Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 155
Crud (n.) See Curd.
Cruddle (v. i.) To curdle.
Crude (a.) 天然的，生的，未經加工的；粗野的，沒教養的；粗糙的，粗陋的 In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh. "Common crude salt." -- Boyle.
Molding to its will each successive deposit of the crude materials. -- I. Taylor.
Crude (a.) Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.
I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. -- Milton.
Crude (a.) Not reduced to order or form; unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature. "Crude projects." -- Macaulay.
Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition. -- De Quincey.
The originals of Nature in their crude Conception. -- Milton.
Crude (a.) Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment. "Crude and inconcoct." -- Bacon.
Crude (a.) Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profundity; as, a crude reasoner.
Crude (a.) (Paint.) Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.
Crude (a.) Not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry" [syn: {crude}, {rough}].
Crude (a.) Conspicuously and tastelessly indecent; "coarse language"; "a crude joke"; "crude behavior"; "an earthy sense of humor"; "a revoltingly gross expletive"; "a vulgar gesture"; "full of language so vulgar it should have been edited" [syn: {crude}, {earthy}, {gross}, {vulgar}].
Crude (a.) Not refined or processed; "unrefined ore"; "crude oil" [syn: {unrefined}, {unprocessed}, {crude}] [ant: {processed}, {refined}].
Crude (a.) Belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains" [syn: {crude}, {primitive}, {rude}].
Crude (a.) Devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline" [syn: {blunt}, {crude(a)}, {stark(a)}].
Crude (a.) Not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics" [syn: {crude}, {raw}].
Crude (n.) A dark oil consisting mainly of hydrocarbons [syn: {petroleum}, {crude oil}, {crude}, {rock oil}, {fossil oil}, {oil}].
Crudely (adv.) 天然地；未加修飾地；粗陋地；粗糙地；未成熟地；粗魯地；粗俗地 In a crude, immature manner.
Crudely (adv.) In a crude or unrefined manner; "he was crudely bold."
Crudely (adv.) In a crude and unskilled manner; "an inexpertly constructed lean-to" [syn: {artlessly}, {crudely}, {inexpertly}].
Crudeness (n.) 天然狀態；粗糙；粗陋；未成熟 A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans.
Crudities (n. pl. ) of Crudity.
Crudity (n.) 生，未熟；生硬；粗雜；未成熟物,，（藝術等的）未成品；簡陋；粗野 [不加掩飾] 的行為 [語言] The condition of being crude; rawness.
Crudity (n.) That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form. "Crudities in the stomach." -- Arbuthnot.
Crudity (n.) A wild or unrefined state [syn: {crudeness}, {crudity}, {primitiveness}, {primitivism}, {rudeness}].
Crudity (n.) An impolite manner that is vulgar and lacking tact or refinement; "the whole town was famous for its crudeness" [syn: {crudeness}, {crudity}, {gaucheness}].
Crudle (v. i.) See Cruddle.
Crudy (a.) Coagulated.
Crudy (a.) Characterized by crudeness; raw.
Cruel (n.) See Crewel.
Cruel (a.) Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.
Cruel (a.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.
Cruel (a.) Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.
Cruelly (adv.) In a cruel manner.
Cruelly (adv.) Extremely; very.
Cruelness (n.) Cruelty.
Cruels (n. pl.) Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.
Cruelties (n. pl. ) of Cruelty.
Cruelty (n.) The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.
Cruelty (n.) A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.
Cruelty (n.) [ U or C ] (B2) 殘忍，殘酷；殘酷行爲；虐待 Cruel behaviour or a cruel action.
// The farmer was accused of cruelty to animals.
Cruentate (a.) 血色的，暗紫色的 Smeared with blood.
Cruentous (a.) 暗紫红色的 Bloody; cruentate.
Cruet (n.) A bottle or vessel; esp., a vial or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster.
Cruet (n.) A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar.
Cruet (n.) [ C ] (UK) 放調味瓶的小架 A container that holds smaller containers of salt and pepper, etc., used when having a meal.
Cruet (n.) [ C ] (US) 調味瓶 A glass bottle that holds oil or vinegar for use during a meal.
Cruise (n.) See {Cruse}, a small bottle.
Cruise (v. t.) 巡航於；航遊於；緩慢巡行於；慢速行駛於 To cruise over or about.
Cruise (v. t.) (Forestry) To explore with reference to capacity for the production of lumber; as, to cruise a section of land.
Cruised (imp. & p. p.) of Cruise.
Cruising (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cruise.
Cruise (v. i.) （無目的地的）巡航；航遊；（計程車，警車等）緩慢巡行；（以最省燃料的速度）航行，行駛 To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure.
Note: A ship cruises in any particular sea or ocean; as, in the Baltic or in the Atlantic. She cruises off any cape; as, off the Lizard; off Ushant. She cruises on a coast; as, on the coast of Africa. A pirate cruises to seize vessels; a yacht cruises for the pleasure of the owner.
Ships of war were sent to cruise near the isle of Bute. -- Macaulay.
'Mid sands, and rocks, and storms to cruise for pleasure. -- Young.
Cruise (v. i.) To wander hither and thither on land. [Colloq.]
Cruise (v. i.) (Forestry) To inspect forest land for the purpose of estimating the quantity of lumber it will yield.
Cruise (v. i.) To travel primarily for pleasure, or without any fixed purpose, rather than with the main goal of reaching a particular destination. To cruise the streets of town, looking for an interesting party to crash.
Cruise (n.) [C] 巡航；航遊；巡邏；（坐船）旅行 A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure.
He feigned a compliance with some of his men, who were bent upon going a cruise to Manilla. -- Dampier.
Cruise (n.) Hence: A voyage aboard a ship, in which the activities on the ship itself form a major objective of the voyage; -- used particularly of vacation voyages, or voyages during which some special activity occurs on board the ship, such as a series of seminars.
Cruise (n.) An ocean trip taken for pleasure [syn: {cruise}, {sail}].
Cruise (v.) Drive around aimlessly but ostentatiously and at leisure; "She cruised the neighborhood in her new convertible."
Cruise (v.) Travel at a moderate speed; "Please keep your seat belt fastened while the plane is reaching cruising altitude."
Cruise (v.) Look for a sexual partner in a public place; "The men were cruising the park."
Cruise (v.) Sail or travel about for pleasure, relaxation, or sightseeing; "We were cruising in the Caribbean."
Cruise (n.), Mar. law. A voyage or expedition in quest of vessels or fleets of the enemy which may be expected to sail through any particular track of the sea, at a certain season of the year the region in which these cruises are performed is usually termed the rendezvous or cruising latitude.
Cruise (n.) When the ships employed for this purpose, which are accordingly called cruisers, have arrived at the destined station, they traverse the sea, backwards and forwards, under an easy sail, and within a limited space, conjectured to be in the track of their expected adversaries. Wesk. Ins. h.t.; Lex Merc. Rediv. 271, 284; Dougl. 11. 509; Park. Ins. 58; Marsh. Ins. 196, 199, 520; 2 Gallis. 268.
Cruise ship (ph.) （帶餐廳、酒吧的）遊輪；遊艇；郵輪 Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, they typically embark on round-trip voyages to various ports-of-call, where passengers may go on tours known as "shore excursions". On "cruises to nowhere" or "nowhere voyages", cruise ships make two- to three-night round trips without visiting any ports of call. [1]
Cruiser (n.) One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed vessel.
Cruive (n.) A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel.
Crull (a.) Curly; curled.
Cruller (n.) A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat.
Crumb (n.) A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.
Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. -- Luke xvi. 21.
Crumb (n.) Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.
Crumb (n.) The soft part of bread.
Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. -- Old Song.
Crumb brush, A brush for sweeping crumbs from a table.
To a crum, With great exactness; completely.
Crumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Crumb.
Crumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crumb.
Crumb (v. t.) To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also crum.]
Crumb (n.) A very small quantity of something; "he gave only a crumb of information about his plans"; "there were few crumbs of comfort in the report."
Crumb (n.) A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'" [Syn: rotter, dirty dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, bum, puke, crumb, lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git].
Crumb (n.) Small piece of e.g. bread or cake.
Crumb (v.) Coat with bread crumbs; "crumb a cutlet."
Crumb (v.) Break into crumbs.
Crumb (v.) Remove crumbs from; "crumb the table."
Crumb (n.) Two binary digits; a quad. Larger than a bit, smaller than a nybble.
Considered silly. syn. tayste. General discussion of such terms is under nybble.
Crumb
Quarter
Tayste
(Or tayste /tayst/) Silly suggested term for two binary digits.
The term "quarter" has also been suggested, referring to the US 25-cent coin. This was once equal in value to two of the eight "bits" - pie-slice-shaped "pieces of eight" -- into which Spanish silver crowns were cut to make change.
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Crumbcloth (n.) A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean. [Written also crumcloth.]
Crumbled (imp. & p. p.) of Crumble.
Crumbling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crumble.
Crumble (v. t.) To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And crumble all thy sinews. -- Milton.
Crumble (v. i.) To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.
If the stone is brittle, it will crumble and pass into the form of gravel. -- Arbuthnot.
The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. -- Prescott.
Crumble (v.) Fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down" [syn: crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse].
Crumble (v.) Break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling" [syn: crumble, fall apart].
Crumble (v.) Fall into decay or ruin; "The unoccupied house started to decay" [syn: decay, crumble, dilapidate].
Crumbly (a.) Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. "The crumbly soil." -- Hawthorne.
Syn: crimp.
Crumbly (a.) Easily broken into small fragments or reduced to powder; "friable sandstone"; "friable carcinomatous tissue"; "friable curds formed in the stomach";"crumbly cookies" [syn: crumbly, friable].
Crumenal (n.) A purse. [Obs.] -- Dr. H. More.
Crummable (a.) Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces.
Crummy (a.) Full of crumb or crumbs.
Crummy (a.) Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty.
Crummy (a.) Of very poor quality. [informal]
Syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny.
Crummy (a.) Of very poor quality; flimsy [syn: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny].
Crump (a.) Crooked; bent. [Obs.]
Crooked backs and crump shoulders. -- Jer. Taylor.
Crump (a.) Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] -- Hallivell.
Crump (v.) Make a noise typical of an engine lacking lubricants [syn: crump, thud, scrunch].
Crump (v.) Bombard with heavy shells.
Crump (v.) Explode heavily or with a loud dull noise.
Crump, TN -- U.S. city in Tennessee
Population (2000): 1521
Housing Units (2000): 751
Land area (2000): 14.092780 sq. miles (36.500130 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.006754 sq. miles (0.017492 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 14.099534 sq. miles (36.517622 sq. km)
FIPS code: 18620
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.232480 N, 88.336037 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38327
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
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Crumpet (n.) A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.
Crumpled (imp. & p. p.) of Crumple.
Crumpling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crumple.
Crumple (v. t.) To draw or press into wrinkles or folds; to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.
Crumple (v. i.) To contract irregularly; to show wrinkles after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.
Crumpy (a.) Brittle; crisp.
Crunched (imp. & p. p.) of Crunch.
Crunching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crunch.
Crunch (v. i.) (v. t.) 嘎紮嘎紮的咬嚼，壓碎，紮紮地踏過咬碎，咬碎聲，紮紮地踏 To chew with force and noise; to craunch.
Crunch (v. i.) To grind or press with violence and noise.
Crunch (v. i.) To emit a grinding or craunching noise.
Crunch (v. t.) To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.
Crunchy (a.) （食物）脆生生的，鬆脆的，鮮脆的 Crunchy food is firm and makes a loud noise when it is eaten.
// Crunchy vegetables.
Crunk (v. i.) Alt. of Crunkle.
Crunkle (v. i.) To cry like a crane.
Crunodal (a.) Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode; -- used of curves.
Crunode (n.) A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a.
Cruor (n.) The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore.
Cruorin (n.) The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; haemoglobin.
Crup (a.) Short; brittle; as, crup cake.
Crup (n.) See Croup, the rump of a horse.
Crupper (n.) The buttocks or rump of a horse.
Crupper (n.) A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.
Crupper (v. t.) To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.
Crura (n. pl.) See Crus.
Crural (a.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring.
Crura (n. pl. ) of Crus.
Crus (n.) (Anat.) 【解】腿；似腿之部分 That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.
Crus (n.) (Anat.) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.
Crus (n.) The leg from the knee to foot.
Crusade (n.) 改革運動，十字軍東侵 Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.
Crusade (n.) Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance.
Crusade (n.) A Portuguese coin. See Crusado.
Crusaded (imp. & p. p.) of Crusade.
Crusading (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Crusade.
Crusade (v. i.) 幹改革運動，加入十字軍，開戰 To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner.
Crusade (n.) A series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort" [syn: {campaign}, {cause}, {crusade}, {drive}, {movement}, {effort}].
Crusade (n.) Any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims.
Crusade (v.) Exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for; "The liberal party pushed for reforms"; "She is crusading for women's rights"; "The Dean is pushing for his favorite candidate" [syn: {crusade}, {fight}, {press}, {campaign}, {push}, {agitate}].
Crusade (v.) Go on a crusade; fight a holy war.
Crusader (n.) One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.
Crusading (a.) Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit.
Crusado (n.) An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents.
Cruse (n.) A cup or dish.
Cruse (n.) A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc.
Cruset (n.) A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.
Crushed (imp. & p. p.) of Crush.