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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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name
Acronym of Clean Air Interstate Rule.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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name
Acronym of Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
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noun
Acronym of confidential aviation incident reporting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
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noun
Alternative form of caer (“Welsh fortress”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
To go.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
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verb
To carry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
To toss backwards and forwards; mix up; overhandle; stir about.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, transitive
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History
From Middle English cairen, kayren, from Old Norse keyra (“to whip, lash, fling, toss, prick on, drive”), from Proto-Germanic *kaurijaną (“to turn, sweep”). Cognate with Icelandic keyra (“to run, drive, urge”), Swedish köra (“to drive, go, run”), Danish køre (“to drive”), Norwegian Bokmål kjøre (“to drive”), Norwegian Nynorsk køyra (“to drive”), Old English ċierran (“to turn, change, go, come”). More at char.
