📖 C — The English dictionary · page 4

camp — Everyday, meaning 1: A camp is a place where people stay in tents or cabins, often outdoors.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A summer camp is a place where children go in the holidays to do activities.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To camp is to stay outdoors in a tent.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A camp can be a group of people who share an idea.↗ Example: 60 children go to summer camp.↗ · Each tent at camp holds 4.↗ · Camp costs 200 dollars a week.↗ · They camp for 5 nights.↗ · We set up camp by the lake.↗ · Climbers rest at base camp.↗ · We camped out in the garden.↗ · At camp we learned to canoe.↗ · We sang songs around the campfire.↗ · Never leave a campfire burning.↗ · I say, John, I see the smoke of the redskin camp!”↗ · And Moses withdrew into the camp, he and the elders of Israel.↗ (Torah NUM.11.30, JPS 1917)↗ · And the flesh and the skin were burnt with fire without the camp.↗ (Torah LEV.9.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad.↗ (Torah DEU.23.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And the people went out, and spoiled the camp of the Arameans.↗ (Prophets 2KI.7.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.↗ (Prophets JOS.10.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And He let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their dwellings.↗ (Writings PSA.78.28, JPS 1917)↗

campaign — Everyday, meaning 1: A campaign is a planned series of actions to get something done, such as winning an election or changing a rule.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To campaign is to work hard to get people to support something or to make a change.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A military campaign is a series of battles in one war or area.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: An advertising campaign is a set of adverts to sell something.↗ Example: Our class started a campaign to stop litter.↗ · She campaigned to become class president.↗ · The election campaign lasted six weeks.↗ · People campaigned for cleaner rivers.↗ · The general planned a winter campaign.↗ · The new advertising campaign is on every bus.↗ · They campaigned against closing the library.↗ · About this time the King of a very powerful kingdom was carrying on a war; the youth therefore took service under him and went on the campaign.↗

campaigner — Everyday, meaning 1: A person who works hard to change something in society or politics, for example to protect the environment or to change a law.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A person who takes part in a political campaign or an election campaign.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old) A soldier who has fought in many campaigns: «an old campaigner» (also someone with lots of experience).↗ Example: Campaigners want a new zebra crossing outside school.↗ · The young campaigner spoke at the United Nations.↗ · Environmental campaigners planted a thousand trees.↗ · Campaigners handed in a petition to the council.↗ · Grandad is an old campaigner at chess tournaments.↗

camper — Everyday, meaning 1: A camper is a person who stays at a camp, often in a tent, or goes camping.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A camper is also a van with beds and a small kitchen, used for holidays (a camper van, an RV).↗ Example: There were 35 campers rowing in the morning.↗ · 27 campers went rowing in the afternoon.↗ · How many campers went rowing in all?↗ · How many more campers went hiking than rowing?↗ · Each tent sleeps 4 campers.↗ · The campers sang songs around the fire.↗ · We drove around New Zealand in a camper van.↗ · Campers must put out their fires before bed.↗

campfire — Everyday, meaning 1: An outdoor fire made at a camp, used for warmth, light and cooking.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A gathering around such a fire, with stories and songs.↗ Example: We sat around the campfire and toasted marshmallows.↗ · Grandpa told spooky stories by the campfire.↗ · Only build a campfire in the fire pit.↗ · Pour water on the campfire and stir it until it's cold.↗ · Keep a bucket of water next to the campfire.↗ · Many forest fires start from campfires that were left burning.↗ · We sang campfire songs until the stars came out.↗ · The campfire kept us warm on the chilly night.↗ · Shere Khan had jumped at a woodcutter’s campfire, as Father Wolf had said, and was furious from the pain of his burned feet.↗

camphor — Everyday, meaning 1: A white, waxy substance with a strong, sharp smell, taken from the wood of the camphor tree or made in factories; it is used in some medicines and rubs, and once to keep moths away from clothes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Camphor can also mean the large tree that the substance comes from.↗ Example: The old trunk smelled of camphor.↗ · Vapour rub has camphor and menthol in it.↗ · Camphor is poisonous, so never eat it.↗ · The camphor tree grows in Asia.↗ · Grandma kept camphor in the wardrobe to stop moths.↗ · The smell of camphor made my eyes water.↗ · Thence we sailed to the isle of Rohat where the camphor trees grow to such a size that a hundred men could shelter under one of them with ease.↗

camping — Everyday, meaning 1: Camping is staying outdoors in a tent or a camper van for fun.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Camping is the -ing form of camp: «We are camping».↗ Example: They went camping for 3 days.↗ · Camping costs 15 dollars a night.↗ · She packed 12 snacks for camping.↗ · 4 families went camping.↗ · We went camping in the mountains.↗ · Bring a torch and a sleeping bag for camping.↗ · The campsite has showers.↗ · We cooked sausages on our camping trip.↗ · Keep food away from bears when camping.↗ · Put out the fire with water before you leave.↗

campsite — Everyday, meaning 1: A place where people camp in tents, caravans or campervans, often with toilets, showers and water taps.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The exact spot where one group puts up its tent.↗ Example: We put up our tent at the campsite by the lake.↗ · The campsite has hot showers and a shop.↗ · Choose a flat campsite away from the river.↗ · We left our campsite as clean as we found it.↗ · Raccoons came into the campsite looking for food.↗ · Our class stayed at a campsite for the school camp.↗ · The campsite was full, so we had to drive to another.↗

campus — Everyday, meaning 1: The grounds of a university or college, with its buildings and fields.↗ Example: We walked across the campus.↗ · The students ate lunch on the campus.↗ · The Roman campus was used for games.↗

can — Everyday, meaning 1: Can means is able to.↗ e.g. I can swim.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Can means is allowed to.↗ e.g. You can go out now.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Can is used to ask politely.↗ e.g. Can I have some water?↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A can is a metal container for food or drink: a can of beans.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Can shows what is possible.↗ e.g. It can get cold at night.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (casual) «Can't be bothered» means don't want to make the effort; «can do» means yes, I'll do it; «I can't even» (slang) means it is too much to deal with.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (casual, US) «The can» is a rude word for the toilet; «in the can» means finished.↗ Everyday, meaning 8: (formal) The exam voice says «is able to», «is capable of», «may», «is permitted to», «has a capacity of».↗ Example: Giving can make you have more or less: it depends on who gives to whom.↗ · Student: I divide : I cannot do that (because of «each»)↗ · A bus can carry 30 children.↗ · Each box can hold 6 eggs.↗ · Birds can fly, but penguins cannot.↗ · Can I go to the toilet, please?↗ · Open a can of tomatoes for the soup.↗ · You can play after you finish your homework.↗ · can u grab 4 cans of coke on the way↗ · can't be bothered walking, it's only 2 stops↗ · «Can you set the table?»↗ «Can do!»↗ · Each vehicle has a capacity of 30 passengers; determine the number of vehicles required for 90 pupils.↗ · I know that he can speak well.↗ (Torah EXO.4.14, JPS 1917)↗ · How then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?'↗ (Torah GEN.39.9, JPS 1917)↗ · And Cain said unto the LORD: 'My punishment is greater than I can bear.↗ (Torah GEN.4.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Can the reed-grass grow without water?↗ (Writings JOB.8.11, JPS 1917)↗ · Who can stand before His indignation?↗ (Prophets NAM.1.6, JPS 1917)↗ · But who can withhold himself from speaking?↗ (Writings JOB.4.2, JPS 1917)↗

canaanite — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A person of the land of Canaan, the people who lived there before the Israelites.↗ Example: And the Canaanite was then in the land.↗ (Torah GEN.12.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt then in the land.↗ (Torah GEN.13.7, JPS 1917)↗ · and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.'↗ (Torah GEN.15.21, JPS 1917)↗ · and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem: Thine origin and thy nativity is of the land of the Canaanite; the Amorite was thy father, and thy mother was a Hittite.↗ (Prophets EZK.16.3, JPS 1917)↗ · to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the hill-country, and the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpah.↗ (Prophets JOS.11.3, JPS 1917)↗ · in the hill-country, and in the Lowland, and in the Arabah, and in the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the South; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: (Prophets JOS.12.8, JPS 1917)↗

canadian — Everyday, meaning 1: Canadian means from or about Canada, the big country north of the USA.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A Canadian is a person from Canada.↗ Example: My cousin is Canadian.↗ · The Canadian flag has a red maple leaf.↗ · Canadians speak English and French.↗ · We used Canadian dollars in Toronto.↗ · Ice hockey is a popular Canadian sport.↗ · She has a Canadian accent.↗ · Many Canadians live near the US border.↗

canal — Everyday, meaning 1: A long, narrow waterway dug by people so boats can travel or water can flow, for example across a country.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A narrow tube in the body, such as the ear canal.↗ Example: We walked along the canal towpath.↗ · A long narrow boat went slowly down the canal.↗ · The Panama Canal joins two oceans.↗ · Canals were dug by hand long ago.↗ · Never swim in a canal; the water is cold and deep.↗ · Don't push cotton buds into your ear canal.↗ · The canal had locks to lift boats up the hill.↗ · Nothing was to be seen but an open meadow, surrounded by a few bushes, through which ran a broad canal or stream.↗ · And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Say unto Aaron: Stretch forth thy hand with thy rod over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.'↗ (Torah EXO.8.5, JPS 1917)↗

canard — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) A canard is a false story or rumour that many people repeat and believe, especially one spread on purpose.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (aircraft) A canard is a small extra wing near the front of a plane, in front of the main wings.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (French) In French, «canard» is the ordinary word for a duck; in English it is not used for the bird.↗ Example: The idea that we use only ten percent of our brains is an old canard.↗ · The newspaper had to apologise for spreading the canard.↗ · The teacher said that story about the king was a canard.↗ · That plane has small canards in front of its main wings.↗ · In Paris, Dad ordered «canard», which turned out to be duck.↗ · Don't repeat that canard about goldfish having a three-second memory.↗

canary — Everyday, meaning 1: A small yellow songbird often kept as a pet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A bright yellow colour (canary yellow).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Something that gives an early warning of danger (a canary in a coal mine).↗ Example: Our canary sings every morning.↗ · Canaries need clean water and seeds.↗ · She wore a canary yellow raincoat.↗ · Miners used canaries to detect bad gas.↗ · Falling bee numbers are a canary in the coal mine for nature.↗ · The cat stared at the canary in its cage.↗

cancel — Everyday, meaning 1: To decide that a planned event will not happen.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To stop an order, booking or ticket so that it no longer counts.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In maths, to remove the same factor or number from both parts, as when making a fraction simpler.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (cancel out) Of two things: to have equal and opposite effects so together they make nothing.↗ Example: The football match was cancelled because of the rain.↗ · School was cancelled after the big snowstorm.↗ · Mum cancelled the dentist appointment.↗ · Click «Cancel» if you don't want to delete the file.↗ · Cancel the twos: 2/6 becomes 1/3.↗ · Adding 4 and then taking 4 away cancel each other out.↗ · Two equal pushes from opposite sides cancel out, so the box stays still.↗ · The flight was cancelled and we had to stay another night.↗

cancellation — Everyday, meaning 1: The act of calling off something that was planned, such as a match, flight or appointment.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A place or booking that becomes free because someone else cancelled it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (maths) Removing the same number or factor from the top and bottom of a fraction, or terms that make zero, to simplify.↗ Example: The cancellation of the school trip was a big disappointment.↗ · Snow caused the cancellation of all flights.↗ · We got a dentist appointment because of a cancellation.↗ · There is a cancellation fee if you change your booking.↗ · In maths, cancellation makes 6/8 into 3/4.↗ · The cancellation was announced on the radio.↗ · The concert's cancellation upset the fans.↗