📖 C — The English dictionary · page 68

constrictor — Everyday, meaning 1: A snake that kills its prey by wrapping its body around it and squeezing until the animal cannot breathe, such as a boa constrictor or a python.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) A muscle that tightens or narrows a part of the body.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Anything that squeezes or narrows something.↗ Example: A boa constrictor wraps around its prey and squeezes.↗ · Pythons are constrictors, not venomous snakes.↗ · The zookeeper let us touch a small constrictor.↗ · The constrictor swallowed the rat whole.↗ · Constrictor muscles in your throat help you swallow.↗ · In the story, the jungle explorer met a huge constrictor hanging from a tree.↗

construct — Everyday, meaning 1: To build or make something, such as a house, bridge or model.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths) To draw a shape accurately using a ruler, compasses and protractor: «Construct a triangle with sides 5 cm, 6 cm and 7 cm.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To put together ideas or words: «construct a sentence», «construct an argument».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (noun, formal) An idea or thing made by people's minds rather than found in nature.↗ Example: Workers constructed a new bridge over the river.↗ · Construct an angle of 60 degrees using a protractor.↗ · We constructed a model volcano.↗ · Can you construct a sentence using the word «because»?↗ · The bird constructed its nest from twigs.↗ · Money is a human construct.↗ · She therefore instructed the hero how to construct a raft, for which she herself wove the sails.↗ · However, this is grammatically peculiar, as immot is usually only the construct plural of אֵם em 'mother', whose absolute plural is rather אִמָּהוֹת immahot.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

construction — Everyday, meaning 1: Construction is the work of building things such as houses, roads and bridges.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A construction is something that has been built, or a structure made of parts.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In grammar, a construction is the way words are put together.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: In maths, a construction is a drawing made exactly with a ruler and compass.↗ Example: The new library is still under construction.↗ · Never play on a construction site.↗ · Construction workers wear hard hats and bright vests.↗ · Our tower of spaghetti and marshmallows was a wobbly construction.↗ · We used coloured construction paper to make the cards.↗ · The road is closed for construction.↗ · In maths we did a construction of a triangle with a compass.↗ · Lego is a construction toy.↗ · Architecture next engaged his attention, and in 1657 he designed a house at Viry for his brother and supervised its construction.↗

constructive — Everyday, meaning 1: Helpful and useful, aiming to improve something: constructive criticism.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Building up rather than breaking down: a constructive discussion.↗ Example: Our teacher gives constructive feedback on our stories.↗ · "Your ending is exciting; maybe add more detail in the middle" is constructive criticism.↗ · We had a constructive talk about the playground rules.↗ · Try to be constructive, not just negative.↗ · The meeting was constructive and we made a plan.↗ · She made a constructive suggestion to save time.↗

consul — Everyday, meaning 1: A consul is an official sent by a country to live in a foreign city to help its own citizens there and to look after trade.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (history) In ancient Rome, a consul was one of the two leaders chosen each year to run the republic.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (history) In France about two hundred years ago, Napoleon ruled with the title First Consul.↗ Example: When Dad lost his passport in Spain, the consul helped him get a new one.↗ · The Australian consul in Bali helps Australians who get into trouble there.↗ · Ancient Rome chose two consuls every year.↗ · Julius Caesar was a consul before he became a dictator.↗ · The consul invited local business people to a dinner.↗ · Her aunt works at the Canadian consulate in New York.↗ · A consul is not quite the same as an ambassador.↗

consult — Everyday, meaning 1: To go to someone for advice or information: consult a doctor.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To look in a book, map or other source for information: consult a dictionary.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To talk with others before making a decision: consult your parents.↗ Example: If the pain gets worse, consult a doctor.↗ · Consult a dictionary if you don't know a word.↗ · We consulted the map to find the path.↗ · (formal) Consult the table to find the cost of three tickets.↗ · The school consulted parents about the new uniform.↗ · Before buying the dog, they consulted a vet.↗ · Whatever he had to do, he always consulted his tutor about it.↗ · Thou hast a beloved one in the world, wilt thou conceal anythinij from him ?"↗ Directly, the Holy On blessed be He said, 'Shall I conceal from Abraham?' and consulted the Torah.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · He said to her, 'My daughter, come and we ivill many thee to Abraham My beloved."↗ She said to him, 'Xo. not until the meek one com- es and takes meekness.'↗ God then consulted the Sefer Yetzirah, which said, "Yes'.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · And David consulted with the captains of thousands and of hundreds, even with every leader.↗ (Writings 1CH.13.1, JPS 1917)↗ · For they have consulted together with one consent; against Thee do they make a covenant; (Writings PSA.83.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Then I consulted with myself, and contended with the nobles and the rulers, and said unto them: 'Ye lend upon pledge, every one to his brother.'↗ And I held a great assembly against them.↗ (Writings NEH.5.7, JPS 1917)↗

consultant — Everyday, meaning 1: A person whose job is to give expert advice to businesses or people.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, Ireland) A senior hospital doctor who is an expert in one area (a heart consultant).↗ Example: The consultant helped the company save money.↗ · Grandma saw a consultant at the hospital.↗ · She works as an IT consultant.↗ · The consultant charged 80 pounds an hour.↗ · The school hired a consultant to plan the new library.↗ · My dad's a consultant in children's medicine.↗

consultation — Everyday, meaning 1: A meeting with an expert, such as a doctor or lawyer, to get advice.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The act of asking people for their views before making a decision: «after consultation with parents».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) The act of looking something up in a book or source: «consultation of the map».↗ Example: Mum had a consultation with the doctor about her bad back.↗ · The council held a public consultation about the new skate park.↗ · The school changed the uniform after consultation with parents.↗ · The vet charged for a short consultation.↗ · The plan was made in consultation with the pupils.↗ · Dad booked a consultation with a lawyer.↗ · The consultation lasted twenty minutes.↗ · Hypsipyle listened attentively to the advice of her nurse, and after some consultation, decided to invite the strangers into the city.↗

consulteth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «consulteth» means «consults», a form of «consult»: To go to someone for advice or information: consult a doctor.↗ Example: or a charmer, or one that consulteth a ghost or a familiar spirit, or a necromancer.↗ (Torah DEU.18.11, JPS 1917)

consume — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To eat or drink something.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To use up fuel, energy, time or money.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (of fire) To destroy completely.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: be consumed with: to be full of a strong feeling.↗ Example: The caterpillar consumed three leaves a day.↗ · The heater consumes a lot of electricity.↗ · The fire consumed the old barn.↗ · Homework can be very time-consuming.↗ · He was consumed with jealousy.↗ · How much water do you consume in a day?↗ · Each lamp consumes 10 watts.↗ · But neither knife nor axe could penetrate its hide, so they tried to consume it with fire.↗ · 'Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment.'↗ (Torah NUM.16.21, JPS 1917)↗ · So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, (Torah DEU.2.16, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.↗ (Torah DEU.28.38, JPS 1917)↗ · My reins are consumed within me.↗ (Writings JOB.19.27, JPS 1917)↗ · They are wholly consumed by terrors.↗ (Writings PSA.73.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Draw it out of Thy bosom and consume them.↗ (Writings PSA.74.11, JPS 1917)↗

consumer — Everyday, meaning 1: A consumer is a person who buys or uses goods and services.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In science, a consumer is a living thing that gets its energy by eating other plants or animals, not by making its own food.↗ Example: A rabbit is a primary consumer because it eats plants.↗ · A fox is a secondary consumer.↗ · Consumers want good quality at a fair price.↗ · Every time you buy a toy, you are a consumer.↗ · Consumer rights mean you can return broken goods.↗ · In a food chain, the arrow points from the food to the consumer.↗ · Many consumers now shop online.↗

consumeth — Early Modern English, meaning 1: «consumeth» means «consumes», a form of «consume»: (formal) To eat or drink something.↗ Example: And in the greatness of Thine excellency Thou overthrowest them that rise up against Thee; Thou sendest forth Thy wrath, it consumeth them as stubble.↗ (Torah EXO.15.7, JPS 1917)

consummate — Everyday, meaning 1: (adjective, formal) Showing very great skill; perfect at something: «a consummate musician».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) Complete, total – used with a bad quality too: «a consummate liar».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb, formal) To complete or make perfect: «to consummate a deal».↗ Example: She is a consummate artist who can draw anything.↗ · The goalkeeper made the save with consummate ease.↗ · Toad thought himself a consummate actor in his washerwoman disguise.↗ · He was a consummate liar who fooled everybody.↗ · The two companies consummated the deal last week.↗ · The magician performed the trick with consummate skill.↗ · The Twenty-eighth Path is the Natural Intelligence, and is so called because through it is consummated and perfected the nature of every existent being under the orb of the Sun, in perfection.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗

consummation — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: The final completing or perfecting of something.↗ Example: It is the Consummation of the Truth of individual spiritual things.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)↗ · It is the Consummation of the Truth of indivi- dual spiritual things.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

consumption — Everyday, meaning 1: The amount of something that is used up, such as energy, water or food (fuel consumption).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The act of eating, drinking or using something.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Buying and using goods and services (consumer spending).↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (old) An old name for tuberculosis (TB), a lung disease.↗ Example: Our water consumption goes up in summer.↗ · The car has low fuel consumption.↗ · This food is not fit for human consumption.↗ · Turning off lights cuts electricity consumption.↗ · Sugar consumption has risen.↗ · In the old novel, the girl was ill with consumption.↗ · The LORD will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.↗ (Torah DEU.28.22, JPS 1917)↗

contact — Everyday, meaning 1: Contact is touching: two things in contact are touching each other.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Contact is communication with someone, by meeting, phone, letter or message.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To contact someone is to call, write or message them.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A contact is a person you know and can get in touch with, or their details.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Contacts (contact lenses) are small lenses worn on the eyes.↗ Example: Avoid contact with the hot pan.↗ · Friction is a contact force.↗ · Stay in contact with your group on the trip.↗ · Contact your teacher if you are ill.↗ · Make eye contact when you say hello.↗ · Rugby is a contact sport.↗ · Write your emergency contact on the form.↗ · She wears contacts instead of glasses.↗ · Jurgen had come in contact with this; the tide had driven him against it with great force.↗

contagious — Everyday, meaning 1: A contagious disease is one that spreads from person to person by touching or being close, such as a cold, flu or chickenpox.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A contagious person has an illness they can pass on.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A contagious feeling, laugh or yawn spreads quickly from one person to others.↗ Example: Chickenpox is very contagious.↗ · Stay at home while you are contagious.↗ · Wash your hands to stop contagious germs.↗ · Her smile is contagious.↗ · Yawns are contagious — I just yawned too!↗ · The doctor said I am no longer contagious.↗ · His excitement was contagious, and soon we were all cheering.↗

contain — Everyday, meaning 1: To contain means to have something inside.↗ A box that contains toys has toys in it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To contain also means to be made of or to include: food that contains sugar.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To contain something is to keep it under control, like containing a fire.↗ Example: Each box contains 12 crayons.↗ · A bag contains 5 red and 3 blue marbles.↗ · The jar contained 40 cookies.↗ · How many pencils do 4 packs contain?↗ · This cake contains nuts.↗ · Fruit contains vitamins.↗ · The firefighters contained the fire.↗ · The book contains 20 stories.↗ · Before her stood a glass bowl containing four gold-fish.↗ · The disciples of Pythagoras looked upon the decade as a holy number, and swore by it and by the Tetraktys which contain the number ten, (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · ] sions contain only obouth tiOO words of the original Safer (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · So I took the deed of the purchase, both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and that which was open; (Prophets JER.32.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And he made ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths; and every laver was four cubits; and upon every one of the ten bases one laver.↗ (Prophets 1KI.7.38, JPS 1917)↗ · But will God in very truth dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have builded!↗ (Prophets 1KI.8.27, JPS 1917)↗