📖 C — The English dictionary · page 2

cajole — Everyday, meaning 1: To cajole someone is to coax or persuade them to do something, often with soft words or flattery.↗ Example: She cajoled her brother into sharing his sweets.↗ · Don't let them cajole you into staying up late.↗ · He cajoled the guard with kind words.↗

cake — Everyday, meaning 1: A cake is a sweet baked food made of flour, eggs, sugar and butter, often for birthdays and parties.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cake can be a flat round piece of other food: a fish cake.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To be caked in mud is to be thickly covered in it.↗ Example: The baker made 110 cakes.↗ · He sold 75 cakes.↗ · A cake is cut into 8 pieces.↗ · How many more cakes than pastries did he sell?↗ · We baked a chocolate cake for Dad.↗ · Can I have a piece of cake?↗ · The test was a piece of cake.↗ · His boots were caked in mud.↗ · The cakes were smoking on the hearth.↗ · With cakes of leavened bread he shall present his offering with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving.↗ (Torah LEV.7.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth parts of an ephah shall be in one cake.↗ (Torah LEV.24.5, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said: 'Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.'↗ (Torah GEN.18.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Ephraim, he mixeth himself with the peoples; Ephraim is become a cake not turned.↗ (Prophets HOS.7.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And she took dough, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.↗ (Prophets 2SA.13.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And they will salute thee, and give thee two cakes of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hand.↗ (Prophets 1SA.10.4, JPS 1917)↗

calabash — Everyday, meaning 1: A large gourd with a hard shell, or a bowl or flask made from one.↗ Example: The calabash held water for the journey.↗ · She poured soup from the calabash.↗ · The calabash grew bigger every day.↗

calamine — Everyday, meaning 1: A pink powder made from zinc oxide with a little iron oxide, used in a lotion to soothe itchy or sore skin.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old, science) An old name for zinc ores.↗ Example: Mum dabbed calamine lotion on my chickenpox spots.↗ · Calamine helps stop nettle stings itching.↗ · The calamine left pink patches all over my legs.↗ · Keep calamine lotion in the first-aid kit.↗ · Shake the calamine bottle before you use it.↗

calamity — Everyday, meaning 1: A terrible event that causes great damage, loss or suffering, like an earthquake or a flood.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal, joking) A small accident or mess made to sound big ("It's a calamity.↗ e.g. I've lost my pencil!").↗ Example: The flood was a calamity for the whole village.↗ · A great calamity struck the kingdom.↗ · Spilling the paint on the carpet was a calamity.↗ · Earthquakes are natural calamities.↗ · Oh no, what a calamity, we've run out of milk!↗ · The war brought calamity to many families.↗ · Losing the map was a calamity on our hike.↗ · Whenever you are in any calamity just think of me.↗ · Vengeance is Mine, and recompense, against the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.↗ (Torah DEU.32.35, JPS 1917)↗ · His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.↗ (Writings JOB.18.12, JPS 1917)↗ · The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.↗ (Prophets JER.48.16, JPS 1917)↗ · If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the guiltless.↗ (Writings JOB.9.23, JPS 1917)↗

calamus — Everyday, meaning 1: A sweet-smelling water plant with a long root that was once used as medicine.↗ Example: Brer Fox dug up a calamus root.↗ · The calamus smelled sweet in the pond.↗ · Old healers used its root as medicine.↗ · 'Take thou also unto thee the chief spices, of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty, (Torah EXO.30.23, JPS 1917)↗ · Vedan and Javan traded with yarn for thy wares; massive iron, cassia, and calamus, were among thy merchandise.↗ (Prophets EZK.27.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.↗ (Writings SNG.4.14, JPS 1917)↗

calcium — Everyday, meaning 1: Calcium is a mineral that our bodies need for strong bones and teeth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Calcium is a chemical element, a soft silver metal found in rocks, chalk, shells and milk.↗ Example: Milk has lots of calcium.↗ · Calcium helps build strong bones and teeth.↗ · Cheese and yoghurt are rich in calcium.↗ · Eggshells are made mostly of calcium.↗ · Chalk contains calcium.↗ · Broccoli also has some calcium.↗

calculate — Everyday, meaning 1: To work out an amount or answer using numbers, in your head, on paper or with a calculator.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To judge or estimate something by thinking carefully.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (calculated) Planned on purpose, like "a calculated risk".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (calculating) Clever in a cold, selfish way, planning to get what you want.↗ Example: Calculate 24 × 3.↗ · We calculated the area of the playground.↗ · Calculate how much change you get from £5.↗ · Scientists calculate how fast the planet moves.↗ · She calculated that she could finish before dark.↗ · It was a calculated risk to go for the goal.↗ · The calculating fox tricked the crow.↗

calculated — Everyday, meaning 1: Past form of «calculate»: worked out using numbers: «We calculated the area.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Carefully planned to get a result, often in a sneaky way: «a calculated lie».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Meant or likely to do something: «a joke calculated to make him laugh».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «A calculated risk» is a risk you take after thinking about the chances.↗ Example: We calculated the perimeter of the playground.↗ · She calculated that the trip would take two hours.↗ · His friendliness was calculated; he wanted something.↗ · The firefighter took a calculated risk to save the cat.↗ · The cost was calculated at £50.↗ · The advert was calculated to make children want the toy.↗ · He could think of nothing he had done calculated to stir Uncle Remus's grief.↗ · "When Abraham our father arose, he looked nnd saw and investigated and observed and engraved and hewed and combin- ed and formed and calculated, and his creation was successful.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

calculating — Everyday, meaning 1: The -ing form of «calculate»: working something out with numbers: «I'm calculating the total.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (of a person) Cold and sneaky, always planning how to get what they want, often by tricking others: «a calculating villain».↗ Example: I'm calculating how much pocket money I'll have by summer.↗ · The calculating fox tricked the crow out of her cheese.↗ · Calculating the area of a rectangle is easy: length times width.↗ · She gave him a cold, calculating look.↗ · Early calculating machines were huge.↗ · Use a calculator when calculating big numbers.↗

calculation — Everyday, meaning 1: A calculation is working out an answer using numbers, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Calculation is careful planning or thinking about what will happen, sometimes selfishly, as in cold calculation.↗ Example: Show your calculation in the box.↗ · My calculation was wrong; I forgot to carry the ten.↗ · Do the calculation in your head.↗ · The calculator does long calculations quickly.↗ · By my calculation, we'll arrive at six.↗ · Check each calculation with an estimate.↗ · "I always act with due order, consideration, and calculation.↗ · 4) These Sepharim or three words of similar expression signify: first, number, calculation or idea; second, the word; third, the writing of the *word.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

calculator — Everyday, meaning 1: A calculator is a small electronic machine for doing sums and other maths quickly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A calculator can also be a computer program or phone app that does the same thing.↗ Example: Use a calculator to check your answer.↗ · Calculators are not allowed in this test.↗ · I typed 25 × 4 into the calculator and got 100.↗ · My phone has a calculator app.↗ · Estimate first, then use the calculator.↗ · The calculator needs a new battery.↗

calculus — Everyday, meaning 1: A branch of advanced maths that studies how things change and how to add up endless tiny pieces, used for speed, curves, areas and motion.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (medicine) A hard stone that forms in the body, such as a kidney stone; also hard tartar on teeth (dental calculus).↗ Example: My big sister is learning calculus at college.↗ · Calculus helps engineers design bridges and rockets.↗ · Newton and Leibniz both worked out calculus.↗ · Calculus can tell you how fast a ball is moving at each moment.↗ · The dentist cleaned the calculus off my teeth.↗ · You need algebra before you can learn calculus.↗

caldera — Everyday, meaning 1: A large bowl-shaped hollow formed when the top of a volcano collapses after a huge eruption.↗ Example: Yellowstone sits on top of a huge caldera.↗ · The caldera filled with water and became a lake.↗ · A caldera forms when a volcano collapses.↗ · Lake Taupō in New Zealand is in a caldera.↗ · Scientists measured the size of the caldera.↗ · The island of Santorini is a broken caldera.↗

caldron — Everyday, meaning 1: A large, heavy pot for cooking over a fire; a spelling variant of cauldron.↗ Example: The soup was boiling in a huge caldron.↗ · The witch stirred the caldron.↗ · Rabbits were roasted beside the caldron.↗ · that say: The time is not near to build houses! this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.↗ (Prophets EZK.11.3, JPS 1917)↗ · and he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took therewith.↗ (Prophets 1SA.2.14, JPS 1917)↗ · Though this city shall not be your caldron, ye shall be the flesh in the midst thereof; I will judge you upon the border of Israel; (Prophets EZK.11.11, JPS 1917)↗

calendar — Everyday, meaning 1: A calendar is a chart that shows the days, weeks and months of the year.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A calendar is a way of dividing time into days, months and years, like the Chinese calendar.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A calendar is a list of planned events.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A calendar can also be an official list of names, such as the saints whose names are given to children.↗ Example: A week has 7 days on the calendar.↗ · She marked the calendar for 3 weeks.↗ · How many days are in two weeks?↗ · Look at the calendar: the trip is in 10 days.↗ · A year has 12 months.↗ · We cross off a day on the calendar each morning.↗ · The school calendar shows the holidays.↗ · We open a door of the advent calendar each day.↗ · Different countries use different calendars.↗ · Write the party on the family calendar.↗ · All the names in the calendar are taken already.’↗

calender — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use, in fairy tales) A wandering holy man who shaved his head and begged for alms, as in the Arabian tales.↗ Example: The first calender told his story.↗ · A calender came to the city gate.↗ · The calender had shaved head and a ragged coat.↗

calf — Everyday, meaning 1: A calf is a young cow or bull.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A calf is the young of some other large animals, like elephants, whales, giraffes and deer.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Your calf is the back part of your leg between the knee and the ankle.↗ Example: The cow licked her new calf.↗ · A baby elephant is called a calf.↗ · The whale and her calf swam together.↗ · I pulled a muscle in my calf.↗ · Stretch your calves before running.↗ · The farm has twenty calves.↗ · I had another calf killed; this one was led away.↗ · And the LORD smote the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made.↗ (Torah EXO.32.35, JPS 1917)↗ · So Aaron drew near unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin-offering, which was for himself.↗ (Torah LEV.9.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto the servant; and he hastened to dress it.↗ (Torah GEN.18.7, JPS 1917)↗ · They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped a molten image.↗ (Writings PSA.106.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Shall I come before Him with burnt-offerings, with calves of a year old?↗ (Prophets MIC.6.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.↗ (Writings JOB.21.10, JPS 1917)↗

calibrated — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) Checked and adjusted so that it measures exactly right.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Marked with a scale of numbers for measuring: a calibrated cylinder.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Carefully planned or adjusted for a purpose: a carefully calibrated answer.↗ Example: The thermometer was calibrated in ice water at 0 °C.↗ · Use a calibrated measuring cylinder to measure 50 ml.↗ · The scales were calibrated before the weigh-in.↗ · The engineers calibrated the sensors on the robot.↗ · Her words were carefully calibrated not to upset anyone.↗

calico — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK) A plain, cheap cotton cloth, usually cream or white and not dyed.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US) A cotton cloth printed with small bright patterns, often flowers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (US) A calico cat: a cat with patches of white, black and orange fur.↗ Example: We printed our designs on calico bags.↗ · The pioneer girl wore a calico dress.↗ · Our calico cat has orange, black and white patches.↗ (US)↗ · The teacher gave each of us a square of calico to sew.↗ · Calico was once shipped from India to England.↗ · Calico is a cheap, plain cotton fabric.↗ (UK)↗

caliph — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) The ruler of a Muslim empire in old times, who was seen as a successor of the Prophet.↗ Example: The caliph asked what it all meant.↗ · The caliph lived in a great palace.↗ · A servant bowed low before the caliph.↗

call — Everyday, meaning 1: To call is to phone someone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To call is to shout or say loudly so someone hears.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To call is to give a name: «We call him Max».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To call on or call in is to visit.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A call is a phone call, a shout, or a bird's cry.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To call someone can also mean to summon them so that they come to you.↗ Example: Each call lasts 5 minutes.↗ · A call costs 10 cents a minute.↗ · She made 4 calls.↗ · We call a shape with 4 equal sides a square.↗ · Call me when you get home.↗ · In an emergency, call 911.↗ · The game was called off because of rain.↗ · Mom called us in for dinner.↗ · The owl's call echoed in the woods.↗ · It's not kind to call people names.↗ · But Aladdin first called the genie.↗ · And God called the firmament Heaven.↗ (Torah GEN.1.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And she called his name Issachar.↗ (Torah GEN.30.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And he called the name of it Sitnah.↗ (Torah GEN.26.21, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD called yet again Samuel.↗ (Prophets 1SA.3.6, JPS 1917)↗ · He that called the generations from the beginning.↗ (Prophets ISA.41.4, JPS 1917)↗ · And the name of the city was called Hormah.↗ (Prophets JDG.1.17, JPS 1917)↗