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crunch
If you crunch something hard, such as a sweet, you crush it noisily between your teeth. -
acute
An acute accent is a symbol that is placed over vowels in some languages in order to indicate how that vowel is pronounced or over one letter in a word to indicate where it is stressed. You refer to a letter with this accent as, for example, e acute. For example, there is an acute accent over the letter 'e' in the French word 'café'. -
concern
Concern is worry about a situation. -
crazy top
a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes. -
crimp
If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it. -
critical
If a person is critical or in a critical condition in hospital, they are seriously ill.