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Meaning of "crake" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CRAKE

From Old Norse krāka crow or krākr raven, of imitative origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CRAKE

crake  [kreɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CRAKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crake is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CRAKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

crake

Rallidae

The rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small- to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules. Many species are associated with wetlands, although the family is found in every terrestrial habitat except dry deserts, polar regions, and alpine areas above the snow line. Members of the Rallidae occur on every continent except Antarctica. There are numerous island species. The most common rail habitats are marshland or dense forest. They are especially fond of dense vegetation.

Definition of crake in the English dictionary

The definition of crake in the dictionary is any of several rails that occur in the Old World, such as the corncrake and the spotted crake.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CRAKE


brake
breɪk
break
breɪk
canebrake
ˈkeɪnˌbreɪk
corncrake
ˈkɔːnˌkreɪk
daybreak
ˈdeɪˌbreɪk
drake
dreɪk
handbrake
ˈhændˌbreɪk
heartbreak
ˈhɑːtˌbreɪk
jailbreak
ˈdʒeɪlˌbreɪk
make-or-break
ˌmeɪkəˈbreɪk
mandrake
ˈmændreɪk
mini-break
ˈmɪnɪbreɪk
newsbreak
ˈnjuːzbreɪk
outbreak
ˈaʊtˌbreɪk
rake
reɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CRAKE

cragginess
craggy
cragsman
cragsmen
craic
craig
Craigavon
craigfluke
Craigie
Craiova
crakeberry
cram
cram-full
crambe
crambo
cramboclink
crame
crammable
crammed
crammer

WORDS THAT END LIKE CRAKE

ABS brake
aerobrake
air brake
antilock brake
coaster brake
disc brake
drum brake
emergency brake
firedrake
foot brake
hydraulic brake
lapstrake
overrake
parking brake
pedal brake
sheldrake
shooting brake
spotted crake
strake
vacuum brake

Synonyms and antonyms of crake in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crake» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CRAKE

Find out the translation of crake to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crake from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crake» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

秧鸡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crake
570 millions of speakers

English

crake
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

क्रेक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كريك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

погоныш
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crake
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দাঁড়কাক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

marouette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggunting
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

crake
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クイナ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뜸부기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gà nước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

crake
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रॅक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

crake
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crake
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

crake
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

погониші
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crake
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

crake
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Toevallig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sumphönans
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Crake
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crake

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CRAKE»

The term «crake» is normally little used and occupies the 114.406 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of crake
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CRAKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «crake» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «crake» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crake

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CRAKE»

Discover the use of crake in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crake and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Oryx and Crake
This is Margaret Atwood at the absolute peak of her powers. For readers of Oryx and Crake, nothing will ever look the same again. The narrator of Atwood's riveting novel calls himself Snowman.
Margaret Atwood, 2010
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Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood's classic novel, The Handmaid's Tale, is about the future. Now, in Oryx and Crake, the future has changed. It's much worse and bleaker. And we're well on the road to it now.
Margaret Atwood, 2009
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Oryx and Crake
Margaret Atwood projects us into a near future that is both all too familiar and beyond our imagining. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Margaret Atwood, 2004
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Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale' and 'Oryx and Crake' ...
Secondly I will answer the question about the inspiration for these novels and I will deal with the epilogues Atwood added to her books.
Martina Schönherr, 2009
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A Sheath of Yule Log Stories, Ed by a D Crake
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Augustine David Crake, 2009
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Margaret Atwood: The Robber Bride, The Blind Assassin, Oryx ...
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J. Brooks Bouson, 2010
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The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood
Margaret. Atwood's. dystopian. visions: The. Handmaid's. Tale. and. Oryx. and. Crake. All fictions begin with the question What if. The what if varies from book to book . . . but there is always a what if, to which the novel is the answer.1 Atwood's  ...
Coral Ann Howells, 2006
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Edwy the Fair
"Edwy the Fair" is a retelling of the story of Eadwig, who was King of the English from 955 through 959 AD. He ascended the throne at 16 on the death of Eadred, the previous King.
A. Crake, 2007
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From Solidarity to Schisms: 9/11 and After in Fiction and ...
Sharon Sutherland and Sarah Swan In this article, we read Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake as a post-9/11 text. We consider how Atwood uses the genre and devices of dystopic fiction in order to present a uniquely Canadian perspective on  ...
Cara Cilano, 2009
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Australian Bird Names: A Complete Guide
Crex crex (Linnaeus, 1758) [kreks kreks]: 'crake crake', see genus name. Baillon's Crake (breeding resident) Louis Baillon (1778*1855) was a French professional naturalist who lived through the Revolution and was assistant naturalist at the J ...
Jeannie Gray, Ian Fraser, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CRAKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crake is used in the context of the following news items.
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Taking part is main focus in festival Cup of friends
Teams came from Bowdon, Bury, Chester, Craig Y Don (Llandudno), Crake (Lake District), Fylde, Isle of Man, Southport and Westmorland to ... «Southport Visiter, Jul 15»
2
If you're burned out (or turned off) by 'Game of Thrones,' read these …
“Oryx and Crake,” “The Year of the Flood” and “MaddAddam” work in the other direction, stranding us in a new world, then working backward to ... «Bend Bulletin, Jun 15»
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Echoing across ages: Shelley and Atwood
Atwood's Oryx and Crake too may be considered as a reworking of the same theme of laboratory created humanoids that develop highly skilled ... «The Hindu, Jun 15»
4
Book festival Q&A: Jane Forrest-Waghorn
Most recently I read MaddAdam, the third novel in Oryx and Crake Trilogy. However with two little grandbabies Margaret Mahy is also there. «Marlborough Express, Jun 15»
5
St. Benedict's College Kotahena turns 150
Some of the popular names in the music industry Jerry Crake, Denzil & Bosco, Peter Prins, Dharmaratne Brothers, Spit Fires, Savages, Jet ... «Ceylon Daily News, Jun 15»
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Rejoice: Margaret Atwood Is Contributing to a Lady-Geek Comics …
... over Atwood's work, from the sci-fi novel-within-a-novel of The Blind Assassin to her recently completed Oryx and Crake trilogy of speculative ... «Slate Magazine, Jun 15»
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Burned out on 'Game of Thrones?' Try one of these.
Oryx and Crake, The Year of the Flood and MaddAddam work in the opposite direction, stranding us in a new world, and then working ... «Dallas Morning News, Jun 15»
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Drinkers toast new beer festival at Middlesbrough Town Hall Crypt
... Matthew Saul of the Twisted Lip on Baker Street, Shaun Crake and business partner Robert Robinson, who owns Sherlocks, and The Wasp's ... «Gazette Live, Jun 15»
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The Tide Is Rising On Reputational Risk : BP And Arts Sponsorship
Each performer smuggled in a book to create a library of selected texts, including Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake, the UNFCCC 2014 ... «Forbes, Jun 15»
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If you're burned out on 'Game of Thrones,' read these books
"Oryx and Crake," "The Year of the Flood" and "MaddAddam" work in the opposite direction, stranding us in a new world, and then working ... «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»

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