📖 C — The English dictionary · page 8

captor — Everyday, meaning 1: A captor is a person who takes someone prisoner and holds them against their will.↗ Example: The captor locked the princess in a tower.↗ · The prisoners begged their captors for mercy.↗ · The knight freed himself from his captor.↗

capture — Everyday, meaning 1: To catch a person or animal and keep it so it cannot escape.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To take control of a place or thing by force, like a castle in a battle.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To take a piece in a game such as chess or draughts.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To record something in a photo, film or words.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: To catch and hold attention or interest.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (noun) The act of catching someone or something.↗ Example: The police captured the robber.↗ · The knights captured the castle.↗ · I captured your queen!↗ · The photo captured the moment the ball went in.↗ · Let's play capture the flag at break.↗ · The story captured my imagination.↗ · The zookeepers captured the escaped monkey.↗ · Leaves capture light from the sun.↗ · The Fowler then ran up quickly and captured her.↗ · Perhaps capturing an intermediary concept between the immaterial divine imminence and the material wind is ‘wisp’, meaning both a small breeze and a phantom presence, but ‘Holy Wisp’ is a rather underwhelming expression.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Most literally, it means ‘waste(land)’, the lifeless open desert, a translation of [Genesis 1:2] so far captured in English only by Robert Alter’s The Hebrew Bible (2019), who poetically renders תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ tohu vavohu as “waste and welter”; cf.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

capuchin — Everyday, meaning 1: A small clever monkey from Central and South America with a cap of dark fur on its head, known for using tools such as stones to crack nuts.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) A Capuchin is a member of a Catholic order of friars (monks) who wear brown robes with pointed hoods.↗ Example: Capuchin monkeys use stones to crack open nuts.↗ · The capuchin has a dark cap of hair on its head.↗ · Capuchins live in groups in the rainforest trees.↗ · A Capuchin friar wears a brown robe with a hood.↗ · Cappuccino coffee is named after the Capuchin friars.↗ · The capuchin monkey washed its food in the stream.↗

capybara — Everyday, meaning 1: A capybara is the world's largest rodent, a big, calm, barrel-shaped animal with short brown fur, from South America.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Capybaras live in groups near rivers, lakes and swamps and are very good swimmers.↗ Example: The capybara is the largest rodent in the world.↗ · Capybaras love to swim and wallow in water.↗ · A bird sat on the capybara's back.↗ · Capybaras are related to guinea pigs.↗ · Jaguars and caimans hunt capybaras.↗ · The capybaras lay in the sun by the river.↗ · A group of capybaras grazed on the grass.↗

car — Everyday, meaning 1: A car is a machine with four wheels and an engine that people drive on roads.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A car is one part of a train, like a dining car.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A car can be the part of a lift or a cable car that carries people.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (casual) Slang words for a car: «wheels», «ride», «motor» (UK), «ute» (Australia, NZ: a small truck), «banger» or «clunker» (an old car).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: (casual) «Carpool», «car share» mean going together in one car; «car boot sale» (UK) is a market sold from car boots.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: (rude) «Get in the bloody car!» is everyday grumbling.↗ Everyday, meaning 7: (formal) Exams and notices say «motor vehicle», «automobile» (USA), «passenger vehicle», «seating capacity» and «fuel consumption».↗ Example: There are 9 cars.↗ How many wheels?↗ · Each car holds 5 people.↗ · The car goes 60 miles an hour.↗ · Always wear your seat belt in the car.↗ · We went to the beach by car.↗ · The train has 8 cars.↗ · Look both ways for cars before you cross.↗ · Small children ride in a car seat.↗ · Shotgun!↗ I'm in the front.↗ · Get in the bloody car, we're late!↗ · Dad's old banger broke down again.↗ · Each motor vehicle has a seating capacity of 5 persons.↗ Determine the number of vehicles required to convey 23 persons.↗ · He found him in a desert land, and in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.↗ (Torah DEU.32.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Beth-car.↗ (Prophets 1SA.7.11, JPS 1917)↗ · When they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him: 'Come and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and become anxious concerning us.'↗ (Prophets 1SA.9.5, JPS 1917)↗

carabineer — Everyday, meaning 1: A carabineer is an old word for a soldier armed with a carbine, a short rifle.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A carabineer is a police officer of the Italian national police force, the Carabinieri.↗ Example: The carabineer took Geppetto to prison.↗ · Pinocchio saw the carabineer from afar and ran.↗ · The carabineer caught Pinocchio by the nose.↗

caracara — Everyday, meaning 1: A large bird of prey from the Americas, related to falcons, with long legs and often a bare red or orange face; it walks on the ground and eats dead animals as well as live prey.↗ Example: The caracara was eating a dead fish on the beach.↗ · A crested caracara has a black cap and red face.↗ · Caracaras walk on the ground more than other falcons.↗ · We saw a caracara in Florida.↗ · The caracara is a clever bird.↗

carafe — Everyday, meaning 1: A glass jug with a narrow neck and no lid, used for serving water or wine at the table.↗ Example: The waiter brought a carafe of water.↗ · The carafe holds one litre.↗ · Pour the juice from the carafe.↗ · Mum put a carafe of water on the table.↗ · How many 250 ml glasses can a 1 litre carafe fill?↗ · The glass carafe broke on the floor.↗

caramel — Everyday, meaning 1: Caramel is a sweet, brown, sticky food made by heating sugar until it melts and turns brown.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A caramel is a chewy sweet made from sugar, butter and milk.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Caramel is a light brown colour.↗ Example: We drizzled caramel sauce over the ice cream.↗ · Melting sugar turns into caramel.↗ · Grandma gave us a chewy caramel.↗ · Hot caramel can burn, so ask an adult.↗ · Her puppy has a caramel-coloured coat.↗ · Salted caramel is sweet and a bit salty.↗

caravan — Everyday, meaning 1: (UK, Australia, NZ) A vehicle with beds and a kitchen pulled by a car, for holidays; in the US a trailer or RV.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A group of people with animals or vehicles travelling together, especially across a desert.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (old) A covered wagon people live in, like a Romany caravan.↗ Example: We went on a caravan holiday by the sea.↗ · The caravan park was full in summer.↗ · A caravan of camels crossed the desert.↗ · Dad towed the caravan behind the car.↗ · The caravan has two beds and a little sink.↗ · Caravanning is popular in Australia.↗ · He joined a caravan and set out.↗ · And they sat down to eat bread; and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with their camels bearing spicery and balm and ladanum, going to carry it down to Egypt.↗ (Torah GEN.37.25, JPS 1917)↗ · The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them — (Writings JOB.6.19, JPS 1917)↗ · In the thickets in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye caravans of Dedanites.↗ (Prophets ISA.21.13, JPS 1917)↗ · The caravan of camels shall cover thee, and of the young camels of Midian and Ephah, all coming from Sheba; they shall bring gold and incense, and shall proclaim the praises of the LORD.↗ (Prophets ISA.60.6, JPS 1917)↗

caravanserai — Everyday, meaning 1: An inn with a big courtyard on old trade routes in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, where travellers and their camels or horses could rest for the night.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A group of people travelling together (rare, literary).↗ Example: The merchants rested at a caravanserai on the Silk Road.↗ · Camels drank water in the caravanserai courtyard.↗ · We saw the ruins of a caravanserai in Turkey.↗ · A caravanserai had rooms around a big square yard.↗ · Traders swapped silk and spices at the caravanserai.↗ · The storyteller described a busy caravanserai at night.↗

caraway — Everyday, meaning 1: A plant related to the carrot whose small, curved, brown seeds are used as a spice.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The seeds of this plant, with a warm, slightly liquorice-like taste.↗ Example: Rye bread often has caraway seeds in it.↗ · Gran's seed cake is made with caraway.↗ · Caraway tastes a little like aniseed.↗ · The sauerkraut was flavoured with caraway.↗ · We grew caraway in the herb garden.↗

carbohydrate — Everyday, meaning 1: A carbohydrate is one of the main kinds of nutrients in food, which gives your body energy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Carbohydrates are found in foods such as bread, rice, pasta, potatoes, cereals and fruit; sugars and starches are carbohydrates.↗ Example: Pasta and bread are rich in carbohydrates.↗ · Carbohydrates give us energy to run and play.↗ · Potatoes contain a carbohydrate called starch.↗ · Sugar is a carbohydrate too, but too much is bad for your teeth.↗ · Plants make carbohydrates using sunlight.↗ · A healthy plate has carbohydrates, protein, fruit and vegetables.↗

carbon — Everyday, meaning 1: A chemical element found in all living things, in coal, in diamonds and pencil «lead» (graphite).↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Short for carbon dioxide or carbon emissions in talk about climate: «cut carbon», «carbon footprint».↗ Example: Diamonds and pencil lead are both made of carbon.↗ · Plants take in carbon dioxide and give out oxygen.↗ · We breathe out carbon dioxide.↗ · Burning coal puts carbon dioxide into the air.↗ · Walking to school instead of driving shrinks your carbon footprint.↗ · A carbon monoxide alarm warns you about a dangerous gas.↗ · All living things contain carbon.↗ · The carbon cycle moves carbon between air, plants, animals and the ground.↗

carbonate — Everyday, meaning 1: (science) A chemical compound containing carbon and oxygen, like calcium carbonate in chalk and limestone.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To add carbon dioxide gas to a drink to make it fizzy.↗ Example: Chalk is made of calcium carbonate.↗ · Vinegar makes the carbonate fizz.↗ · Carbonated water has bubbles in it.↗ · The factory carbonates the lemonade.↗ · Limestone is a carbonate rock.↗ · Bicarbonate of soda is used in baking.↗

carbonated — Everyday, meaning 1: (of a drink) With bubbles of carbon dioxide gas in it; fizzy: «carbonated water».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Past form of «carbonate»: to add carbon dioxide to a liquid.↗ Example: Carbonated water has tiny bubbles.↗ · Shake a carbonated drink and it will spray when opened.↗ · Fizzy drinks are carbonated with carbon dioxide.↗ · The doctor said to drink fewer sugary carbonated drinks.↗ · We tested how fast carbonated water goes flat.↗ · Lemonade in the UK is usually carbonated.↗

carbonation — Everyday, meaning 1: Adding carbon dioxide gas to a drink so that it becomes fizzy.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The fizziness of a drink.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) A chemical reaction with carbon dioxide, for example when concrete or limestone react with CO2.↗ Example: The carbonation makes cola fizzy.↗ · Our lemonade went flat because it lost its carbonation.↗ · Carbonation happens when carbon dioxide dissolves in water.↗ · Shaking the bottle releases the carbonation quickly.↗ · Cold drinks keep their carbonation longer than warm ones.↗

carboniferous — Everyday, meaning 1: The Carboniferous was a time in Earth's history, about 359 to 299 million years ago, when huge swamp forests grew and later turned into coal.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Containing or producing coal.↗ Example: Coal formed from plants in the Carboniferous.↗ · Giant dragonflies lived in the Carboniferous period.↗ · The Carboniferous was before the dinosaurs.↗ · These carboniferous rocks contain coal.↗ · Forests of tree ferns grew in the Carboniferous.↗ · Amphibians were common in the Carboniferous.↗

carbonise — Everyday, meaning 1: To turn something into carbon or charcoal by heating it strongly, usually without much air.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) To change dead plants slowly into coal or into a black carbon layer over a very long time.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (cooking, joking) To burn food so badly that it goes black and hard.↗ Example: Charcoal is made by carbonising wood in a kiln with little air.↗ · Over millions of years the buried ferns were carbonised into coal.↗ · Dad left the toast in too long and carbonised it.↗ · Archaeologists found carbonised grain in the old Roman oven.↗ · If you heat sugar too long, it starts to carbonise and smell bitter.↗ · The fossil leaf was a thin carbonised film on the rock.↗ · Don't carbonise the marshmallows, just toast them golden.↗

carbuncle — Everyday, meaning 1: A carbuncle is a dark red precious stone, a round-cut garnet.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A carbuncle is an old word for a painful boil under the skin.↗ Early Modern English, meaning 1: A dark red precious stone.↗ Example: The prince found a glowing carbuncle in the box.↗ · The queen's necklace had a carbuncle that shone like torches.↗ · Pirates loaded diamonds, rubies and carbuncles onto the ship.↗ · and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald; (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917)↗ · And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.↗ (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will make thy pinnacles of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy border of precious stones.↗ (Prophets ISA.54.12, JPS 1917)↗ · Aram was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of thy wealth; they traded for thy wares with carbuncles, purple, and richly woven work, and fine linen, and coral, and rubies.↗ (Prophets EZK.27.16, JPS 1917)↗ · and the second row a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald;↗ (Torah EXO.28.18, JPS 1917) · As to the cargo, let it be diamonds, rubies, emeralds, and carbuncles.”↗ (The Blue Fairy Book) · And the second row, a carbuncle, a sapphire, and an emerald.↗ (Torah EXO.39.11, JPS 1917)