English to English
crack
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adjective (a)
- Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- a blemish resulting from a break without complete separation of the parts(noun.attribute)Example:
There was a crack in the mirror.
source: wordnet30 - a purified and potent form of cocaine that is smoked rather than snorted; highly addictive(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.(noun)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
verb (v)
- make a very sharp explosive sound(verb.perception)Example:
His gun cracked.
source: wordnet30 - hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise(verb.contact)Example:
The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler.
source: wordnet30 - pass through (a barrier)(verb.change)Example:
Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county.
source: wordnet30 - break partially but keep its integrity(verb.change)Example:
The glass cracked.
source: wordnet30 - break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions(verb.social)Example:
She cracked my password.
Crack a safe.
source: wordnet30 - tell spontaneously(verb.communication)Example:
Crack a joke.
source: wordnet30 - cause to become cracked(verb.change)Example:
Heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair.
source: wordnet30 - reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking(verb.change)source: wordnet30
- break into simpler molecules by means of heat(verb.change)Example:
The petroleum cracked.
source: wordnet30 - To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.(verb)source: webster1913
- To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.(verb)source: webster1913