📖 C — The English dictionary · page 15

cauliflower — Everyday, meaning 1: A cauliflower is a vegetable with a large, firm white head made of tiny flower buds, surrounded by green leaves.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (as food) Cauliflower is the vegetable cooked or raw.↗ Example: Dad made cauliflower cheese for tea.↗ · A cauliflower is really a bunch of tiny flower buds.↗ · Cauliflower can be white, orange, green or purple.↗ · Romanesco cauliflower makes spiral fractal shapes.↗ · We grew a cauliflower in the school garden.↗ · Cauliflower rice is made by chopping it very finely.↗ · A rugby player can get «cauliflower ear» from bumps to the ear.↗ · “And after the cauliflower, some cake and jam.”↗

causation — Everyday, meaning 1: The process of one thing making another thing happen; cause and effect.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) The link showing that one event was really caused by another.↗ Example: Scientists did tests to prove causation.↗ · Ice cream sales and sunburn rise together, but that is not causation; the sun causes both.↗ · Historians study the causation of wars.↗ · Correlation does not mean causation.↗ · We looked at causation in our science experiment.↗

causative — Everyday, meaning 1: Causing something, acting as its cause («a causative factor», «the causative virus»).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (grammar) A form of a verb or sentence that shows someone makes something happen or has it done, like «I had my hair cut» or «She made him laugh».↗ Example: Scientists found the causative virus of the illness.↗ · Smoking is a causative factor in many lung diseases.↗ · "I had my bike repaired" is a causative sentence.↗ · In the causative, the person doing the work is often not named.↗ · "Make" is a causative verb in "Mum made me tidy my room".↗ · The doctor explained the causative link between sugar and tooth decay.↗ · We practised causatives: "I got my hair cut", "She had her eyes tested".↗

cause — Everyday, meaning 1: What makes something happen.↗ e.g. "The cause of the fire was a candle."↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As a verb, to make something happen.↗ e.g. "Ice can cause accidents."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A goal or idea that people support.↗ e.g. "a good cause".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A cause can also be a reason to feel or do something, as in "cause for worry".↗ Example: What was the cause of the accident?↗ · Heat causes ice to melt.↗ · Germs cause many illnesses.↗ · Running in the corridor can cause accidents.↗ · We raised money for a good cause.↗ · The storm caused a lot of damage.↗ · Cause and effect: rain causes puddles.↗ · Don't cause trouble.↗ · The Beasts, too, had cause for fight.↗ · And Moses brought their cause before the LORD.↗ (Torah NUM.27.5, JPS 1917)↗ · neither shalt thou favour a poor man in his cause.↗ (Torah EXO.23.3, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.↗ (Torah EXO.23.6, JPS 1917)↗ · 'Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, (Prophets EZK.16.2, JPS 1917)↗ · To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.↗ (Writings LAM.3.36, JPS 1917)↗ · O LORD, Thou hast seen my wrong; judge Thou my cause.↗ (Writings LAM.3.59, JPS 1917)↗

causeless — Everyday, meaning 1: Causeless means having no good reason or cause.↗ Example: The causeless attack shocked everyone.↗ · He was angry for no reason, a causeless quarrel.↗ · That was a causeless blow.↗ · As the wandering sparrow, as the flying swallow, so the curse that is causeless shall come home.↗ (Writings PRO.26.2, JPS 1917)↗

causest — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «causest» means «you cause», a form of «cause»: What makes something happen.↗ e.g. "The cause of the fire was a candle."↗ Example: Spite of thy charms, thou causest often pain And sore regret, of which we daily find A thousand instances attend mankind: For thou--O may it not displease the fair-- A fleeting pleasure art, but lasting care.↗ (The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault)

causeth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «causeth» means «causes», a form of «cause»: What makes something happen.↗ e.g. "The cause of the fire was a candle."↗ Example: And he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that causeth the curse; and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her and become bitter.↗ (Torah NUM.5.24, JPS 1917) · and this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, and make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to fall away'; and the woman shall say: 'Amen, Amen.'↗ (Torah NUM.5.22, JPS 1917) · Thou shalt prepare thee the way, and divide the borders of thy land, which the LORD thy God causeth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every manslayer may flee thither.↗ (Torah DEU.19.3, JPS 1917)

causeway — Everyday, meaning 1: A raised road or path across wet ground, marshes or shallow water.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The Giant's Causeway: a famous place in Northern Ireland with about 40,000 six-sided rock columns.↗ Example: We walked across the causeway to the island.↗ · Check the tide times before driving over the causeway.↗ · The causeway disappears under the sea at high tide.↗ · The Giant's Causeway has hexagonal columns.↗ · Legend says the giant Finn McCool built the causeway.↗ · A long causeway crosses the marsh.↗ · As for water, I am sinking a pump, and, plase goodness, as soon as the Causeway's made, I intend to finish it."↗ · For the Precinct westward, four at the causeway, and two at the Precinct.↗ (Writings 1CH.26.18, JPS 1917)↗ · To Shuppim and Hosah westward, by the gate of Shallecheth, at the causeway that goeth up, ward against ward.↗ (Writings 1CH.26.16, JPS 1917)↗

caustic — Everyday, meaning 1: Able to burn or eat away skin and other materials by a chemical action, as in «caustic soda».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cruel and sharp in a clever, sarcastic way, as in «a caustic remark».↗ Example: Caustic soda can burn your skin.↗ · The drain cleaner bottle had a caustic warning sign.↗ · Wear gloves and goggles with caustic chemicals.↗ · She made a caustic remark about his drawing.↗ · The critic wrote a caustic review of the film.↗ · Keep caustic cleaners out of children's reach.↗ · His caustic jokes hurt people's feelings.↗

caution — Everyday, meaning 1: Great care to avoid danger or mistakes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A warning, like a sign saying "Caution: wet floor".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (law, UK) An official warning from the police instead of a charge.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb) To warn someone to be careful or not to do something again.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A caution can also be an informal word for something or someone surprising, funny or remarkable.↗ Example: Use caution when crossing the road.↗ · The sign said "Caution: wet floor."↗ · Handle the glass beakers with caution.↗ · The police gave him a caution for shouting in the street.↗ · The teacher cautioned us not to run in the corridor.↗ · She threw caution to the wind and jumped into the lake.↗ · It's best to err on the side of caution and take a coat.↗ · I 'clar' ter grashus ef dat jug ain't a caution!"↗ · The author of the Sefer Yetzirah apparently cautioned against the very errors and mistakes into which all writers on Hebrew grammar have fallen.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

cautious — Everyday, meaning 1: Careful to avoid danger, risks or mistakes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Slow to decide or to trust, as in «cautious about strangers».↗ Example: Be cautious when crossing a busy road.↗ · The cat was cautious around the new puppy.↗ · She is cautious about talking to strangers online.↗ · He took a cautious step onto the ice.↗ · The cautious driver slowed down in the fog.↗ · Scientists were cautious about the early results.↗ · My cautious guess is about 50 sweets in the jar.↗ · The Fox came too, but he was very cautious about it.↗

cautiously — Everyday, meaning 1: Carefully, so as to avoid danger or mistakes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Slowly and not fully trusting something yet («cautiously hopeful»).↗ Example: We crossed the busy road cautiously, looking both ways.↗ · The cat cautiously sniffed the new food.↗ · She cautiously opened the creaky door.↗ · Hold the scissors cautiously, with the points down.↗ · The doctors are cautiously hopeful that he will get better.↗ · He stepped cautiously onto the frozen pond — a dangerous idea.↗ · The deer moved cautiously out of the trees.↗ · Cautiously, I lifted the lid of the mystery box.↗ · “What kind of adventure?” he asked cautiously.↗

cavalier — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A cavalier is a mounted soldier or a fine gentleman who rides on horseback.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cavalier means careless or offhand, showing little care for other people's feelings.↗ Example: The cavalier rode up to the castle gate.↗ · He gave a cavalier wave and walked off.↗ · «I have never heard of her,» said the cavalier.↗

cavalry — Everyday, meaning 1: Cavalry are soldiers who fight on horses.↗ Example: The cavalry rode over the hill at dawn.↗ · The king's cavalry pranced in armour.↗ · The cavalry had little time to move aside.↗

cave — Everyday, meaning 1: A cave is a large hole in the side of a hill or cliff or under the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To cave in is to fall down inwards, like a roof.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To cave in can also mean to stop arguing and agree because of pressure.↗ Example: Bats sleep in the cave.↗ · Early people painted animals on cave walls.↗ · Water made this cave over thousands of years.↗ · Don't go into caves without a guide.↗ · The roof of the old mine caved in.↗ · We used torches to explore the cave.↗ · After an hour of begging, Dad caved in and bought the ice cream.↗ · He strode resolutely into the cave.↗ · The field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.'↗ (Torah GEN.49.32, JPS 1917)↗ · And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a burying-place by the children of Heth.↗ (Torah GEN.23.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; (Torah GEN.25.9, JPS 1917)↗ · Maschil of David, when he was in the cave; a Prayer.↗ (Writings PSA.142.1, JPS 1917)↗ · And these five kings fled, and hid themselves in the cave at Makkedah.↗ (Prophets JOS.10.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way.↗ (Prophets 1SA.24.8, JPS 1917)↗

caveman — Everyday, meaning 1: A person from very long ago, in the Stone Age, who is imagined as living in caves.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A rough or old-fashioned man with rude manners.↗ Example: Cavemen painted animals on the walls.↗ · The caveman made a spear from flint.↗ · In the cartoon, a caveman rode a dinosaur.↗ · Stone Age people did not all live in caves.↗ · Stop eating like a caveman!↗ · We built a caveman shelter in the woods.↗

cavern — Everyday, meaning 1: A large cave, often deep under the ground.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Any large, dark, empty space that feels like a cave.↗ Example: The explorers found a huge cavern under the hill.↗ · Stalactites hung from the cavern ceiling.↗ · The dragon slept in a dark cavern.↗ · Water carved out the cavern over thousands of years.↗ · Never explore caverns without an adult and a guide.↗ · The empty hall felt like a cavern.↗ · In the cavern sat an old woman spinning.↗

cavernous — Everyday, meaning 1: Cavernous means very large and hollow, like a cave.↗ Example: The cavernous hall echoed with every step.↗ · The monster opened its cavernous mouth.↗ · The old well had a cavernous sound.↗

cavity — Everyday, meaning 1: A cavity is a hollow space inside something solid.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cavity is a small hole in a tooth caused by decay.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A body cavity is a space inside the body, such as the chest or the mouth.↗ Example: The dentist found a cavity in my back tooth.↗ · Brushing twice a day helps stop cavities.↗ · Sweets and fizzy drinks can cause cavities.↗ · The heart and lungs sit in the chest cavity.↗ · The house has cavity walls filled with insulation.↗ · Water had worn a cavity in the rock.↗ · A bird nested in a cavity in the old tree.↗ · No cavities this time — well done!↗ · Within the cavity lay a sword, with a golden hilt, and a pair of sandals.↗

caw — Everyday, meaning 1: The loud harsh cry of a crow, rook or raven.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To make this sound.↗ Example: The crow cawed from the rooftop.↗ · We heard the caw of a raven.↗ · Rooks caw loudly in the evening.↗ · «Caw!↗ Caw!» went the crow.↗ · The birds cawed when the cat came near.↗ · A single caw broke the silence.↗ · Caw! caw! a crow flew up from the ditch.↗

cayuga — Everyday, meaning 1: (a name) The Cayuga are a Native American (First Nations) people, one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, from what is now New York State and Ontario.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (a name) The Cayuga language spoken by that people.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (a name) Cayuga Lake, one of the Finger Lakes in New York State, and places named after it.↗ Example: The Cayuga are one of the Six Nations of the Haudenosaunee.↗ · Many Cayuga people live today in Ontario, Canada, and in New York State.↗ · Cayuga Lake is one of the long, thin Finger Lakes.↗ · Only a few people still speak the Cayuga language fluently.↗ · We read how the Cayuga joined the confederacy for peace.↗ · Our map showed Cayuga Lake south of Lake Ontario.↗

cbc — Everyday, meaning 1: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Canada's public radio and TV broadcaster (in French: Radio-Canada).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (medicine) A complete blood count, a common blood test that counts the different kinds of cells in your blood.↗ Example: We watched the news on CBC.↗ (Canada)↗ · CBC Kids has lots of cartoons.↗ · The doctor ordered a CBC blood test.↗ · CBC is Canada's public broadcaster, like the BBC.↗ · My aunt works for CBC radio in Toronto.↗ · A CBC counts red cells, white cells and platelets.↗