📖 C — The English dictionary · page 74

convulsively — Everyday, meaning 1: In a sudden, jerky way that you cannot control, with a shake or a grip.↗ Example: She shuddered convulsively.↗ · He clutched the rope convulsively.↗ · The fish panted convulsively on the sand.↗

cony — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: a small furry animal that lives among rocks, often called a rock badger or hyrax.↗ Example: The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies.↗ (Writings PSA.104.18, JPS 1917)↗

coo — Everyday, meaning 1: (verb) For a pigeon or dove to make its soft, low, round sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To speak softly and lovingly, as people do to babies: «She cooed over the baby.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) The soft sound a dove makes, or a baby's happy sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (UK, old-fashioned, informal) «Coo!» — an exclamation of surprise, like «Wow!».↗ Example: The pigeons cooed on the roof all morning.↗ · The baby cooed and kicked her legs.↗ · Aunt Sally cooed over the new kittens.↗ · We heard the soft coo of a dove in the garden.↗ · "Who's a lovely boy?" cooed Nan to the puppy.↗ · Coo, look at the size of that cake!↗ · The doves were cooing in the church tower.↗ · She looked round and cooed: “How thoughtful of you.↗

cook — Everyday, meaning 1: To cook is to make food ready to eat by heating it: boil, fry, bake, roast.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Food cooks when it is heated until it is ready.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A cook is a person who prepares food, at home or as a job.↗ Example: Dad cooks pasta on Fridays.↗ · Let's cook pancakes together.↗ · Cook the chicken until it is white all the way through.↗ · The rice takes ten minutes to cook.↗ · My grandma is a wonderful cook.↗ · Always cook with an adult nearby.↗ · They cooked up a story about a ghost.↗ · Too many cooks spoil the broth.↗ · “Send for the cook,” says he.↗ · And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, and to be cooks, and to be bakers.↗ (Prophets 1SA.8.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And the cook took up the thigh, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul.↗ (Prophets 1SA.9.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And Samuel said unto the cook: 'Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee: Set it by thee.'↗ (Prophets 1SA.9.23, JPS 1917)↗

cookbook — Everyday, meaning 1: A cookbook is a book of recipes and instructions for cooking.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) A cookbook can mean any set of step-by-step instructions to follow.↗ Example: Mum got a new cookbook for her birthday.↗ · Follow the recipe in the cookbook.↗ · Our class made a cookbook of healthy snacks.↗ · The cookbook says to bake for 20 minutes.↗ · Grandma's old cookbook is covered in flour.↗ · This cookbook has recipes from around the world.↗

cooked — Everyday, meaning 1: Cooked means made ready to eat by heating, like boiled, baked or fried food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cooked is the past form of cook: «She cooked dinner».↗ Example: Mum cooked spaghetti for dinner.↗ · Is the chicken cooked all the way through?↗ · A cooked egg can't turn back into a raw one.↗ · Keep raw meat away from cooked food.↗ · We had a home-cooked meal at Grandma's.↗ · The carrots are cooked when they are soft.↗ · Undercooked chicken can make you ill.↗ · Dad has cooked pancakes every Sunday this year.↗ · And Benjamin and his sister cooked their meals for them.↗

cooker — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, Ireland, Australia, NZ) A large kitchen machine with an oven and hot plates or burners for cooking food; US: stove or range.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Any machine for cooking (a rice cooker, a slow cooker, a pressure cooker).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (informal, UK) An apple meant for cooking, not eating raw.↗ Example: Mum put the soup on the cooker.↗ · Don't touch the cooker; it's hot!↗ · We have a gas cooker in our kitchen.↗ · The rice cooker beeps when the rice is ready.↗ · Turn pan handles away from the edge of the cooker.↗ · Bramleys are cookers, not eating apples.↗

cookery — Everyday, meaning 1: (mainly UK) Cookery is the skill or activity of preparing and cooking food.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cookery is a school subject or class where you learn to cook.↗ Example: We made scones in cookery today.↗ · She wants to go on a cookery course.↗ · Grandad watches cookery programmes.↗ · Wash your hands before cookery.↗ · My cookery book has a pizza recipe.↗ · Cookery teaches you to measure carefully.↗ · "Yes, indeed," she replied, "no such a thing as a respectable meat soup--their cookery is miserable stuff."↗

cookie — Everyday, meaning 1: A cookie is a small sweet baked biscuit, often round, sometimes with chocolate chips.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: On a computer, a cookie is a small file a website keeps about your visit.↗ Example: There were 9 cookies.↗ Zoe ate 5 of them.↗ · 28 cookies are shared between 7 children equally.↗ · Mum bakes 4 trays with 6 cookies on each tray.↗ · Can I have a chocolate chip cookie?↗ · Grandpa keeps cookies in a jar.↗ · We baked cookies for the school fair.↗ · Don't eat all the cookies before dinner!↗ · Ask a grown-up before you accept cookies on a website.↗

cooking — Everyday, meaning 1: Cooking is making food ready to eat by heating it, for example by baking, boiling or frying.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cooking also means the food someone makes.↗ e.g. I love Dad's cooking.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Cooking (verb) means making food now.↗ e.g. Mum is cooking dinner.↗ Example: I love cooking pancakes with my grandma.↗ · Dad does most of the cooking at home.↗ · Cooking turns raw food into food we can eat safely.↗ · Always ask an adult before you start cooking.↗ · Something smells good; what are you cooking?↗ · Turn pan handles in when you are cooking.↗ · We had a cooking class at school and made pizza.↗ · Grandma's cooking is the best!↗ · More wood was needed to finish cooking it.↗

cool — Everyday, meaning 1: A little cold, pleasantly not warm.↗ e.g. "a cool breeze".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Calm, not upset.↗ e.g. "Stay cool."↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Informal) Great, fashionable, good.↗ e.g. "That's cool!"↗ Everyday, meaning 4: As a verb, to make or become colder.↗ e.g. "Let the cake cool."↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Not friendly.↗ e.g. "a cool reply".↗ Example: The evening air is cool.↗ · Let the soup cool before you eat it.↗ · Run cool water over a burn.↗ · Stay cool and don't panic.↗ · Your new bike is so cool!↗ · Sweat helps the body cool down.↗ · It was a cool autumn morning.↗ · He lost his cool and shouted.↗ · "To cool my porridge," said the Man.↗ · And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.↗ (Torah GEN.3.8, JPS 1917)↗ · And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting by himself alone in his cool upper chamber.↗ (Prophets JDG.3.20, JPS 1917)↗ · Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper chamber were locked; and they said: 'Surely he is covering his feet in the cabinet of the cool chamber.'↗ (Prophets JDG.3.24, JPS 1917)↗

cooler — Everyday, meaning 1: Cooler means more cool: a little colder, or (slang) more stylish or exciting.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cooler is a box or bag that keeps food and drinks cold, especially on picnics (also «cool box» in the UK, «esky» in Australia).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A cooler is a machine or part that cools something, like a water cooler or a computer fan.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (slang, old) The cooler is prison or a cell.↗ Example: It is cooler in the shade than in the sun.↗ · Tomorrow will be cooler, about 15 degrees.↗ · Pack the sandwiches and juice in the cooler.↗ · We chatted by the water cooler at the sports centre.↗ · Your new trainers are way cooler than mine.↗ · The computer needs a better cooler or it gets too hot.↗ · In the old film, the gangster spent a night in the cooler.↗ · At last it began to grow dusk, and the sun sank behind the mountains; gradually it became cooler on the hill, and the grass grew wet with dew.↗

cooling — Everyday, meaning 1: Cooling means becoming cooler or making something cooler.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, cooling describes something that makes you feel cooler, like a cooling breeze or drink.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Cooling (noun) is the process of lowering temperature, or a system that does it.↗ Example: Leave the cake on the rack for cooling.↗ · The soup is cooling, so wait a minute.↗ · A cooling breeze came off the sea.↗ · Water vapour turns to liquid when it is cooling.↗ · After the race we did cooling-down stretches.↗ · The lava is cooling and turning into rock.↗ · A fridge has a cooling system inside.↗ · Let's take a break so everyone can cool off; the cooling-off time helps.↗

coolly — Everyday, meaning 1: In a calm way, without showing worry, fear or excitement.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: In a cold, unfriendly way, not warmly.↗ Example: «What's the matter?» said Oonagh coolly.↗ · He coolly lit the grass with his flint.↗ · She looked at him coolly and said nothing.↗

coolness — Everyday, meaning 1: Coolness is being a little cold in a pleasant way.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Coolness is being calm and not getting nervous or excited.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Coolness is being unfriendly.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Coolness is being fashionable or impressive.↗ Example: We enjoyed the coolness of the shade.↗ · The coolness of the water felt lovely after the run.↗ · The pilot landed the plane with great coolness.↗ · There was a coolness between the two friends after the fight.↗ · Kids admired the coolness of his new skateboard.↗ · The coolness of the cave surprised us.↗

coop — Everyday, meaning 1: A coop is a cage or small house where chickens or other birds are kept.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To be cooped up means to be kept inside a small space for a long time.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A co-op (also written coop) is a shop or business owned and run by its members.↗ Example: We let the hens out of the coop every morning.↗ · Dad built a coop for our chickens.↗ · Close the coop at night so the fox can't get in.↗ · We have been cooped up all day because of the rain.↗ · The parrot flew the coop when the door was left open.↗ · The eggs were still warm in the coop.↗

cooperation — Everyday, meaning 1: Cooperation is working together with other people to reach the same goal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cooperation is being helpful and doing what you are asked, for example with the police or a teacher.↗ Example: The project was finished thanks to the cooperation of the whole class.↗ · Ants survive by cooperation: each one has a job.↗ · Thank you for your cooperation, said the sign at the airport.↗ · The space station was built in cooperation with many countries.↗ · Good cooperation helped our team win the relay.↗ · The police asked for the public's cooperation in finding the lost dog.↗

cooperative — Everyday, meaning 1: If you are cooperative, you are willing to help and work together with others and do what is asked.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Cooperative work or play is done by people working together for the same goal.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (noun) A cooperative is a business or farm owned and run by the people who work in it or use it, who share the profits.↗ Example: The children were very cooperative and tidied up quickly.↗ · We played a cooperative board game where we all had to stop the flood together.↗ · The dentist said I was a cooperative patient.↗ · The farmers formed a cooperative to sell their milk.↗ · Nan buys her groceries at the Co-op.↗ · The cat was not very cooperative when we tried to bath it.↗ · A cooperative group shares the work fairly.↗ · The police thanked the witness for being so cooperative.↗

coordinate — Everyday, meaning 1: (maths) Coordinates are a pair of numbers, like (3, 5), that show exactly where a point is on a grid or graph.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (geography) Coordinates are numbers of latitude and longitude that give a place on the Earth.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To coordinate is to organise people or things so they work well together.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To coordinate your body is to make your arms, legs and eyes move together smoothly.↗ Example: Plot the point with coordinates (4, 2) on the grid.↗ · The x-coordinate comes first, then the y-coordinate.↗ · The ship sent its coordinates when it called for help.↗ · Mrs Brown coordinates the school fair every year.↗ · Juggling helps you coordinate your hands and eyes.↗ · Her socks are coordinated with her hat.↗ · The pirate map gave the coordinates of the treasure: B7.↗

coordinated — Everyday, meaning 1: Able to move different parts of your body together well and smoothly.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Organised so that people or things work well together.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Matching, such as clothes in colours that go together.↗ Example: Gymnasts are very coordinated.↗ · The rescue teams carried out a coordinated search.↗ · Her hat and scarf are coordinated.↗ · I'm not very coordinated at skipping.↗ · The teachers coordinated the sports day.↗ · The dancers made perfectly coordinated moves.↗

coot — Everyday, meaning 1: A coot is a black water bird with a white beak and a white patch on its forehead.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (informal) An «old coot» is a funny or slightly rude name for a strange or grumpy old man.↗ Example: A coot dived under the water for weeds.↗ · The coots were fighting on the pond.↗ · Grandad says he's as bald as a coot.↗ · The coot has a white patch above its beak.↗ · That old coot shouts at everyone who walks past.↗ · Coots build floating nests.↗

cop — Everyday, meaning 1: (informal) A cop is a police officer.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK slang) To cop something is to get or receive it, usually something bad: «You'll cop it for that!».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (slang) To cop a look is to take a quick look: «Cop a look at this».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (UK informal) Not much cop means not very good.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To cop out is to avoid doing something you should do; a cop-out is a weak excuse.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To cop to something (US) is to admit it.↗ Example: A cop helped us find our way home.↗ · We played cops and robbers in the playground.↗ · You'll cop it when Mum sees the mess!↗ · That film wasn't much cop.↗ · Saying you were busy is a cop-out.↗ · Cop a look at my new trainers.↗ · He finally copped to eating the last biscuit.↗ · All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewn stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside unto the great court.↗ (Prophets 1KI.7.9, JPS 1917)↗