From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Crack \Crack\ (kr[a^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cracked}
(kr[a^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cracking}.] [OE. cracken,
craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to
crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to
rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. {Crake},
{Cracknel}, {Creak}.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of
the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.
[1913 Webster]
2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow;
hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.
[1913 Webster]
O, madam, my old heart is cracked. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
He thought none poets till their brains were
cracked. --Roscommon.
[1913 Webster]
3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to
crack a whip.
[1913 Webster]
4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke.
--B. Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low]
[1913 Webster]
{To crack a bottle}, to open the bottle and drink its
contents.
{To crack a crib}, to commit burglary. [Slang]
{To crack on}, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more
steam. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cracked \Cracked\ (kr[a^]kt), a.
1. Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat.
[1913 Webster]
2. Crack-brained. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
damaged \damaged\ (d[a^]m"[asl]jd), adj.
1. changed so as to reduce value, function, or other
desirable trait; -- usually not used of persons. Opposite
of {undamaged}. [Narrower terms: {battered, beat-up,
beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated,
ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound}; {bent, crumpled,
dented}; {blasted, rent, ripped, torn}; {broken-backed};
{burned-out(prenominal), burned out(predicate),
burnt-out(prenominal), burnt out(predicate)}; {burst,
ruptured}; {corroded}; {cracked, crackled, crazed};
{defaced, marred}; {hurt, weakened};
{knocked-out(prenominal), knocked out}; {mangled,
mutilated}; {peeling}; {scraped, scratched};
{storm-beaten}] Also See {blemished}, {broken}, {damaged},
{destroyed}, {impaired}, {injured}, {unsound}.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. Rendered imperfect by impairing the integrity of some
part, or by breaking. Opposite of {unbroken}. [Narrower
terms: {busted}; {chipped}; {cracked}; {crumbled,
fragmented}; {crushed, ground}; {dissolved}; {fractured};
{shattered, smashed, splintered}; {split}; {unkept,
violated}] Also See: {damaged}, {imperfect}, {injured},
{unsound}.
Syn: broken.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. being unjustly brought into disrepute; as, her damaged
reputation.
Syn: discredited.
[WordNet 1.5]
4. made to appear imperfect; -- especially of reputation; as,
the senator's seriously damaged reputation.
Syn: besmirched, flyblown, spotted, stained, sullied,
tainted, tarnished.
[WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cracked
adj 1: used of skin roughened as a result of cold or exposure;
"chapped lips" [syn: {chapped}, {cracked}, {roughened}]
2: of paint or varnish; having the appearance of alligator hide
[syn: {alligatored}, {cracked}]
3: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to
drive my husband balmy" [syn: {balmy}, {barmy}, {bats},
{batty}, {bonkers}, {buggy}, {cracked}, {crackers}, {daft},
{dotty}, {fruity}, {haywire}, {kooky}, {kookie}, {loco},
{loony}, {loopy}, {nuts}, {nutty}, {round the bend}, {around
the bend}, {wacky}, {whacky}]
|
