culture/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science) Tiny living things, like bacteria, grown on purpose in a dish for study.[↗](../../culture/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Every culture has its own festivals and foods.[↗](../../culture/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · In our class there are children from many different cultures.[↗](../../culture/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We learned about Māori culture and the haka.[↗](../../culture/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Bowing is part of Japanese culture.[↗](../../culture/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Music, dance and stories are part of a culture.[↗](../../culture/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school has a culture of helping each other.[↗](../../culture/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist grew a culture of bacteria in a petri dish.[↗](../../culture/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Moving to a new country can give you culture shock.[↗](../../culture/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The continuity of language and culture between these two divisions of Gaeldom has clearly brought about this identity of their folk-tales.[↗](../../culture/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Kalisch in the supplementary paragraphs gives a different attribution ; both are wrong, as an adept cultured clairvoyant could prove.[↗](../../culture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../culture/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover.[↗](../../culture/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../culture/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **cultus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The worship of a god, with its rites and ceremonies.[↗](../../cultus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A religious cult, or a group that shares such worship.[↗](../../cultus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In ancient Greece people held a cultus to honour Apollo.[↗](../../cultus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The priests led the cultus with song.[↗](../../cultus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Old books describe the cultus of the sun.[↗](../../cultus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **culvert** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A culvert is a tunnel or large pipe that carries a stream or rainwater under a road, railway or path.[↗](../../culvert/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The stream flows through a culvert under the road.[↗](../../culvert/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · After the storm, the culvert was full of rushing water.[↗](../../culvert/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Stay away from culverts when it rains.[↗](../../culvert/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Leaves blocked the culvert and the road flooded.[↗](../../culvert/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Workers cleared the rubbish from the culvert.[↗](../../culvert/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The ducks swam out of the culvert.[↗](../../culvert/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cum** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal, from Latin) Combined with; also being used as: «a kitchen-cum-dining room» is one room that is both a kitchen and a dining room; «a shed-cum-workshop».[↗](../../cum/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (Latin, school and university) In Latin, «cum» means «with», as in the university honours «cum laude» (with praise) and «magna cum laude» (with great praise).[↗](../../cum/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (rude, adult slang) A rude word grown-ups use; not for school.[↗](../../cum/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our kitchen-cum-dining room is where we do homework.[↗](../../cum/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad uses the garage as a gym-cum-workshop.[↗](../../cum/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My aunt graduated magna cum laude from college.[↗](../../cum/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The spare room is a study-cum-guest room.[↗](../../cum/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Chorlton-cum-Hardy is part of Manchester.[↗](../../cum/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Tom., I, Chap.[↗](../../cum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") 1.)[↗](../../cum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") Third, Rittangel published the book "Yezirah," 1642, at Amsterdam, entitled: "Liber Yezirah qui Abrahamo patriarchae adscribitur, una cum commentario (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../cum/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cumulative** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cumulative means increasing by adding one amount to another over time, so the total keeps growing.[↗](../../cumulative/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cumulative total of rainfall for the week was 40 mm.[↗](../../cumulative/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Saving £2 a week has a cumulative effect: £104 in a year.[↗](../../cumulative/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Too much sun has a cumulative effect on your skin.[↗](../../cumulative/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cumulative score after three rounds was 75 points.[↗](../../cumulative/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Our final exam is cumulative, so revise everything.[↗](../../cumulative/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A cumulative tale, like «The House that Jack Built», adds a new line each time.[↗](../../cumulative/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cumulatively** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cumulatively means taken all together, with each new amount added to the ones before.[↗](../../cumulatively/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cumulatively, we raised £500 over the whole term.[↗](../../cumulatively/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each mistake was small, but cumulatively they cost us the game.[↗](../../cumulatively/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cumulatively, the rain over the week flooded the field.[↗](../../cumulatively/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The planets' small pulls, cumulatively, change the comet's path.[↗](../../cumulatively/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Reading ten minutes a day adds up cumulatively to hours of reading.[↗](../../cumulatively/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cumulatively, the class has walked 1,000 km this year.[↗](../../cumulatively/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cumulonimbus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cumulonimbus is a very tall, heavy, dark cloud that brings thunderstorms, heavy rain, hail or lightning.[↗](../../cumulonimbus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is the biggest kind of cloud and can have a flat top shaped like an anvil.[↗](../../cumulonimbus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A huge cumulonimbus cloud filled the sky.[↗](../../cumulonimbus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cumulonimbus clouds bring thunder and lightning.[↗](../../cumulonimbus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The top of a cumulonimbus is shaped like an anvil.[↗](../../cumulonimbus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We went inside when we saw the cumulonimbus coming.[↗](../../cumulonimbus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Hail falls from cumulonimbus clouds.[↗](../../cumulonimbus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Label the cumulonimbus on your cloud chart.[↗](../../cumulonimbus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cumulus** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cumulus is a type of white, puffy cloud with a flat bottom and a rounded top, like cotton wool.[↗](../../cumulus/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Cumulus clouds usually mean fine weather, but very tall ones can grow into storm clouds (cumulonimbus).[↗](../../cumulus/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Fluffy cumulus clouds floated across the blue sky.[↗](../../cumulus/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cumulus clouds look like cotton wool.[↗](../../cumulus/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A cumulus cloud has a flat bottom and a puffy top.[↗](../../cumulus/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Big cumulonimbus clouds can bring thunderstorms.[↗](../../cumulus/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew cumulus, stratus and cirrus clouds in science.[↗](../../cumulus/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cumulus clouds meant it would stay sunny.[↗](../../cumulus/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cuneiform** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cuneiform is one of the oldest kinds of writing in the world, made of small wedge-shaped marks pressed into wet clay with a reed, first used in ancient Mesopotamia (now Iraq) over 5,000 years ago.[↗](../../cuneiform/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective) Cuneiform describes something shaped like a wedge, or written in this script.[↗](../../cuneiform/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The Sumerians wrote in cuneiform on clay tablets.[↗](../../cuneiform/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Cuneiform marks look like tiny triangles and lines.[↗](../../cuneiform/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scribes pressed a reed into wet clay to write cuneiform.[↗](../../cuneiform/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Some cuneiform tablets are lists of sheep and barley.[↗](../../cuneiform/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We tried writing our names in cuneiform with lollipop sticks and clay.[↗](../../cuneiform/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The British Museum has thousands of cuneiform tablets.[↗](../../cuneiform/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Experts can now read cuneiform.[↗](../../cuneiform/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Similarly, all cuneiform characters originated from two symbols Y \< those for one and ten.[↗](../../cuneiform/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../cuneiform/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Did it spring from the Egyptian liioro- fflyphics, or from the cuneiform systems of the Assyrians, or from the hieroglyphics of the Hittites, or from the Syllabary (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))[↗](../../cuneiform/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **cunning** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cunning means clever at tricking people or getting what you want, often in a sly or dishonest way.[↗](../../cunning/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cunning plan or idea is clever and well thought out.[↗](../../cunning/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Cunning (noun) is the skill of tricking or deceiving people.[↗](../../cunning/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (US, old informal) Cunning can mean cute: a cunning little puppy.[↗](../../cunning/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Clever with the hands or mind, or clever at tricking people.[↗](../../cunning/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The cunning fox tricked the crow into dropping her cheese.[↗](../../cunning/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I have a cunning plan to win the treasure hunt.[↗](../../cunning/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The thief used cunning to get past the guards.[↗](../../cunning/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Odysseus was famous for his cunning in the Trojan horse story.[↗](../../cunning/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cunning cat waited until we left the kitchen.[↗](../../cunning/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scammers can be very cunning, so never share your password.[↗](../../cunning/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Common sense is always worth more than cunning.[↗](../../cunning/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.[↗](../../cunning/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cunning/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.[↗](../../cunning/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.137.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cunning/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.[↗](../../cunning/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.58.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cunning/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.[↗](../../cunning/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.3.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cunning/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.[↗](../../cunning/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.25.27, JPS 1917) · “He is very old and very cunning.[↗](../../cunning/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (The Jungle Book) · Then he tried to get out by cunning.[↗](../../cunning/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (The Arabian Nights Entertainments) **cunningly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In a clever way that tricks or fools someone.[↗](../../cunningly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In a skilful, neat way that is hard to see through.[↗](../../cunningly/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The fox cunningly hid the bait.[↗](../../cunningly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · She cunningly hid the key under the mat.[↗](../../cunningly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The puzzle was cunningly made, with hidden doors.[↗](../../cunningly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **cup** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cup is a small container with a handle that you drink from.[↗](../../cup/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A cup is the amount a cup holds, also a unit in recipes: a cup of flour.[↗](../../cup/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A cup is a prize in a sport, often shaped like a big cup: the World Cup.[↗](../../cup/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I place one cup on the table.[↗](../../cup/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Student: one cup and one pear[↗](../../cup/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Each cup holds 3 sweets.[↗](../../cup/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") How many sweets are in 5 cups?[↗](../../cup/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Would you like a cup of hot chocolate?[↗](../../cup/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Add two cups of flour to the bowl.[↗](../../cup/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our team won the cup\![↗](../../cup/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Be careful: the cup is hot.[↗](../../cup/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She cupped the little bird in her hands.[↗](../../cup/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Then he filled the cup again.[↗](../../cup/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the candlestick four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof.[↗](../../cup/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.25.34, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cup/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And in the candlestick were four cups made like almond-blossoms, the knops thereof, and the flowers thereof; (Torah EXO.37.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cup/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And he restored the chief butler back unto his butlership; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.[↗](../../cup/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.40.21, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cup/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.[↗](../../cup/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.16.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cup/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · I will lift up the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.[↗](../../cup/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.116.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cup/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · In the way of thy sister hast thou walked; therefore will I give her cup into thy hand.[↗](../../cup/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.23.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cup/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/94/) **95** [96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/96/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/94/) - next →: [page 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/96/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)