Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kruhs, kroos]
- /krʌs, krus/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [kruhs, kroos]
- /krʌs, krus/
Definitions of crus word
- noun crus the leg, esp from the knee to the foot 3
- noun crus leglike parts or structures 3
- noun crus the part of a leg or hind limb between the knee and the ankle; shank 3
- noun crus any anatomical structure resembling a leg or (in the plural) a pair of legs, as the cerebral peduncles 3
- noun plural crus the part of the leg or hind limb between the femur or thigh and the ankle or tarsus; shank. 1
- noun plural crus a limb or process, as of a bone or other structure. 1
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Origin of crus
First appearance:
before 1680 One of the 48% oldest English words
1680-90; < Latin: leg, shank
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Crus
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
crus popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 82% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
crus usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for crus
noun crus
- shin — the 13th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
- meat — the flesh of animals as used for food.
- leg — either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
- stem — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, considered as a group of academic or career fields (often used attributively): degree programs in STEM disciplines; teaching STEM in high school.
- stalk — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
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