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crisp
Adjective
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If something is crisp, it breaks easily and makes a cracking or snapping sound when you break or bite it.
Fry the bacon until it is brown and crisp.
Add the butter and continue cooking another 5 minutes or longer to brown and crisp them even more.
Nothing beats the taste of a crisp, juicy apple picked fresh from the tree.
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If cloth or paper is crisp, it is clean or new and often stiff.
The young man stood tall and straight in a crisp white shirt and dark pants.
Fifteen minutes later Wendy crawled between clean crisp sheets, realized that she was very, very tired, and fell instantly asleep.
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If the weather is crisp, it is cold and dry, often with a clear sky.
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If food tastes crisp, it has a fresh acid flavour.
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If a person is crisp, they are professional and quick, but not especially friendly.
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If a picture is crisp, it is very clear.
crisp
Noun
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; Crisps are thin, deep-fried potatoes.
crisp
Verb
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To make crisp.
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To become crisp.
and
Conjunction
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You use and to talk about two things at once.
I like singing and reading.
Mary and Jane went on a holiday together.
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You use and when you are listing a few things and you are now on your last item of the list.
I like singing, reading, cycling and playing soccer.
I used to like this girl from my class as she is pretty, gentle and caring.
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And is used when you are putting two sentences together.
She came into the store, shouted at the cashier, and left.
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Used to show what happened after something else.
The alarm went off and I woke up.
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And is used to join certain numbers together.
Two hundred and thirty-five people went missing after the earthquake.
dry
Adjective
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If something is dry, it has no water or liquid on it.
The Sahara desert is dry.
dry
Verb
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To make something less wet.
The clothes dried in the sun.
I dried myself after my bath.