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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>CRAG</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="crag"> crag (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a steep, rugged rock or cliff rising above others; a projecting rock. </DL> <A NAME="crag"> crag (2), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish and Dialect.) the neck; throat. </DL> <A NAME="cragfast"> cragfast, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> caught between two crags and unable to go up or down, as a sheep on a craggy hillside. </DL> <A NAME="cragged"> cragged, adjective. =craggy.noun craggedness. </DL> <A NAME="craggy"> craggy, adjective, -gier, -giest.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having many crags; steep and rugged; rough. Ex. The craggy hill was difficult to climb. <DD> 2. rough; uneven. Ex. The old fisherman had a craggy, weathered face. adv. craggily. noun cragginess. </DL> <A NAME="cragsman"> cragsman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person used to or skilled in climbing crags. </DL> <A NAME="crake"> crake, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various birds of the same family as the rail, with short bills, such as the corn crake and spotted crake. </DL> <A NAME="cram"> cram, verb, crammed, cramming, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to force into; force down; stuff. Ex. He crammed as many candy bars into his pockets as they would hold. I crammed all my clothes quickly into the bag. (SYN) ram. <DD> 2. to fill too full; crowd. Ex. The hall was crammed, with many people standing. (SYN) pack. <DD> 3a. to eat too fast or too much of. Ex. He felt ill after he had crammed down his lunch. (SYN) stuff. <DD> b. to fill with too much food. Ex. the little garden where I was crammed with gooseberries (Scott). (SYN) gorge. <DD> c. to fatten (poultry or other domestic animals) by overfeeding. <DD> 4. (Informal, Figurative.) to stuff with knowledge or information. <DD> 5. (Informal, Figurative.) to learn hurriedly. Ex. He is cramming facts and dates for his history examination. <DD> 6. (Slang, Figurative.) to tell lies or exaggerated stories to. <DD>v.i. 1. to eat too fast or too much. <DD> 2. (Informal, Figurative.) to try to learn too much in a short time. Ex. As he hasn't studied very hard during the year, he has to cram for his final tests. <DD>noun (Informal.) 1. a crammed or crowded condition; crush. Ex. It was a prodigious cram, and we turned away no end of people (Dickens). <DD> 2. (Figurative.) the act of cramming a subject, especially in preparation for an examination. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) information acquired by cramming. noun crammer. </DL> <A NAME="crambe"> crambe, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a broad-leaved plant of the mustard family grown in northern Africa, having small, white flowers, and pods whose seeds yield an oil used especially in synthetic rubber manufacture, plastics, and lubrication. <DD> 2. =sea kale. </DL> <A NAME="crambo"> crambo, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a game in which a player must think up a rhyme for a word or line given by another. <DD> 2. a rhyme or rhyming (in contemptuous use). </DL> <A NAME="cramoisy"> cramoisy or cramoisie, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD>adj. crimson. <DD>noun crimson cloth. </DL> <A NAME="cramp"> cramp (1), verb, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to shut into a small space. Ex. The two of us were cramped in the telephone booth. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to limit; restrict; restrain; hamper. Ex. His work was cramped by the very short time he had left to spend on it. In the Middle Ages, science was cramped by ignorance and superstition. <DD> 3. to turn sharply to one side or the other; steer. Ex. He had to cramp his front wheels in order to get out of the tight parking space. <DD> 4. to fasten together with a metal cramp; clamp. <DD>noun 1. a metal bar bent at both ends; cramp iron. It is used for holding together things such as blocks of stone and timbers. <DD> 2. =clamp (1). <DD> 3. (Figurative.) something that confines or hinders; limitation; restriction. (SYN) constraint. <DD> 4. (Figurative.) a confined state or part. <DD>adj. =cramped. expr. cramp one's style. See under style. </DL> <A NAME="cramp"> cramp (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a sudden, painful contracting or pulling together of muscles, often from chill or strain. Ex. The swimmer was seized with a cramp in his leg and had to be helped from the pool. <DD> 2. a paralysis of particular muscles as a result of using them too much. <DD>v.t. to cause to have a contraction or paralysis of muscles. Ex. The green apples he ate cramped his stomach. expr. cramps, very sharp pains in the abdomen. Ex. A light feeling of ... "cramps" during the first day or so can be relieved by a heating pad or hotwater bag placed on the abdomen (Sidonie M. Gruenberg). </DL> <A NAME="cramped"> cramped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. confined; limited; restricted. Ex. The poor family lived in very cramped quarters. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) unnaturally compressed; hard to make out; crabbed. Ex. cramped handwriting, a cramped style. <DD> 3. seized with cramp. Ex. cramped fingers. </DL> <A NAME="crampfish"> crampfish, noun, pl. -fishes or (collectively) -fish. =electric ray (fish).</DL> <A NAME="crampiron"> cramp iron, =cramp (1) (def. 1).</DL> <A NAME="crampon"> crampon, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a strong iron bar with one or more hooks at one end, used to grip heavy things, for lifting; grapnel; grappling iron. <DD> 2. a spiked iron plate on a shoe to prevent slipping, used in logging or mountain climbing. </DL> <A NAME="crampoon"> crampoon, noun. =crampon.</DL> <A NAME="cramps"> cramps, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under cramp (2). </DL> <A NAME="cran"> cran, noun, pl. crans or (collectively) cran.<DL COMPACT><DD> (British.) a capacity measure for fresh herring fixed at 37 1/2 imperial gallons or about 750 fish. Ex. Fishermen threw 200 cran of herring back into the sea rather than accept the price offered (Manchester Guardian). </DL> <A NAME="cranberry"> cranberry, noun, pl. -ries.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a firm, sour, dark-red berry, used in making sauce and jelly. <DD> 2. a small shrub or trailing vine that these berries grow on. It grows in marshes or bogs and belongs to the heath family. <DD> 3. any one of various plants having fruit like the cranberry. </DL> <A NAME="cranberrybog"> cranberry bog,<DL COMPACT><DD> a marsh where cranberries grow. </DL> <A NAME="cranberrytree"> cranberry tree or bush,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a North American shrub or small tree of the honeysuckle family, with large clusters of white flowers and a red fruit. <DD> 2. a closely related European shrub, also having white flowers and a red fruit; marsh elder; European cranberry bush. Its cultivated forms are known as snowball or guelder-rose. </DL> <A NAME="crandall"> crandall, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a hammerlike tool used by masons for dressing soft stone. </DL> <A NAME="crane"> crane, noun, verb. craned, craning.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a machine with a long, swinging arm, for lifting and moving heavy weights. (SYN) derrick. <DD> b. any one of various other kinds of machines that lift, such as a traveling crane. <DD> 2. a swinging metal arm in a fireplace, used to hold a kettle or pot over the fire. <DD> 3. a large wading bird with long legs, neck, and bill, such as the whooping crane and the sandhill crane of North America. <DD> 4. any one of various herons, especially the great blue heron. <DD>v.t. 1. to move by, or as if by, a crane. <DD> 2. to stretch (the neck) as a crane does, in order to see better. Ex. The little man craned his neck, trying to get a glimpse of the parade over the heads of the crowd. <DD>v.i. 1. to stretch the neck as a crane does, in order to see better. Ex. He was delighted to show them how fast it could go while they craned forward and chanted the rising figures (London Times). <DD> 2. (Informal, Figurative.) to hesitate at danger or difficulty. <DD> 3. to stop and look before a dangerous leap in hunting. adj. cranelike. </DL> <A NAME="cranebill"> cranebill, noun. =crane's-bill.</DL> <A NAME="cranefly"> crane fly,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of long-legged flies often confused with a large mosquito. </DL> <A NAME="cranehelicopter"> crane helicopter,<DL COMPACT><DD> a helicopter equipped with a crane for heavy lifting. </DL> <A NAME="craneman"> craneman, noun, pl. -men.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who operates a crane. </DL> <A NAME="cranesbill"> crane's-bill or cranesbill, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any wild geranium, so called from the long, slender beak of the fruit; heron's-bill. <DD> 2. any variety of geranium. </DL> <A NAME="crani"> crani-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) the form of cranio- before vowels, as in cranial. </DL> <A NAME="crania"> crania, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of cranium. </DL> <A NAME="cranial"> cranial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the skull; from the skull. Ex. cranial bones, the cranial capacity of a chimpanzee. adv. cranially. </DL> <A NAME="cranialindex"> cranial index, =cephalic index.</DL> <A NAME="cranialnerve"> cranial nerve,<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of 12 pairs of nerves that leave the brain directly through openings in the skull. </DL> <A NAME="craniate"> craniate, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. having a skull. <DD> 2. having to do with or belonging to a group of vertebrates comprising those which possess a skull and brain. The mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes are craniate animals. <DD>noun a craniate animal. </DL> <A NAME="cranio"> cranio-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) cranium; skull. Ex. Craniology = the science of skulls. <DL COMPACT><DD> Also, crani- before vowels. </DL> </DL> <A HREF="craniofa.dic">NEXT</A>