📖 C — The English dictionary · page 86

crayfish — Everyday, meaning 1: A small freshwater animal like a tiny lobster, with claws, a hard shell and ten legs, living in rivers, streams and lakes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK, Australia, NZ) A name also used for the spiny lobster (rock lobster), a sea animal without big claws; in NZ it is also called «crayfish» or «koura».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The meat of these animals eaten as food: «crayfish sandwich».↗ Example: We found a crayfish hiding under a stone in the stream.↗ · Crayfish have ten legs and two big claws.↗ · The white-clawed crayfish is the UK's only native crayfish.↗ · In Louisiana, people call them crawfish and boil them with corn.↗ · In New Zealand, we ate crayfish caught off the coast.↗ · Crayfish shed their hard shells as they grow.↗ · Herons eat crayfish from the river.↗ · Thus the Old Ritualists will not eat the crayfish (rak), holding that it was created by the Devil.↗

crayon — Everyday, meaning 1: A crayon is a stick of coloured wax for drawing and colouring.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To crayon is to draw or colour with crayons.↗ Example: Paul had 110 crayons.↗ · He gave 90 crayons to his friends.↗ · He lost 12 crayons.↗ · Each box has 8 crayons.↗ · I coloured the sun with a yellow crayon.↗ · Crayons melt if you leave them in the sun.↗ · Share the crayons with your table.↗ · My little sister drew on the wall with a crayon.↗

craze — Everyday, meaning 1: A craze is something that suddenly becomes very popular for a short time, like a toy, game or dance, and then fades.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb, rare) To craze means to make someone wild or mad, mostly seen as «crazed».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) When glaze on pottery or glass crazes, it gets a pattern of tiny cracks.↗ Example: Fidget spinners were a huge craze at our school.↗ · The latest craze is a dance from a video app.↗ · The hula hoop craze swept America long ago.↗ · Every kid wanted the cards while the craze lasted.↗ · Crazes come and go very quickly.↗ · There was a craze for slime in Year 4.↗ · The old teapot's glaze had crazed into a web of fine cracks.↗ · The crazed bull charged at the fence.↗ · Crazed because of the way of their transgression, and afflicted because of their iniquities — (Writings PSA.107.17, JPS 1917)↗

crazy — Everyday, meaning 1: Crazy means very silly, wild or strange.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: «Crazy about» something means liking it very much.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: People also say crazy to mean very, as in «crazy busy».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Long ago it meant mentally ill; that use can hurt people.↗ Example: She wore a crazy hat to the party.↗ · The store had a crazy sale.↗ · Tim made 5 crazy faces.↗ · It was a crazy busy day at the shop.↗ · Today is crazy hair day at school.↗ · He is crazy about dinosaurs.↗ · That is a crazy idea!↗ · The puppy ran around like crazy.↗ · ‘Why, you must be crazy, husband!↗

creak — Everyday, meaning 1: To creak is to make a long, high, squeaking sound, like an old door, a wooden floor or stairs when they move or are walked on.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A creak is that sound.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To creak can mean to work badly because of being old or weak: «The old system is creaking».↗ Example: The old door creaked open.↗ · I heard a creak on the stairs.↗ · The floorboards creaked as I tiptoed past.↗ · Dad oiled the gate so it would stop creaking.↗ · The ship's timbers creaked in the storm.↗ · In the dark, every creak made me jump.↗ · Whenever the wind blew the Birch-tree creaked.↗ · Behold, I will make it creak under you, as a cart creaketh that is full of sheaves.↗ (Prophets AMO.2.13, JPS 1917)↗

creaking — Everyday, meaning 1: Creaking is the long, squeaky, groaning sound that old wood, doors, floors or hinges make when they move or bear weight.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (adjective) A creaking thing makes this sound, like a creaking door.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (figurative) A creaking system or organisation is old and struggling to work well, as in «a creaking railway».↗ Example: The door opened with a long, creaking sound.↗ · I heard the creaking floorboards as Dad came upstairs.↗ · The old ship was creaking in the wind.↗ · The creaking stairs gave away our midnight snack trip.↗ · The tree was creaking under the weight of the snow.↗ · People say the creaking bus service needs more money.↗ · My grandad's knees make a creaking noise when he stands up.↗ · The Birch made no reply, only went on creaking.↗

creaky — Everyday, meaning 1: Making a long, high, squeaking sound when moved or stepped on: «a creaky door», «creaky stairs».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Old and not working as well as before: «creaky knees», «a creaky old computer».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (of plans or systems) Weak, out of date or not well put together: «a creaky plan».↗ Example: The creaky stairs gave us away when we sneaked down at night.↗ · The old house was full of creaky floorboards.↗ · Grandad says his knees are getting creaky.↗ · Dad oiled the creaky gate.↗ · We heard a creaky door open in the dark.↗ · Our creaky old laptop takes ages to start.↗ · The plan was a bit creaky, but it worked.↗

cream — Everyday, meaning 1: Cream is the thick, fatty part of milk.↗ It is used to make butter, cakes and ice cream.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cream is a soft thick stuff you rub on your skin, like sun cream.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Cream is a pale yellow-white colour.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: To cream butter and sugar is to mix them until soft.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: The cream of something is the best part of it.↗ Example: An ice cream cone costs 2 dollars.↗ · Each cone has 3 scoops of ice cream.↗ · The recipe needs 200 millilitres of cream.↗ · They sold 45 ice creams on Monday.↗ · Put on sun cream before you go to the beach.↗ · We had strawberries and cream at the picnic.↗ · Cream the butter and sugar together.↗ · She painted her room cream.↗ · These pupils are the cream of the school's runners.↗ · "This good, rich milk," she mused, "will give me plenty of cream to churn.↗ · Smoother than cream were the speeches of his mouth, but his heart was war; his words were softer than oil, yet were they keen-edged swords.↗ (Writings PSA.55.22, JPS 1917)↗

creamy — Everyday, meaning 1: Thick, smooth and rich, like cream, or containing a lot of cream.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Pale yellowish-white in colour, like cream.↗ Example: This tomato soup is lovely and creamy.↗ · Stir the butter and sugar until creamy.↗ · The cat has creamy fur.↗ · Creamy ice cream melted on my cone.↗ · The paint was a creamy white colour.↗ · The creamiest milkshake had banana in it.↗

crease — Everyday, meaning 1: A crease is a line or fold made in paper, cloth or skin when it is pressed or crumpled.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To crease means to make a fold or line in something, or to become creased.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: In cricket, the crease is the white line where the batter stands.↗ Example: Fold the paper and press along the crease.↗ · The crease in the paper shows the line of symmetry.↗ · My shirt was full of creases after the journey.↗ · Don't crease your homework in your bag.↗ · Dad ironed out the creases.↗ · The batter stood at the crease.↗ · When she smiles, little creases appear around her eyes.↗ · I am changing, I am losing all my creases.↗

create — Everyday, meaning 1: To create is to make something new that did not exist before.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To create is to cause something to happen, such as a feeling, a problem or a mess.↗ Example: We created a poster about saving water.↗ · She created her own board game with cards and dice.↗ · Too much noise creates problems in the library.↗ · Create a strong password that nobody can guess.↗ · The storm created huge waves.↗ · Let's create a story together, one sentence each.↗ · He created a model of a volcano for the science fair.↗ · Here the Caliph’s arrival created the greatest sensation.↗ · IN THE beginning God created the heaven and the earth.↗ (Torah GEN.1.1, JPS 1917)↗ · In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him; (Torah GEN.5.1, JPS 1917)↗ · male and female created He them, and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.↗ (Torah GEN.5.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Hath not one God created us?↗ (Prophets MAL.2.10, JPS 1917)↗ · Lift up your eyes on high, and see: who hath created these?↗ (Prophets ISA.40.26, JPS 1917)↗ · Create me a clean heart, O God; and renew a stedfast spirit within me.↗ (Writings PSA.51.12, JPS 1917)↗

creation — Everyday, meaning 1: Creation is the act of making something new.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A creation is a thing someone has made, like a painting, a cake or a story.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (Bible, religion) Creation, or the Creation, is the making of the world by God, told in Genesis; it can also mean the whole world and everything in it.↗ Example: The chef showed off her latest creation: a rainbow cake.↗ · The creation of the school garden took all term.↗ · In Genesis, creation takes six days.↗ · My Lego creation was a castle with a moat.↗ · Christians believe people should care for God's creation.↗ · The creation of the national park protected the forest.↗ · These are the 7 Days in the Year: the Days of Creation.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Together these represent the mathematical-linguistic foundations of Creation; see notes on 1:2 below.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · The text is intimately concerned with the role of language in the Work of Creation.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

creative — Everyday, meaning 1: Creative means good at having new ideas and making new things, such as stories, art, music or inventions.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Creative describes work that uses imagination (creative writing).↗ Example: She is very creative and always drawing.↗ · We wrote creative stories about dragons.↗ · Let's get creative and make a robot from boxes.↗ · He found a creative way to solve the puzzle.↗ · Music lessons help children to be creative.↗ · The class came up with creative ideas for the school garden.↗ · It was creative of you to turn the box into a castle.↗ · 18) Meaning outlets, outgates of the creative power, formations.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · and its reduction to writing, form a unity which produce a creative effect.↗ 1 (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · The articulate word of creative power, the spirit and the word are what we call the holy spirit is (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

creativity — Everyday, meaning 1: Creativity is the ability to make new things or think of new and original ideas.↗ Example: Her painting shows great creativity.↗ · Use your creativity to design a new toy.↗ · Creativity helps scientists find new answers.↗ · The story was full of creativity and fun ideas.↗ · Building with blocks is good for creativity.↗ · Music and dance let you show your creativity.↗

creator — Everyday, meaning 1: A creator is a person who makes or invents something new, such as a story, game, character or video.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (religion) The Creator is God, who Christians, Jews and Muslims believe made the world and everything in it.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A creator can also be a god in other religions who made the world.↗ Example: J.K.↗ Rowling is the creator of Harry Potter.↗ · The creator of the game made it in his bedroom.↗ · Christians believe God is the Creator of heaven and earth.↗ · My cousin is a video creator online.↗ · Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is about a creature and its creator.↗ · Every creator needs time to try ideas.↗ · The prayer thanks the Creator for the beauty of the world.↗ · The Lord our Creator is wise and full of loving kindness--who can doubt it?↗ · fact, inquire about it, and make it so evident, that [35] the Creator be acknowledged to be on His throne again.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · 16) Judah Halevi in his book entitled "Kusari," p. 456, illustrates it thus: The Creator is one, and the space has in the figurative expression six dimensions.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · Comprehend this great wisdom, understand this [7] knowledge, inquire into it and ponder on it, render it evident and lead [8] the Creator back to His throne again.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · I am the LORD, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King.↗ (Prophets ISA.43.15, JPS 1917)↗ · Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary?↗ (Prophets ISA.40.28, JPS 1917)↗ · Remember then thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say: 'I have no pleasure in them'; (Writings ECC.12.1, JPS 1917)↗

creature — Everyday, meaning 1: A creature is any living animal, big or small, like a bird, insect or fish.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A creature can also be a made-up being in a story, like a dragon or a monster.↗ Example: There are 9 creatures in the pond.↗ · Each creature has 6 legs.↗ · The game has 40 creatures to collect.↗ · 3 creatures hid under the rock.↗ · Crabs and starfish are sea creatures.↗ · The dragon is a creature from old stories.↗ · We found tiny creatures under the log.↗ · Be kind to all living creatures.↗ · The creature had three eyes and green fur.↗ · Not a creature could be seen.↗ · And God said: 'Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let fowl fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.'↗ (Torah GEN.1.20, JPS 1917)↗ · And God said: 'This is the token of the covenant which I make between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: (Torah GEN.9.12, JPS 1917)↗ · And God said: 'Let the earth bring forth the living creature after its kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after its kind.'↗ And it was so.↗ (Torah GEN.1.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures.↗ (Prophets EZK.1.5, JPS 1917)↗ · In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy creatures.↗ (Writings PSA.104.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.↗ (Prophets EZK.1.14, JPS 1917)↗