📖 C — The English dictionary · page 6

cannula — Everyday, meaning 1: (medicine) A thin tube put into a vein or into the body by a doctor or nurse, so that medicine or fluid can go in, or fluid can come out.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A small tube under the nose that gives oxygen (a nasal cannula).↗ Example: The nurse put a cannula in my hand for the drip.↗ · It stung a bit, but then the cannula didn't hurt.↗ · Grandpa had a nasal cannula for oxygen.↗ · The cannula was taped down so it wouldn't move.↗ · Doctors use a cannula to give medicine straight into a vein.↗ · The nurse took the cannula out before I went home.↗

canny — Everyday, meaning 1: Canny means clever and careful, especially with money or in business; hard to trick: «a canny shopper».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (North-East England, Scotland, informal) Canny means nice, good or pretty: «a canny lass», «it's canny cold».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Scotland) «Ca' canny» means be careful, go gently.↗ Example: The canny fox did not fall into the trap.↗ · Gran is canny with money and always finds a bargain.↗ · That was a canny move, swapping your queen for two rooks!↗ · «He's a canny lad,» said the man from Newcastle, meaning a nice boy.↗ · It's canny windy today!↗ (Geordie)↗ · The canny shopkeeper raised his prices before the holiday.↗

canoe — Everyday, meaning 1: A canoe is a light, narrow boat, pointed at both ends, that you move with a paddle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To canoe is to travel or paddle in a canoe.↗ Example: We paddled the canoe across the lake.↗ · Always wear a life jacket in a canoe.↗ · Canoes are pointed at both ends.↗ · We went canoeing on the river at camp.↗ · The Maori travelled in large canoes called waka.↗ · Sit still or the canoe will tip over.↗ · Native peoples made canoes from birch bark.↗ · They canoed down the river for three days.↗ · The canoe floated to the shore.↗

canoeist — Everyday, meaning 1: A canoeist is a person who paddles a canoe.↗ Example: The canoeist paddled across the lake.↗ · All canoeists must wear a life jacket.↗ · A canoeist raced through the rapids.↗ · Canoeists camped by the river.↗ · She became a canoeist at the Olympics.↗ · The canoeist waved to the walkers on the bank.↗

canon — Everyday, meaning 1: A canon is a priest who belongs to the staff of a large church, called a cathedral.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A canon is an old word for a church rule or an accepted standard.↗ Example: The canon lived in a fine new house.↗ · The canon read from his big book.↗ · The canon's daughters sat by the bay window.↗

canopied — Everyday, meaning 1: Canopied means covered over with a canopy, a cloth or roof hung above something such as a bed, seat or throne.↗ Example: The king sat on a canopied throne.↗ · The bed was canopied with silk.↗ · The guests feasted in a canopied hall.↗

canopy — Everyday, meaning 1: In a forest the canopy is the top layer of leaves and branches that covers the forest like a roof.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A canopy is a cloth or roof held up over something, like a bed, a stall or a doorway.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A canopy is the clear cover over a plane's cockpit or the cloth of a parachute.↗ Example: Monkeys live high up in the rainforest canopy.↗ · The canopy blocks most sunlight from the forest floor.↗ · We sat under a canopy at the outdoor café.↗ · The princess slept in a bed with a canopy.↗ · The pilot opened the cockpit canopy.↗ · The thick canopy kept us dry in the rain.↗ · Over it hung a canopy of rose-colored spider's webs, spotted with the prettiest little green flies, which sparkled like precious stones.↗ · And the LORD will create over the whole habitation of mount Zion, and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy.↗ (Prophets ISA.4.5, JPS 1917)↗

canst — Early Modern English, meaning 1: Are able to, used with thou.↗ Example: And He said: 'Thou canst not see My face, for man shall not see Me and live.'↗ (Torah EXO.33.20, JPS 1917) · I cannot run as thou canst."↗ (Grimm's Fairy Stories) · And who canst thou place before the only one?↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)

cant — Everyday, meaning 1: Often a misspelling of "can't" (cannot) when the apostrophe is left out, as in texts and fast typing.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Insincere talk about morals or religion; hypocritical words.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old) Special words used by a group, such as thieves; jargon.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (verb or noun) A slope or tilt.↗ Example: (text) Sorry, I cant come to the party.↗ · (correct) I can't find my shoes.↗ · The speech was full of empty cant.↗ · Thieves' cant was a secret language.↗ · The table has a slight cant to one side.↗ · (text) cant wait 4 the holidays!↗

cantankerous — Everyday, meaning 1: Cantankerous means bad-tempered, quarrelsome and hard to please.↗ Example: My grandad is cantankerous before breakfast.↗ · The cantankerous old man shouted at the children.↗ · Nobody wanted to help the cantankerous farmer.↗

canteen — Everyday, meaning 1: A canteen is a room or place in a school, factory or office where people buy or get meals.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A canteen is a small bottle for carrying water, used by soldiers, campers and hikers.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A canteen of cutlery is a box with a set of knives, forks and spoons.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Long ago, a canteen could also mean a soldier's kit or the useful qualities a person carries with them.↗ Example: We have lunch in the school canteen.↗ · The canteen sells soup and sandwiches.↗ · Fill your canteen with water before the hike.↗ · The soldier drank from his canteen.↗ · The canteen is noisy at lunchtime.↗ · Grandma keeps the silver cutlery in a canteen.↗ · The boy was active, pleasant of speech, and good-humored; that is the best canteen, said his old comrades.↗

canticle — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) A song or hymn with words from the Bible, sung in church services, such as the Magnificat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (literary) A song of praise.↗ Example: The choir sang a canticle at evening prayer.↗ · The Magnificat is the canticle of Mary.↗ · We learned a canticle for the Christmas service.↗ · The monks sang canticles before dawn.↗ · A canticle is like a psalm sung in church.↗ · The organist played softly before the canticle.↗ · St Francis wrote the Canticle of the Sun.↗

canton — Everyday, meaning 1: One of the states into which Switzerland is divided (26 cantons), each with its own government.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A small district of some other countries, such as France or Luxembourg.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Canton: the old English name for Guangzhou, a big city in southern China; Cantonese food and language come from there.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: The top corner of a flag next to the pole (in heraldry and flag design).↗ Example: Switzerland is made up of 26 cantons.↗ · Geneva is a canton and also a city.↗ · Each canton has its own laws about schools.↗ · Canton is the old name for Guangzhou.↗ · Cantonese is spoken in Hong Kong.↗ · The Union Jack is in the canton of the Australian flag.↗ · These cantons are separated by the Rhone, over which is a bridge that unites them.↗

cantonese — Everyday, meaning 1: The Chinese language spoken in Guangzhou (once called Canton), Hong Kong, Macau and by many Chinese people abroad.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) From or to do with this area, its people or its food.↗ e.g. Cantonese food.↗ Example: My friend's family speaks Cantonese at home.↗ · Cantonese is spoken in Hong Kong.↗ · We had Cantonese dim sum for lunch.↗ · Cantonese and Mandarin sound very different.↗ · "Nei hou" means hello in Cantonese.↗ · Cantonese has more tones than Mandarin.↗

cantor — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A cantor is a person who leads the singing of prayers in a synagogue.↗ Here the word is just the surname of a mathematician, Cantor.↗ Example: On page 576 of Cantor's ]'orlesuiigeii iHier GesvhUhte der Mathonatil; (second edition, vol. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Cantor's Itlnl/it-nintUclie Ihitriigt, Halle 1863, pagi?↗ 269), arguments have been advanced that the Indians invented this system, or at least taught it to the Arabs.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · At the International Mathematical Congress held in Paris in 1900, Cantor suggested that zero was pro- bably in use among the Babylonians as early as 1700 B. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

canvas — Everyday, meaning 1: Canvas is a strong, heavy cloth used for tents, sails, bags and shoes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A canvas is a piece of this cloth stretched on a frame for painting a picture, or the painting itself.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (computing) A canvas is the area on screen where you draw or design in an app.↗ Example: The tent is made of canvas.↗ · The artist painted a sunset on a large canvas.↗ · Van Gogh's canvases are worth millions.↗ · I wear canvas trainers in summer.↗ · Draw your design on the canvas in the app.↗ · We slept under canvas at scout camp.↗ · Next morning, their neighbor, the artist, passed by, carrying a paint-box and a large roll of canvas.↗

canvassing — Everyday, meaning 1: Going from house to house or talking to people to ask for their votes or support for a person, party or cause, especially before an election.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Asking many people for their opinions: canvassing views.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (less common) Discussing an idea in detail.↗ Example: The candidate went canvassing on our street.↗ · Volunteers were canvassing for votes before the election.↗ · A woman knocked on our door canvassing for the Green Party.↗ · The school is canvassing parents about a new uniform.↗ · I helped my mum with canvassing for the class rep vote.↗ · Canvassing means talking to lots of people to win support.↗

canyon — Everyday, meaning 1: A canyon is a deep, narrow valley with steep rocky sides, usually cut by a river over a very long time.↗ Example: The Grand Canyon is in Arizona.↗ · The river carved the canyon over millions of years.↗ · We shouted and heard our echo in the canyon.↗ · The canyon walls were red and orange.↗ · Hikers walked down to the bottom of the canyon.↗ · A canyon is deeper and narrower than most valleys.↗ · Stay away from the edge of the canyon.↗

cap — Everyday, meaning 1: A cap is a soft hat, often with a peak at the front, like a baseball cap.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cap is a small lid on a bottle, a pen or a tube.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In sport, a cap is a place in the national team.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To cap is to put a limit or top on something.↗ Example: Danny had 25 bottle caps.↗ · He found 18 more bottle caps at the park.↗ · He threw away 12 old caps.↗ · How many more caps than wrappers did he find?↗ · Wear a cap in the sun.↗ · Put the cap back on the glue stick.↗ · Swimmers wear a swimming cap in the pool.↗ · He wore his baseball cap backwards.↗ · They all whipped off their caps.↗

capability — Everyday, meaning 1: A capability is the ability or power to do something: «The robot has the capability to climb stairs».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Capabilities are the skills, tools or strength someone or something has.↗ Example: This phone has the capability to take underwater photos.↗ · The new computer has amazing capabilities.↗ · Climbing that mountain is beyond my capability.↗ · The team showed their full capability in the final.↗ · We tested the robot's capabilities in class.↗ · Owls have the capability to see in the dark.↗

capable — Everyday, meaning 1: Capable means able to do something: capable of swimming a length.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Capable means good at things, skilled and sensible.↗ Example: She is capable of running five kilometres.↗ · He is a very capable leader.↗ · You are capable of much better work.↗ · The jug is capable of holding two litres.↗ · Is a cheetah capable of catching a car?↗ · Leave it to Jess, she's very capable.↗ · The machine is capable of making 100 cups an hour.↗ · If he were not capable of finding her then he must die.↗ · However, only one, ספ״ר SPR, is capable of describing all three: counting (סָפַר safar 'he counted', מִסְפָּר mispar 'number, count'), writing (סֵפֶר sefer 'book, scroll'), and speaking (סִפֵּר sipper 'he told, accounted', סִפּוּר sippur 'telling, account').↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

capacious — Everyday, meaning 1: Capacious means having a lot of room inside; able to hold a great deal.↗ Example: The capacious bag held all our shopping.↗ · The hall was so capacious that a thousand people could sit in it.↗ · The giant swallowed the fowl with his capacious mouth.↗

capacity — Everyday, meaning 1: The amount a container can hold.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The largest number of people a place can hold.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Ability to do something.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (formal) A role or position.↗ e.g. "in her capacity as head teacher".↗ Example: The jug has a capacity of 2 litres.↗ · The hall was full to capacity.↗ · The bus has a capacity of 52 passengers.↗ · What is the capacity of the fish tank?↗ · She has a great capacity for hard work.↗ · Speaking in her capacity as head teacher, she thanked the parents.↗ · The manner in which these tales are told, however, may often be taken as a test of the intellectual capacity of their tellers.↗

caparisoned — Everyday, meaning 1: Caparisoned means dressed in fine decorated cloth and trappings, as a horse is for a grand ride or parade.↗ Example: The knights rode caparisoned horses through the gate.↗ · The prince's horse was caparisoned in gold and red.↗ · The caparisoned steed waited at the door.↗

cape — Everyday, meaning 1: A cape is a loose coat with no sleeves that hangs from the shoulders, like a short cloak.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cape is a piece of land that sticks out into the sea.↗ Example: The superhero's red cape flapped in the wind.↗ · We dressed up in capes and masks.↗ · Ships had to sail around the Cape of Good Hope.↗ · The lighthouse stands on the cape.↗ · She wore a waterproof cape on her bike.↗ · Cape Town is a city in South Africa.↗ · I sat and slept at the helm of their ship, as they sailed away from North Cape.↗