--- title: C — The school dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 5 description: The 1851 words of the school 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/school/C/page/5/) [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/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / C # C — The school dictionary · page 5 [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/11/) [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/12/) [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/13/) [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/14/) [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/15/) [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/16/) [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/17/) [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/19/) - [characterise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characterise/) — To be the typical feature or quality of something. — 9 sentences - [characteristic](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristic/) — A characteristic is a special quality or feature that helps you tell one thing or person from another, like a tiger's stripes. — 8 sentences - [characteristically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characteristically/) — In a way that is typical of a particular person or thing; as they usually do: «Characteristically, Grandma brought cake.». — 9 sentences - [characterize](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/characterize/) — To characterize something is to show what it is like by its special features. — 6 sentences - [charades](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charades/) — A party game where one player acts out a word, film, book or song title without speaking, and the others try to guess it. — 8 sentences - [charcoal](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charcoal/) — Charcoal is a black, light material made by burning wood slowly with very little air; it burns hot and is used as fuel for barbecues. — 11 sentences - [charge](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charge/) — To charge is to ask money for something. A charge is the price or fee. — 16 sentences - [charger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charger/) — A device that puts electricity back into a battery, like a phone or laptop charger. — 11 sentences - [chariot](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chariot/) — A two-wheeled cart pulled by horses, used in ancient times for war and racing. — 10 sentences - [charioteer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charioteer/) — A charioteer is a person who drives a chariot, a two-wheeled cart pulled by horses (old use). — 4 sentences - [charisma](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charisma/) — A special charm and confidence that makes people like, notice and follow someone. — 8 sentences - [charitable](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charitable/) — Charitable means kind and generous in giving money, food or help to people in need. — 10 sentences - [charity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charity/) — A charity is an organisation that collects money and help for people or animals in need. — 11 sentences - [charlotte](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charlotte/) — Charlotte is a girl's name, and the name of cities such as Charlotte in North Carolina, USA. — 9 sentences - [charm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charm/) — The power to please or attract people (He has lots of charm). — 12 sentences - [charmer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charmer/) — A person who is very pleasant and attractive and makes people like them easily, sometimes to get what they want. — 8 sentences - [charon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/charon/) — Charon is the ferryman in ancient Greek stories who rowed the souls of the dead across the river Styx (or Acheron) into the underworld, in… — 8 sentences - [chart](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chart/) — A drawing that shows information, such as a graph, table or diagram (a bar chart). — 12 sentences - [chase](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chase/) — To chase is to run after someone or something to catch it. — 14 sentences - [chaser](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaser/) — A person or animal who chases someone or something. — 10 sentences - [chasm](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chasm/) — A chasm is a deep, wide crack or gap in the ground, rock or ice. — 4 sentences - [chaste](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaste/) — Chaste means pure and faithful, especially in marriage. — 5 sentences - [chastise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chastise/) — To chastise someone is to punish them, often by scolding or beating them (old use). — 4 sentences - [chastisement](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chastisement/) — A chastisement is a punishment, given for doing wrong (old use). — 4 sentences - [chastity](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chastity/) — Chastity means not having a sexual relationship, or only within marriage, as a religious or moral choice. — 9 sentences - [chat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chat/) — To chat means to talk in a friendly, relaxed way. — 12 sentences - [chattel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chattel/) — A chattel is an item of personal property, a thing a person owns that can be moved (old use). Chattels means all the belongings of a person. — 5 sentences - [chatter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatter/) — To chatter is to talk quickly and a lot about small, unimportant things. — 12 sentences - [chatterbox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatterbox/) — A person, often a child, who talks a lot and seems never to stop. — 8 sentences - [chattering](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chattering/) — Talking quickly and a lot about small, unimportant things: «The girls were chattering in the corridor.». — 11 sentences - [chatty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chatty/) — A chatty person likes to talk a lot in a friendly way. — 8 sentences - [chauffeur](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chauffeur/) — A chauffeur is a person whose job is driving someone else's car, often for a rich or important person. — 9 sentences - [chaw](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chaw/) — To chaw is to chew: to bite and grind food with the teeth. — 4 sentences - [cheap](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheap/) — Cheap means it costs only a little money. — 12 sentences - [cheaply](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheaply/) — Cheaply means for a low price, without spending much money. — 12 sentences - [cheapskate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheapskate/) — A person who does not like spending money, even when they should; a mean or stingy person. — 7 sentences - [cheat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheat/) — To cheat means to break the rules to win or get an advantage, or to do something dishonest. — 11 sentences - [cheater](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheater/) — A cheater is a person who cheats: who breaks the rules secretly to win or to get something they should not have. — 9 sentences - [cheating](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheating/) — Cheating is acting dishonestly to win or get an advantage: breaking the rules of a game or test. — 12 sentences - [check](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/check/) — To check is to look at something to see if it is right, safe or ready. — 16 sentences - [checkers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checkers/) — Checkers is a board game for two players who move round flat pieces diagonally on a squared board and jump over the other player's pieces… — 10 sentences - [checklist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checklist/) — A checklist is a list of things to do or to bring, where you mark each one when it is done. — 10 sentences - [checkmate](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checkmate/) — In chess, checkmate is when a king is attacked and cannot escape, so the game ends and that player loses. — 11 sentences - [checkout](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checkout/) — The place in a shop or supermarket where you pay for things. — 9 sentences - [checkup](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/checkup/) — A visit to a doctor, dentist or vet to check that you are healthy, even when you feel fine. — 8 sentences - [cheddar](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheddar/) — A hard, yellow or orange-yellow cheese, mild or strong-tasting, first made in the village of Cheddar in Somerset, England. — 11 sentences - [cheek](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheek/) — Your cheeks are the soft sides of your face below your eyes. — 12 sentences - [cheekbone](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekbone/) — Your cheekbones are the bones at the top of your cheeks, just below your eyes. — 7 sentences - [cheekily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekily/) — In a slightly rude but often funny or playful way, showing a lack of respect (especially UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand). — 8 sentences - [cheekiness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheekiness/) — Rude but often playful or funny behaviour that shows a lack of respect. — 8 sentences - [cheeky](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheeky/) — Cheeky means rude or not respectful, but often in a funny or playful way. — 12 sentences - [cheep](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheep/) — To make a short, high, weak sound. — 11 sentences - [cheer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheer/) — To cheer is to shout loudly to show you are pleased or to encourage someone. — 14 sentences - [cheerer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerer/) — A cheerer is a person who cheers, shouting loudly to encourage a team or a player. — 8 sentences - [cheerful](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerful/) — A cheerful person is happy and in a good mood, and shows it with smiles and a friendly manner. — 11 sentences - [cheerfully](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfully/) — In a happy, bright and friendly way. — 10 sentences - [cheerfulness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerfulness/) — Cheerfulness is being happy, bright and in a good mood, and showing it to others. — 8 sentences - [cheerily](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerily/) — In a happy, bright and hopeful way. — 4 sentences - [cheerio](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerio/) — Goodbye, said in a friendly, cheerful way. — 9 sentences - [cheerleader](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerleader/) — A cheerleader is a person, often in a team, who dances, shouts chants and does jumps to encourage a sports team and the crowd. — 9 sentences - [cheerless](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheerless/) — Cheerless means gloomy, dull and without anything to make you happy or comfortable. — 8 sentences - [cheery](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheery/) — Happy and friendly in a bright, lively way. — 10 sentences - [cheese](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheese/) — Cheese is a food made from milk, usually yellow or white, that can be soft or hard. — 11 sentences - [cheeseburger](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheeseburger/) — A hamburger with a slice of melted cheese on top of the meat patty, served in a bun. — 7 sentences - [cheesy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheesy/) — Tasting or smelling of cheese, or full of cheese. — 10 sentences - [cheetah](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheetah/) — A cheetah is a slim, spotted big cat from Africa (and a few in Iran) and the fastest land animal, able to run as fast as a car on a main r… — 9 sentences - [chef](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chef/) — A chef is a person whose job is to cook, often the main cook in a restaurant or hotel. — 10 sentences - [chemical](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemical/) — A chemical is a substance, especially one made or used in science or industry, such as bleach, salt or oxygen. — 11 sentences - [chemically](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemically/) — In a way that involves chemistry or chemicals: chemically treated wood. — 9 sentences - [chemise](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemise/) — A loose, simple dress or a woman's undergarment like a long shirt, worn in the past under other clothes. — 8 sentences - [chemist](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemist/) — A chemist is a scientist who studies chemistry: what substances are made of and how they change. — 10 sentences - [chemistry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemistry/) — Chemistry is the science of substances: what they are made of, how they behave and how they change into new substances. — 10 sentences - [chemotherapy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chemotherapy/) — Chemotherapy is a treatment for cancer that uses strong medicines to kill the sick cells. — 8 sentences - [cheque](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cheque/) — A printed paper form you write on to tell your bank to pay money from your account to someone. — 8 sentences - [chequebook](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chequebook/) — A small book of printed forms (cheques) that a bank gives to a customer; you write on a cheque to pay someone from your bank account. — 9 sentences - [cherish](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherish/) — To cherish someone or something is to love it and take great care of it. — 4 sentences - [cherished](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherished/) — Loved, protected and cared for very much (a cherished toy). — 11 sentences - [cherokee](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherokee/) — The Cherokee are a Native American people, originally from the south-east of what is now the USA, many of whom now live in Oklahoma and No… — 9 sentences - [cherry](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherry/) — A cherry is a small round red or dark red fruit with a hard stone in the middle and a long thin stalk. — 13 sentences - [cherub](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cherub/) — A cherub is a kind of angel, often shown as a chubby child with small wings. — 5 sentences - [chess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chess/) — Chess is a board game for two players with pieces like kings, queens, bishops, knights, rooks and pawns on a board of 64 squares. — 11 sentences - [chessboard](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chessboard/) — A square board with 64 squares in eight rows of eight, coloured light and dark in turn, used for playing chess or draughts. — 8 sentences - [chest](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chest/) — Your chest is the front of your body between your neck and your tummy. — 11 sentences - [chestnut](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chestnut/) — A chestnut is a shiny reddish-brown nut that grows inside a prickly case on a chestnut tree; sweet chestnuts can be roasted and eaten. — 13 sentences - [chesty](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chesty/) — Having a lot of mucus in the chest from a cold, with a deep, wet cough, as in "a chesty cough". — 8 sentences - [chew](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chew/) — To chew is to break up food in your mouth with your teeth before you swallow it. — 12 sentences - [chewing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewing/) — Chewing means crushing food with your teeth to make it soft enough to swallow. — 12 sentences - [chewy](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chewy/) — Needing a lot of chewing because it is soft but tough or sticky, as in «chewy sweets» or «chewy meat». — 10 sentences - [chi](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chi/) — The 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet, written χ, said "kye" (rhymes with "sky"). — 10 sentences - [chicago](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicago/) — Chicago is a big city in the United States, in the state of Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan. — 9 sentences - [chick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chick/) — A baby bird, especially a baby chicken that has just hatched from its egg. — 11 sentences - [chicken](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicken/) — A chicken is a farm bird that lays eggs. — 12 sentences - [chickenpox](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chickenpox/) — A common illness, mostly of children, caused by a virus, that gives a fever and very itchy red spots that turn into blisters and then scabs. — 9 sentences - [chicle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chicle/) — A natural gum made from the milky sap of the sapodilla tree of Central America, used in the past to make chewing gum. — 7 sentences - [chief](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chief/) — The leader or head of a group, such as a tribe, organisation or police force (the fire chief). — 12 sentences - [chiefly](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chiefly/) — Chiefly means mainly or mostly. — 9 sentences - [chieftain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chieftain/) — A chieftain is the leader of a tribe or clan. — 4 sentences - [chihuahua](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chihuahua/) — A chihuahua is a very small breed of dog with big ears and big eyes, the smallest dog breed in the world. — 10 sentences - [chilblains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/chilblains/) — Painful, itchy red or purple swellings on the toes, fingers, ears or nose, caused when skin gets very cold and then warms up too fast. — 8 sentences - [child](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/child/) — A child is a young boy or girl. — 21 sentences [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/) [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/2/) [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/3/) [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/4/) **5** [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/6/) [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/7/) [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/8/) [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/9/) [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/10/) [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/11/) [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/12/) [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/13/) [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/14/) [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/15/) [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/16/) [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/17/) [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/18/) [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/page/19/)