A man asked for a meal in a restaurant. The waiter brought the food and put it on the table. After a moment, the man called the waiter and said:
"Waiter! Waiter! There"s a fly in my soup!"
"Please don"t speak so loudly, sir," said the waiter, "or everyone will want one."
- a cut patterns etc. In. B (foll. By into) form a pattern etc. From (carved it into a bust).
- (absol.) Cut (meat etc.) Into slices. carve out 1 take from a larger whole.
- establish (a career etc.) Purposefully. Carve up 1 subdivide.
- drive aggressively into the path of (another vehicle). [old english]
CASTE
n. - any of the hindu hereditary classes whose members have no social contact with other classes.
- exclusive social class or system of classes. lose caste descend in social order. [spanish and portuguese: related to *chaste]
CATCH
—v. (past and past part. Caught) 1 capture in a trap, one's hands, etc.
- detect or surprise (esp. A guilty person).
- a intercept and hold (a moving thing) in the hands etc. B cricket dismiss (a batsman) by catching the ball before it reaches the ground.
- a contract (a disease) from an infected person. B acquire (a quality etc.) From another.
- a reach in time and board (a train, bus, etc.). B be in time to see etc. (a person or thing about to leave or finish).
- apprehend with the senses or mind (esp. A thing occurring quickly or briefly).
- (of an artist etc.) Reproduce faithfully.
- a (cause to) become fixed, entangled, or checked. B (often foll. By on) hit, deal a blow to (caught his elbow on the table).
- draw the attention of; captivate (caught his eye; caught her fancy). 10 begin to burn. 11 reach or overtake (a person etc. Ahead). 12 (foll. By at) try to grasp. —n. - a act of catching. B cricket etc. Chance or act of catching the ball.
- a amount of a thing caught, esp. Of fish. B thing or person caught or worth catching, esp. In marriage.
- a question, trick, etc., intended to deceive, incriminate, etc. B unexpected or hidden difficulty or disadvantage.
- device for fastening a door or window etc.
- mus. Round, esp. With words arranged to produce a humorous effect. catch fire see *fire. Catch hold of grasp, seize. Catch it slang be punished. Catch on colloq. - become popular.
- understand what is meant. Catch out 1 detect in a mistake etc.
- take unawares.
- = sense 3b of v. Catch up 1 a (often foll. By with) reach a person etc. Ahead (caught us up; caught up with us). B (often foll. By with, on) make up arrears.
- pick up hurriedly.
- (often in passive) a involve; entangle (caught up in crime). B fasten up (hair caught up in a ribbon). [latin capto try to catch]
- n. (often attrib.) Colloq. Unresolvable situation containing conflicting or mutually dependent conditions.
CATER
v. - supply food.
- (foll. By for) provide what is needed or desired (caters for all tastes).
- (foll. By to) pander to (esp. Low tastes). [anglo-french acatour buyer, from latin capto: related to *catch]
CATTY
adj. (-ier, -iest) spiteful. cattily adv. Cattiness n.
CAULK
v. (also calk) 1 stop up (the seams of a boat etc.).
- make (esp. A boat) watertight. [latin calco tread]
CAUSE
celèbre n. (pl. Causes celèbres pronunc. Same) lawsuit that attracts much interest. [french]
- —n. - a thing that produces an effect. B person or thing that occasions or produces something. C reason or motive.
- adequate reason (show cause).
- principle, belief, or purpose.
- a matter to be settled at law. B case offered at law (plead a cause). —v. (-sing) be the cause of, produce, make happen. [latin causa]
CAVIL
—v. (-ll-, us -l-) (usu. Foll. By at, about) make petty objections; carp. —n. Petty objection. [latin cavillor]
CDROM
abbr. Compact disc read-only memory (for the retrieval of text or data on a vdu screen).
CEASE
formal —v. (-sing) stop; bring or come to an end. —n. (in without cease) unending. [latin cesso]
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