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cover
cover^2
verb to form a layer over
» The fish was covered with
breadcrumbs.
coat, overlaycover^3
noun something which protects
or hides » They snuggled
down under the covers.
case, coating, covering,
jacket, mask, screen,
wrappercow
noun a farm animal kept for
milk or meat » A herd of dairy
cows stood in the field.
bovine, cattlecoward
noun someone who is easily
scared » I’m a coward when
it comes to the dark so Dad
leaves the landing light on.
chicken (slang),
wimp (informal)cowardly
adjective easily scared
» She was too cowardly to get
the spider out of the bath.
chicken (slang), faint-
hearted, gutless (informal),
sookie (New Zealand),
craven, lily-livered,
pusillanimous, spineless,
timorous
antonym: bravecower
verb to bend down with fear
» The dog cowered before
the cat.
cringe, quail, shrinkcrack^1
verb to become damaged,
with lines on the surface
» The road surface cracked
in the heat.
break, fracture, snapcrack^2
verb to find the answer to
something » We’ve managed
to crack the problem.
decipher, solve, work outcrack^3
noun a line or gap caused by
damage » There was a large
crack in the wall.
break, cleft, crevice,
fracture, fissure, intersticecrafty
adjective clever and rather
dishonest » The crafty kid
managed to get both his
parents to give him his pocket
money that week.
artful, cunning, devious,
scheming, slippery, sly, wilycram
verb to stuff something into
a container or place » Minnie
crammed chips into her mouth.
jam, pack, squeeze, stuffcrash^1
noun an accident involving a
moving vehicle » No one was
hurt in the car crash.
accident, bump, collision,
pile-up (informal), smashcrash^2
noun a loud noise » I heard
a crash coming from outside.
bang, clash, din, smashcrash^3
noun the failure of a business
» There was a stock market
crash overnight.
bankruptcy, collapse,
depression, failure, ruincrash^4
verb to have an accident
» His car crashed into
the back of a van.
bump, collide, drive into,
have an accident,
hurtle into, plough into,
wreckcrawl^1
verb to move slowly on hands
and knees or near the ground
» The ladybird crawled through
the grass.
creep, drag, edge, inch,
slither, on hands and kneescrawl^2
verb to be full of » The branch
was crawling with red ants.
be alive with, be full of,
be overrun (slang),
swarm, teemcraze
noun a brief enthusiasm for
something » Yoga is Jasmine’s
latest fitness craze.
fad, fashion, trend, voguecrazy^1
adjective (informal) very strange
or foolish » People thought
our plans were crazy.
foolish, insane, mad,
ridiculous, wild, zany
antonym: sensiblecrazy^2
adjective (informal) very keen
on something » Gavin’s crazy
about football.
fanatical, mad, obsessed,
passionate, smitten, wild,
enamoured, zealouscreate^1
verb to make something
happen » The band coming
on stage created a buzz of
excitement around the room.
bring about, cause, lead to,
occasioncreate^2
verb to invent something
» He created a new type
of kite.
coin, compose, devise,
formulate, invent, originatecreative
adjective able to invent
» Sheila is so creative –
she’s writing and illustrating a
graphic novel in her spare time.
fertile, imaginative,
inspired, inventivecredit
noun praise for something
» Luca took all the credit
for my idea.
commendation, glory,
praise, recognition, thanks,
acclaim, Brownie points,
kudos
antonym: disgracecreepy
adjective (informal) strange and
frightening » The old house
is really creepy at night.
disturbing, eerie, macabre,
scary (informal), sinister,
spooky, unnaturalcrime
noun an act that breaks the law
» Shoplifting is a crime.
misdemeanour, offence,
violation, wrong, felony,
malfeasance, misdeed,
transgressioncriminal^1
noun someone who has
committed a crime
» The criminal spent 10 years
in prison.
crook (informal), culprit,
delinquent, offender,
villain, evildoer, felon,
lawbreaker, malefactorThey snuggled down
under the covers.The branch was crawling with
red ants.No one was hurt in the car crash.034-056_C.indd 54 13/01/17 2:56 pm