📖 C — The English dictionary · page 9

carcase — Everyday, meaning 1: A carcase is the dead body of an animal, especially one left after the good meat has been cut away.↗ It is also spelt carcass.↗ Example: The hunter left the carcase of the deer in the snow.↗ · The wolf dragged the carcase under the bush.↗ · Crows circled above the carcase.↗ · The horseman charging, and the flashing sword, and the glittering spear; and a multitude of slain, and a heap of carcases; and there is no end of the corpses, and they stumble upon their corpses; (Prophets NAM.3.3, JPS 1917)↗

carcass — Everyday, meaning 1: A carcass is the dead body of an animal, especially a large one, or one cut up for meat.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The carcass of a cooked chicken or turkey is the bones left after the meat is eaten.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The carcass of something is its frame or the broken remains: the carcass of an old car or building.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (informal, rude or jokey) Someone's carcass can mean their body: «Get your carcass off the sofa!».↗ Example: Vultures circled above the zebra carcass.↗ · Mum boiled the chicken carcass to make soup.↗ · Hyenas stripped the carcass to the bones.↗ · A whale carcass on the sea floor feeds many creatures.↗ · The rusty carcass of a car lay in the field.↗ · Tasmanian devils eat carcasses, even the bones.↗ · The butcher hung the carcasses in the cold room.↗ · (jokey) «Move your carcass, we're late!» said Dad.↗ · Now and then, a drowned sheep, and once the carcass of a cow, floated past.↗ · But as for you, your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness.↗ (Torah NUM.14.32, JPS 1917)↗ · And the birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away.↗ (Torah GEN.15.11, JPS 1917)↗ · And by these ye shall become unclean; whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until even.↗ (Torah LEV.11.24, JPS 1917)↗ · And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they made lamentation for him: 'Alas, my brother!'↗ (Prophets 1KI.13.30, JPS 1917)↗ · Upon his carcass all the fowls of the heaven do dwell, and upon his branches are all the beasts of the field; (Prophets EZK.31.13, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will lay the carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.↗ (Prophets EZK.6.5, JPS 1917)↗

card — Everyday, meaning 1: A card is a small flat piece of stiff paper, often with a picture: a trading card.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A card is a folded paper with a picture and a message: a birthday card.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A card is one of a pack used in games: playing cards.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A card is a small plastic card for paying or showing who you are: a bank card, a library card.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A visiting card is a small card with your name printed on it, which you left when you paid a visit.↗ Example: Ben had 15 cards and lost 4.↗ How many cards does Ben have now?↗ · Sara buys 3 packs with 8 cards in each pack.↗ · Leo has 12 cards and gets 5 more.↗ · I made a birthday card for Grandma.↗ · Let's play a game of cards.↗ · Use your library card to borrow a book.↗ · We practise times tables with flash cards.↗ · A pack of playing cards has 52 cards.↗ · Flowers, books, letters, and visiting cards came pouring in.↗ · PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE CARDS OR SLIPS FROM THIS POCKET (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

cardamom — Everyday, meaning 1: Cardamom is a sweet, strongly scented spice made from the small green or black seed pods of a plant in the ginger family.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The cardamom plant is the tall tropical plant that these pods grow on, mostly in India, Sri Lanka and Guatemala.↗ Example: Mum crushed three cardamom pods for the rice.↗ · The cinnamon and cardamom buns smelled wonderful.↗ · Chai tea is spiced with cardamom, ginger and cloves.↗ · Cardamom is one of the most expensive spices in the world.↗ · Traders brought cardamom from India to Europe by ship.↗ · Add a pinch of ground cardamom to the biscuit dough.↗

cardboard — Everyday, meaning 1: Cardboard is thick, stiff paper used to make boxes, packaging and models.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A cardboard character (in a story) is one who seems flat and not real.↗ Example: We made a castle from cardboard boxes.↗ · Put the cardboard in the recycling bin.↗ · Cardboard goes soggy in the rain.↗ · The toy came in a cardboard box.↗ · Cut out a cardboard circle for the wheel.↗ · Corrugated cardboard has wavy layers inside.↗ · We used cardboard tubes for the telescopes.↗ · The villain in the story was a cardboard character.↗ · Generals in full uniform leading regiments of cardboard soldiers passed by.↗

cardiac — Everyday, meaning 1: To do with the heart.↗ Example: A cardiac surgeon operates on hearts.↗ · Cardiac muscle never gets tired.↗ · He had a cardiac arrest, and a stranger did CPR.↗ · The hospital has a cardiac ward.↗ · Cardiac means to do with the heart.↗ · Learn where the defibrillator is in case of cardiac arrest.↗

cardigan — Everyday, meaning 1: A cardigan is a knitted jumper (sweater) that opens down the front and does up with buttons or a zip.↗ Example: Put on your cardigan; it's chilly.↗ · My school cardigan is navy blue.↗ · Gran knitted me a red cardigan.↗ · A cardigan costs 18 pounds; how much do 3 cost?↗ · He buttoned up his cardigan.↗ · I left my cardigan on the bus.↗

cardinal — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) A senior leader in the Roman Catholic Church who wears red and helps choose the Pope.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A bright red songbird of North America; the male is red with a crest.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (adjective) Most important or basic, as in "a cardinal rule".↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (maths) A cardinal number is a counting number like one, two, three, as opposed to first, second, third.↗ Everyday, meaning 5: A deep red colour.↗ Example: The cardinals met in Rome to choose a new Pope.↗ · A red cardinal sat on our bird feeder.↗ · The cardinal points are north, east, south and west.↗ · Three is a cardinal number; third is an ordinal number.↗ · The cardinal rule of the pool is no running.↗ · The cardinal wore a red robe and hat.↗ · At last he arrived in Rome, where the Pope had just died, and there was great doubt among the cardinals as to whom they should appoint as his successor.↗ · But on the most literal level, it means ‘wind’, as in the אַרְבָּע רוּחוֹת arbaʽ ruchot ‘four winds’ corresponding to the four cardinal directions, and is also conjured in the verb הֵרִיחַ heriach ‘to smell, breathe in (with the nostrils)’.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

cardinality — Everyday, meaning 1: (maths) The number of things in a set or group.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (maths, counting) The idea that the last number you say when counting tells you how many there are in all.↗ Example: The cardinality of the set {2, 4, 6, 8} is 4.↗ · Count the apples: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 — the cardinality is 5.↗ · Two sets with the same cardinality have the same number of members.↗ · The empty set has cardinality 0.↗ · What is the cardinality of the set of days in a week?↗ It is 7.↗

cardiologist — Everyday, meaning 1: A doctor who is an expert in the heart and blood vessels and treats heart problems.↗ Example: The cardiologist listened to Grandad's heart.↗ · A cardiologist is a heart doctor.↗ · The cardiologist did a scan of my heart.↗ · My aunt trained for many years to become a cardiologist.↗ · The cardiologist said exercise keeps your heart strong.↗ · Children's cardiologists treat babies born with heart problems.↗

cardiopulmonary — Everyday, meaning 1: (medicine) To do with both the heart and the lungs together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Used mainly in «cardiopulmonary resuscitation» (CPR): pushing on the chest and giving rescue breaths to someone whose heart has stopped.↗ Example: CPR stands for cardiopulmonary resuscitation.↗ · The lifeguard learned cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a dummy.↗ · The heart and lungs together make the cardiopulmonary system.↗ · Running every day keeps your cardiopulmonary health strong.↗ · The first-aid poster showed the steps of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.↗ · The doctor checked her cardiopulmonary fitness on a treadmill.↗ · In an emergency, call 999 or 911 first, then start CPR if you have been trained.↗

care — Everyday, meaning 1: To care is to feel that someone or something matters to you: «I care about my friends».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To care for someone is to look after them.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Care (noun) is serious attention so you do not make mistakes or cause harm: «Handle with care».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Care is looking after someone: «in the care of a nurse».↗ Everyday, meaning 5: Cares are worries.↗ Everyday, meaning 6: To take care of something means to deal with it or make sure it gets done.↗ Example: I care about my little sister.↗ · Take care of your new puppy.↗ · Carry the glass with care.↗ · Take care when you cross the road.↗ · The nurse cared for Grandpa in hospital.↗ · Who cares who wins — let's have fun.↗ · Water the plants with care.↗ · Take care, see you tomorrow!↗ · And he said unto him: 'My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and that the flocks and herds giving suck are a care to me; and if they overdrive them one day, all the flocks will die.↗ (Torah GEN.33.13, JPS 1917)↗ · When my cares are many within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.↗ (Writings PSA.94.19, JPS 1917)↗ · For I do declare mine iniquity; I am full of care because of my sin.↗ (Writings PSA.38.19, JPS 1917)↗ · Care in the heart of a man boweth it down; but a good word maketh it glad.↗ (Writings PRO.12.25, JPS 1917)↗

career — Everyday, meaning 1: A career is the job or kind of work someone does for a long part of their life, often getting better at it.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Your career at school is your time there.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To career is to move fast and out of control: the bike careered down the hill.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: A career can also be a wild, fast rush forward that you cannot control.↗ Example: She wants a career as a vet.↗ · Careers day helped me think about jobs.↗ · Grandpa had a long career as a train driver.↗ · Dad changed careers and became a teacher.↗ · The runaway trolley careered across the car park.↗ · The footballer's career ended after his injury.↗ · Far in advance, Moti continued his wild career.↗

careful — Everyday, meaning 1: Careful means paying close attention so you do not make mistakes, break things or get hurt.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Careful also means thinking well before you act: be careful with money.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Careful work is done slowly and well.↗ Example: Be careful to count each one only once.↗ · She was careful not to spill the 2 litres of milk.↗ · Careful: the answer is in centimetres.↗ · He made careful steps of 50 cm.↗ · Be careful when you cross the road.↗ · Be careful with the scissors.↗ · She did careful, neat work in her book.↗ · Be careful not to wake the baby.↗ · Carry the hot soup carefully.↗ · How careful he was of the third bulrush!↗

carefully — Everyday, meaning 1: Carefully means with care, slowly and paying attention so you do not make mistakes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Carefully means gently, so you do not break or hurt something.↗ Example: Read the problem carefully.↗ · She carefully counted 48 coins.↗ · He carefully packed 12 glasses.↗ · Measure carefully to the nearest cm.↗ · Cross the road carefully.↗ · Hold the baby bird carefully.↗ · Listen carefully to the instructions.↗ · He carefully poured the water into the cup.↗ · Check your answers carefully.↗ · She carefully cut along the dotted line.↗ · They walked carefully through the china country.↗ · This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗

careless — Everyday, meaning 1: Careless means not paying enough attention, so you make mistakes or cause harm: a careless mistake.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Careless means not caring or worrying about something: careless of danger.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Careless can also mean relaxed and natural, without effort: careless happiness.↗ Example: I made a careless mistake and wrote 54 instead of 45.↗ · Don't be careless with matches.↗ · He was careless and left the gate open, so the dog ran out.↗ · Careless driving can cause accidents.↗ · She is careless with her things and loses her pencils.↗ · Check your work to avoid careless errors.↗ · A careless word can hurt a friend's feelings.↗ · The careless camper left the fire burning.↗ · 'Why, you have forgotten your axe again, you careless man!↗ · It is not unlikely that originally only the Sefer Yetzirah had been ascribed to Joseph ben Uziel, but as there were several other works in the same volume, some careless copyist attributed them all to him.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.↗ (Prophets EZK.16.49, JPS 1917)↗