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care /kâr/ n. a. protection; close attention. A catch /kăch/ or /kĕch/ n. (catch•es pl.) a. a
baby needs loving care. b. anxiety; concern; thing that fastens or holds. The catch on her
worry. Too much care can cause health dress was broken. b. the act of taking and
problems. holding. The shortstop made a great catch!
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care /kâr/ v. (cares, cared, car•ing) a. to feel caught /kôt/ v. (catch•es, caught, catch•ing)
anxiety, interest, or worry. I don’t care who seized or retrieved; captured. Tonight we
wins. b. to love or like someone. They care caught five fireflies.
deeply for their children. cav•i•ty /kăv′ ĭ tē/ n. (cav•i•ties pl.) a small
care•ful•ly /kâr′ fəl ē/ adv. (care•ful adj.) hollow caused by decay in a tooth. If you
in a careful way; cautiously. He carefully brush your teeth properly, you won’t have
crossed the busy street. many cavities.
care•less•ly /kâr′ lĭs lē/ adv. (care•less ce•dar /sē′ dər/ n. a. a type of tree known
adj.) recklessly; in a careless way. She for its fragrant wood. b. a reddish wood.
carelessly tossed the litter into the street. Cedar is used to make trunks and closets.
car•rot /kăr′ ət/ n. a long, tapering, orange cell /sĕl/ n. a. one of the tiny parts of living
vegetable. I chopped a carrot for the soup. matter of which all animals and plants are
made. Some organisms are made up of only
one cell. b. a small, enclosed space. Each
cell contains data.
➤ Cell sounds like sell.
cel•lar /sĕl′ ər/ n. an underground room,
used for storage. The family next door fixed
up the cellar as a playroom for their
children.
cent /sĕnt/ n. the smallest coin of the United
States; a penny. One cent is one hundredth
of a dollar.
➤ Cent sounds like scent and sent.
cen•ter /sĕn′ tər/ n. a. a point in the middle.
Stand in the center of the circle. b. a main
area or place where people gather. The town
has a new shopping center.
carrot chain /chān/ n. a. a number of links or rings
fastened together. She strung the beads on a
car•ry /kăr′ ē/ v. (car•ries, car•ried, gold chain. b. a series of things that are
car•ry•ing) to take from one place to connected or joined. The Rocky Mountains
another. Will you carry this package home? are a chain of mountains.
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catch /kăch/ or /kĕch/ v. (catch•es, caught, chair /châr/ n. a piece of furniture with legs
catch•ing) a. to get; to take and hold onto; to and a back that holds one seated person. Let
seize. Watch that boy catch the ball! b. to Grandfather sit in the rocking chair.
get to in time. If you run, you can catch the chance /chăns/ n. a risk. Sometimes you have
bus. c. to be held by something. I always to take a chance and try something new.
catch my coat on that nail. change /chānj/ v. (chang•es, changed,
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chang•ing) to make or become different. She
will change her mind.
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