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verb ; intransitive
- To give birth.
- (figuratively) Especially of an iceberg, glacier, etc. to break off or shed a large piece.
- "The sea was dangerous because of icebergs calving off the nearby glacier."
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noun
- (plural of, calf)
verb
- (third-person singular of, calve)
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noun (countable and uncountable, plural chickens)
- (countable) A domestic fowl, Gallus gallus.
- (uncountable) The meat from this bird eaten as food.
- (context, countable, slang) A coward.
- (countable, gay slang) A young, attractive, slim man, usually having little body hair.
- (context, countable, slang) A young person of either sex.
- A confrontational game in which the participants move toward each other at high speed (usually in automobiles); the player who turns first to avoid colliding into the other is the loser.
adjective
- cowardly
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noun
- A young male chicken.
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proper noun
- (poetic) America; the United States; an appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer.
- (archaic) The female personification of the USA.
- Shortened form of w:Columbia University, Columbia University.
- The space shuttle Columbia.
- The capital and largest city of South Carolina.
- A city in Missouri
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noun
- The Celtic language of Cornwall, related to Welsh and Breton.
- There is a movement to revive Cornish.
adjective (no comparative or superlative forms)
- Of or pertaining to Cornwall, a county of southwest England.
- Native to Cornwall.
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noun
- A plant, especially a cereal, grown for food.
- The natural production for a specific year, particularly of plants.
- A group, cluster or collection of things occuring at the same time.
- a crop of idea
- The lashing end of a whip
- An entire short whip, especially as used in horse-riding; a riding crop.
- A rocky outcrop.
- The act of
- Verb, cropping.
- A short haircut.
- (archaic, or, dialect) The head of a flower, especially when picked; an ear of corn; the top branches of a tree.
- (anatomy) A pouch-like part of the alimentary tract of some birds (and some other animals), used to store food before digestion, or for regurgitation; a craw.
- 1892: The bird gave a gulp, and I felt the stone pass along its gullet and down into its . " Arthur Conan Doyle, "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" (Norton 2005 p.221)
- (architecture) the foliate part of a finial.
verb (crop, p, ed)
- (transitive) To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
- (transitive) To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
- (transitive) To remove the outer parts of a photography or image in order to frame the subject better.
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noun
- An opening resulting from cutting.
- Look at this on my finger!
- The act of cutting.
- He made a fine with his sword.
- The result of cutting.
- She tried out for the team, but didn't make the .
- A share or portion.
- The lawyer took a of the profits.
- (Cricket) A batsman's shot played with a swinging motion of the bat, to hit the ball backward of point.
- (Cricket) Sideways movement of the ball through the air caused by a fast bowler imparting spin to the ball.
- The act or right of dividing a deck of playing cards.
- The player next to the dealer the deck by placing the bottom half on top.
- The manner or style a garment is fashioned in.
- I like the of that suit.
- A slab, especially of meat.
- That"s our finest of meat.
- (fencing) An attack made with a chopping motion of the blade, landing with its edge or point.
- A deliberate snub, typically a refusal to return a bow or other acknowledgement of acquaintance.
verb (cuts, cutting, cut)
- To perform an incision, for example with a knife.
- I the skin on my arm.
- To divide with a knife, scissors, or another sharp instrument.
- Would you please the cake?
- To separate from prior association; to remove a portion of a recording during editing.
- Travis was from the team.
- To enter a queue in the wrong place.
- One student kept trying to in front of the line.
- (context, cinema, audio) To cease recording activities.
- After the actors read their lines, the director yelled "Cut!"
- To reduce, especially intentionally.
- They're going to salaries by fifteen percent.
- To form or shape by cutting.
- I have three diamonds to today.
- To intersect or cross in such a way as to divide in half or nearly so.
- This road cuts right through downtown.
- (cricket) To make the ball spin sideways by running one's fingers down the side of the ball while bowling it.
- (colloquial) Not to attend a class, especially when this is not permitted.
- I fifth period to hang out with Angela.
- To change direction suddenly.
- The football player to his left to evade a tackle.
- To divide a pack of playing cards into two
- If you then I'll deal.
adjective
- (participial adjective) Having been .
- reduce, Reduced.
- The pitcher threw a fastball that was slower than his usual pitch.
- Cut brandy is a liquor made of brandy and hard grain liquor.
- (context, of a gem) carve, Carved into a shape; not raw.
- (cricket, of a shot) Played with a horizontal bat to hit the ball backward of point.
- (bodybuilding) Having muscular definition in which individual groups of muscle fibers stand out among larger muscles.
- (colloquial) circumcised, Circumcised.
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