📖 C — The English dictionary · page 10

carelessly — Everyday, meaning 1: Without enough care or attention, so mistakes or accidents happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a relaxed way that shows you are not worried: «She tossed her bag carelessly onto the bed».↗ Example: He carelessly left the gate open and the dog ran out.↗ · I wrote my answer carelessly and got it wrong.↗ · She carelessly dropped her phone in the puddle.↗ · Don't cross the road carelessly.↗ · The driver was fined for driving carelessly.↗ · He threw his coat carelessly over the chair.↗ · “We are hunting,” said Baloo carelessly.↗

carelessness — Everyday, meaning 1: Carelessness is not paying enough attention or care, so that mistakes or accidents happen.↗ Example: The fire was caused by carelessness with a candle.↗ · Most of my mistakes were carelessness, not because the sums were hard.↗ · His carelessness cost the team a goal.↗ · Carelessness on the road can be deadly.↗ · Losing the key was pure carelessness.↗ · The teacher sighed at our carelessness with spelling.↗ · “Dear queen of my heart,” answered he, “I pray you to forgive my carelessness.↗

caress — Everyday, meaning 1: To caress someone or something is to touch or stroke them gently and lovingly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) A caress is a gentle, loving touch.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (literary) Wind or water caresses something when it touches it softly.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A caressing word or name is one that sounds loving and affectionate.↗ Example: She caressed the kitten's soft fur.↗ · The mother caressed her baby's cheek.↗ · A gentle breeze caressed our faces.↗ · The water caressed the side of the boat.↗ · He gave the horse a caress on the nose.↗ · The waves caressed the sand.↗ · [207] Ivashko and Ivashechko, are caressing diminutives of Ivan.↗

caretaker — Everyday, meaning 1: A caretaker is a person whose job is to look after a building, such as a school, keeping it clean, safe and repaired.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A caretaker is a person who looks after someone or something for a while.↗ Example: Our school caretaker fixed the broken window.↗ · Tell the caretaker if you see a spill.↗ · The caretaker locks the gates at night.↗ · Mr Jones the caretaker cleared the snow.↗ · Grandma was the caretaker of the old church.↗ · Say thank you to the caretaker.↗

careth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «careth» means «cares», a form of «care»: To care is to feel that someone or something matters to you: «I care about my friends».↗ Example: a land which the LORD thy God careth for; the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.↗ (Torah DEU.11.12, JPS 1917)

carful — Everyday, meaning 1: As many people or things as a car can hold, as in «a carful of children».↗ Example: A carful of cousins arrived for Sunday lunch.↗ · We took a carful of old toys to the charity shop.↗ · Each carful can hold five people.↗ · Two carfuls of football fans drove to the match.↗ · Mum came back with a carful of shopping.↗ · The team needed four carfuls to get to the game.↗

cargo — Everyday, meaning 1: Goods carried by a ship, plane, train or lorry.↗ Example: The ship carried a cargo of bananas.↗ · Cranes unloaded the cargo at the port.↗ · The cargo plane landed with medical supplies.↗ · The cargo hold was full of crates.↗ · If each container holds 20 tonnes, how many containers carry 100 tonnes of cargo?↗ · Pirates attacked ships for their cargo.↗ · He sold all his flock, invested it in a cargo of dates, and set sail.↗

caribou — Everyday, meaning 1: A caribou is a large deer of North America's Arctic and northern forests with big branching antlers; in Europe and Asia the same animal is called a reindeer.↗ Example: Caribou migrate across the tundra in huge herds.↗ · Both male and female caribou grow antlers.↗ · The Canadian quarter shows a caribou.↗ · Caribou dig through snow to eat lichen.↗ · Wolves follow the caribou herds.↗ · Caribou and reindeer are the same species.↗

caricature — Everyday, meaning 1: A funny drawing of a person that makes some features, like a big nose or ears, look much bigger than they are.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A description of a person or thing that makes them seem silly by exaggerating them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To draw or describe someone in this exaggerated way.↗ Example: An artist at the fair drew a caricature of me with huge teeth.↗ · The newspaper cartoon was a caricature of the prime minister.↗ · In the film, the villain is a caricature, not a real person.↗ · We caricatured our teacher's big smile, kindly.↗ · The caricature made the king's crown enormous.↗

caries — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal, medical) Caries is tooth decay: the slow damage to teeth that makes holes called cavities.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (medical) Caries can also mean decay in bone.↗ Example: The dentist checked my teeth for caries.↗ · Sugary drinks can cause dental caries.↗ · Fluoride toothpaste helps protect against caries.↗ · Caries is the medical word for tooth decay.↗ · Brush twice a day to prevent caries.↗ · Early caries looks like a small white spot on the tooth.↗

cark — Everyday, meaning 1: (slang, Australia/New Zealand) To cark it means to die.↗ e.g. "the old dog finally carked it".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (slang, Australia/New Zealand) To cark it can also mean to break down or stop working.↗ e.g. "my phone carked it".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old, literary) Cark meant worry or care, as in "carking cares"; this is very rare now.↗ Example: The car carked it halfway up the hill.↗ · My goldfish carked it last week.↗ · The laptop carked it right before my project was due.↗ · "Is the battery flat?" "↗ Yep, carked it."↗ · Grandpa says his old lawnmower is about to cark it.↗ · The heater carked it in the middle of winter.↗

carmaker — Everyday, meaning 1: A carmaker is a company that designs and builds cars, such as Ford, Toyota or Volkswagen.↗ Example: The carmaker opened a new factory near our town.↗ · Many carmakers now build electric cars.↗ · The carmaker made 500 cars a day.↗ · My uncle works for a big carmaker.↗ · Japanese carmakers sell cars all over the world.↗ · The carmaker recalled cars with faulty brakes.↗

carmelite — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person from Carmel, a town in the hill country of Judah.↗ Example: Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite; (Prophets 2SA.23.35, JPS 1917)↗ · Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai; (Writings 1CH.11.37, JPS 1917)↗ · And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.↗ (Prophets 1SA.30.5, JPS 1917)↗

carmine — Everyday, meaning 1: A deep, bright red colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A red dye or paint made from cochineal insects, used in food, make-up and art.↗ Example: She painted the rose petals carmine.↗ · Carmine is a deep, rich red.↗ · The strawberry yoghurt was coloured with carmine.↗ · Carmine is made from tiny insects called cochineal.↗ · The artist mixed carmine with white to make pink.↗ · The label said «colour: carmine (E120)».↗

carnage — Everyday, meaning 1: Carnage is the terrible killing of very many people or animals, as in a battle or a great disaster.↗ Example: The battle left the field covered in carnage.↗ · After the storm there was carnage on the rocks.↗ · The island was silent after the carnage.↗

carnally — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: In a bodily way, as in sexual relations.↗ Example: And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.↗ (Torah LEV.18.20, JPS 1917)↗ · The woman also with whom a man shall lie carnally, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even.↗ (Torah LEV.15.18, JPS 1917)↗ · and a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, she being defiled secretly, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken in the act; (Torah NUM.5.13, JPS 1917)↗

carnation — Everyday, meaning 1: A carnation is a garden flower with frilly petals and a sweet spicy smell, often pink, red or white.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Carnation can also mean a pinkish-red colour.↗ Example: We put a white carnation in blue water, and the petals turned blue.↗ · Dad wore a red carnation at the wedding.↗ · Carnations have frilly petals.↗ · She bought a bunch of pink carnations for her mum.↗ · Carnations smell a bit like cloves.↗ · The carnation experiment shows how plants drink water.↗ · Carnations last a long time in a vase.↗ · We drew a carnation in our art lesson.↗ · Beautiful stocks and carnations followed, bowing to every one present.↗

carnelian — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A reddish-orange precious stone.↗ Example: And they set in it four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd was the first row.↗ (Torah EXO.39.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, four rows of stones: a row of carnelian, topaz, and smaragd shall be the first row; (Torah EXO.28.17, JPS 1917)↗

carnival — Everyday, meaning 1: A carnival is a fair with rides, games and food, often travelling from town to town.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A carnival is a big street party with music, dancing and costumes, like the carnival in Rio or the Notting Hill Carnival.↗ Example: Each ride at the carnival costs 3 tickets.↗ · She won 20 tickets at the carnival.↗ · The carnival had 500 visitors.↗ · He spent 15 dollars at the carnival.↗ · We rode the Ferris wheel at the carnival.↗ · People danced in costumes at the carnival.↗ · Our school carnival raises money for books.↗ · I won a goldfish at the carnival.↗ · The carnival came to town for a week.↗ · The swimming carnival is in March (Australia).↗ · There appears little doubt that the modern Carnival is a survival of the ancient Saturnalia.↗

carnivore — Everyday, meaning 1: A carnivore is an animal that eats mainly meat, other animals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A carnivorous plant is a plant that traps and eats insects, like the Venus flytrap.↗ Example: A lion is a carnivore.↗ · Carnivores have sharp teeth for tearing meat.↗ · Is a cow a carnivore or a herbivore?↗ A herbivore.↗ · Sharks are carnivores that eat fish and seals.↗ · The Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant.↗ · In the food chain, the carnivore eats the herbivore.↗ · Tyrannosaurus rex was a huge carnivore.↗

carnivorous — Everyday, meaning 1: A carnivorous animal eats meat, mostly other animals: lions, sharks and eagles are carnivorous.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A carnivorous plant catches and digests insects or small animals, like the Venus flytrap or sundew.↗ Example: Sharks are carnivorous.↗ · A Venus flytrap is a carnivorous plant.↗ · Carnivorous dinosaurs like T. rex had sharp teeth.↗ · Tigers are carnivores, but bears are omnivores.↗ · The sundew is carnivorous: it traps flies on sticky hairs.↗ · Cats are carnivorous, so they need meat in their food.↗

carol — Everyday, meaning 1: A carol is a happy song, especially one sung at Christmas.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To carol is to sing happily, or to go from house to house singing Christmas songs.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Carol is a girl's name.↗ Example: We sang carols around the Christmas tree.↗ · Carol singers knocked at our door.↗ · Our school held a carol concert in the church.↗ · «Silent Night» is a famous carol.↗ · The birds carolled in the morning sun.↗ · My aunt Carol bakes the best mince pies.↗ · The cuckoo sang, and the lark carolled, for it was now beautiful spring.↗

carotene — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) An orange-yellow substance found in carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkins and many green leaves, which gives them their colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The body turns it into vitamin A, which helps eyes, skin and the immune system.↗ Example: Carrots are orange because of carotene.↗ · Carotene turns into vitamin A in your body.↗ · Sweet potatoes and mangoes are full of carotene.↗ · In autumn, when the green fades, the carotene in leaves shows up.↗ · Eating huge amounts of carrots can turn your skin a bit orange because of carotene.↗ · Flamingos are not pink from carotene but from similar colourings in their food.↗

carouse — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A noisy drinking party; to drink and make merry.↗ Example: When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour.↗ (Prophets HOS.4.18, JPS 1917)↗

carousel — Everyday, meaning 1: A carousel is a fairground ride with model horses or seats that go round and round to music; a merry-go-round.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A carousel is a moving belt at an airport that brings passengers' luggage round.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A carousel is a set of pictures or items on a website or slide show that turn one after another.↗ Example: We rode the carousel at the fair.↗ · My horse on the carousel went up and down.↗ · Our suitcase came round on the baggage carousel.↗ · The website has a carousel of photos.↗ · The carousel has 24 horses in 3 rings, so 8 horses in each ring.↗ · The carousel makes a full turn of 360° every minute.↗

carp — Everyday, meaning 1: A carp is a large freshwater fish that lives in lakes, ponds and slow rivers; goldfish and koi are kinds of carp.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To carp is to keep complaining about small, unimportant things (informal, disapproving): «He's always carping about the food».↗ Example: We saw big orange carp in the pond.↗ · Grandad caught a carp in the lake.↗ · Koi are a kind of carp.↗ · In Australia, carp are a pest in the rivers.↗ · Stop carping about the weather!↗ · He carped on about the noise all day.↗ · Fat carps stared at the glass wall with stupid eyes.↗

carpel — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) A carpel is the female part of a flower, where seeds are made.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: It has three parts: the stigma (sticky top that catches pollen), the style (stalk) and the ovary (bottom part with ovules that become seeds).↗ Example: The carpel is the female part of the flower.↗ · Pollen lands on the stigma at the top of the carpel.↗ · Label the carpel and the stamen on your flower diagram.↗ · The ovary at the bottom of the carpel grows into the fruit.↗ · A pea pod grows from a single carpel.↗ · A buttercup has many little carpels in the middle.↗ · Bees carry pollen from the stamens to the carpels.↗