The children were covered in mud.

to include or to deal with something

The exam will cover all of the major Civil War battles.

COV . er 2 Ф / 'клуэг / noun [ count ]

a thing that you put over another thing, for example to keep it safe

a plastic cover for a computer

the outside part of a book or magazine

The book had a picture of the author on the cover .

cov er alls / ' kлvэrolz / noun [ plural ]

a piece of clothing that covers your legs, body, and arms. You wear it over your other clothes to keep them clean when you are working.

cov .er .ing © / i-wom]/ noun [count ]

something that covers another thing window coverings

cov er let ter / ' kv^r ,letar / noun [ count ]

a letter that you send with a package or document that gives

more information about it

Please submit a cover letter with your resume.

COW Ф / kau / noun [ count ] a big, female farm animal that is kept for its milk or meat Word building The male cow is called a bull , and a young cow is a calf .

Meat from a cow is called beef and meat from a calf is called veal .

1 horn

* -iu

cow bull

cow ard / ' ka^rd / noun [ count ]

a person who is afraid when there is danger or a problem cow ard ly / ' ka^^li / adjective

cow boy / ' kauboi / noun [ count ]

a man who rides a horse and whose job is to take care of cows

cowboy boots

cow • girl / ' kaugэrl / noun [ count ]

a woman who rides a horse and whose job is to take care of cows

co work er / ' kouwэrkэr / noun [ count ]

someone who works with you, doing the same kind of job as you

I got a ride home from one of my coworkers. —SYNONYM colleague

coy • o • te

/ kai ' outi / noun [count]

a wild dog that lives mainly in western North America

co • Zy / ' kouzi / adjective ( co • zi er , co zi • est )

warm and comfortable a cozy room

crab / krreb/ noun [ count ]

an animal that lives in and near the ocean. It has a hard shell and ten legs.

— Look at the picture at crustacean .

crack © / kraek / verb

( cracks , crack ing , cracked )

to break, but not into separate pieces

The glass will crack if you pour boiling water into it.

This cup is cracked.

Thesaurus

break to go, or to make something go into smaller pieces: She dropped the cup and it broke into pieces . ♦ I'm sorry, I broke one of your dinner plates. ♦ He broke the chocolate in two and gave me half. ♦ She fell and broke her arm.

crack (used about something hard) to break so that a line appears, but without dividing into smaller pieces; to break something in this way: The ice cracked as I stepped on it. This mirror is cracked. He cracked a tooth playing football.

smash to break into many pieces in a violent and noisy way; to break something in this way: The glass bowl smashed into a thousand pieces . ♦ Several windows had been smashed. ♦ He smashed the box open and took the jewelry from inside.

snap to break suddenly into two pieces with a sharp noise; to break something in this way: Suddenly, the cable snapped. ♦ The weight of the snow snapped the branch in two .

burst to break open suddenly; to make something break in this way: That balloon will burst if you blow it up any more. ♦ Don't burst that balloon! ♦ The dam burst under the weight of the water.

to make a sudden loud noise

crack down on someone or something to become stricter when dealing with bad or illegal behavior The police are cracking down on drug dealers.

crack2/ krrek/ noun [ count ]

a thin line on something where it has broken, but not into separate pieces

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