NOUN 1 an organization that raises money to help people in need
2 money or other help given to people in need
charm charms, charming, charmed
NOUN 1 something you wear for good luck
2 the quality of being attractive and pleasant
VERB 3 If you charm someone, you use your charm to please them.
chart charts
NOUN a diagram or table showing information
chase chases, chasing, chased
VERB If you chase someone, you run after them or follow them in order to catch them or make them leave a place.
chat chats, chatting, chatted
NOUN 1 a friendly talk with someone
VERB 2 When people chat, they talk to each other in a friendly way about things that are not very important.
chatty ADJECTIVE
chatroom chatrooms
NOUN an internet site where users have discussions using e-mail
chatter chatters, chattering, chattered
VERB 1 When people chatter, they talk about unimportant things.
2 If your teeth chatter, they knock together and make a clicking noise because you are cold.
chauffeur chauffeurs
NOUN a person whose job is to drive another person’s car • He had a chauffeur to drive him everywhere.
cheap cheaper, cheapest
ADJECTIVE 1 Something that is cheap costs very little money.
2 Cheap sometimes means of poor quality.
cheaply ADVERB
cheat cheats, cheating, cheated
VERB If someone cheats in a game or exam, they break the rules in order to do better.
check checks, checking, checked
VERB 1 If you check something, you examine it to make sure that everything is all right. • Check your work carefully when you finish.
NOUN 2 an inspection to make sure that everything is all right
3 Checks are different coloured squares that form a pattern.
checkout checkouts
NOUN the place in a supermarket where you pay for your goods
cheek cheeks
NOUN 1 Your cheeks are the sides of your face below your eyes.
2 speech or behaviour that is rude and disrespectful • Their grandparents won’t stand any cheek from them.
cheeky ADJECTIVE cheekily ADVERB
cheer cheers, cheering, cheered
VERB When people cheer, they shout loudly and happily. • We cheered our team when they won.
cheerful
ADJECTIVE A cheerful person is happy.
cheerfully ADVERB
cheese cheeses
NOUN a solid savoury food made from milk
cheetah cheetahs
NOUN a wild mammal like a large cat with black spots, mainly found in Africa
[from Sanskrit citra + kaya meaning speckled body]
chef chefs
NOUN a head cook in a restaurant or hotel
[from French chef meaning head]
chemical chemicals
NOUN 1 a substance made by the use of chemistry • Dangerous chemicals should be handled carefully.
ADJECTIVE 2 involved in chemistry or using chemicals • a chemical reaction
chemist chemists
NOUN a shop that sells medicines and cosmetics
chemistry
NOUN the scientific study of substances and the ways in which they change when they are combined
cheque cheques
NOUN a printed piece of paper that people can use to pay for things
cherry cherries
NOUN a small, juicy fruit with a red, yellow or black skin and a hard stone in the centre
chess
NOUN a game played on a board with 64 squares. Each player has 16 pieces.
chest chests
NOUN 1 the front part of your body between your shoulders and your waist
2 a large wooden box used for storing things
chestnut chestnuts
NOUN 1 a reddish-brown nut that grows inside a prickly, green outer covering
2 the tree that produces these nuts
ADJECTIVE 3 Something that is chestnut is reddish-brown in colour.
chew chews, chewing, chewed
VERB When you chew something, you use your teeth to break it up in your mouth before swallowing it.
chewing gum
NOUN a kind of sweet that you chew for a long time, but which you do not swallow
chick chicks
NOUN a young bird
chicken chickens
NOUN a bird kept on a farm for its eggs and meat; also the meat of this bird
chickenpox
NOUN an illness that causes a fever and blister-like spots to appear on the skin
chief chiefs
NOUN 1 the leader of a group or organization
ADJECTIVE 2 main or most important
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