crock

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Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense. (as in "that is a bunch of crock" or "the story is a crock")
A piece of broken pottery, a shard
A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container
An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse). Old crocks race = veteran car rally
To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage

The pots should be crocked for drainage to one-half their depth and the plants made moderately firm in the compost, as already indicated.

A person who is physically limited by age or injury. Old crocks home = home for the aged
To break something or injure someone

Ferreira ... peremptorily expunges England’s World Cup chances by crocking Wayne Rooney.

To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another

In leather garments, lining also prevents crocking of color onto skin or garments worn underneath.

{n} an earthen pot, pan, black of a pot
{v} to blacken with foul matter
an earthen jar (made of baked clay) nonsense; foolish talk; "that's a crock" soil with or as with crock release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter
If you describe someone as an old crock, you mean that they are old and weak
disapproval If you describe what someone has said as a crock, you mean that you think it is foolish, wrong, or untrue
Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse. (short for crock of shit.)
release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth
soil with or as with crock
A crock is a clay pot or jar
soil with or as with crock release color when rubbed, of badly dyed fabric
Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher
{f} break, damage, injure; make dirty
To give off crock or smut
an earthen jar (made of baked clay) nonsense; foolish talk; "that's a crock"
an earthen jar (made of baked clay)
nonsense; foolish talk; "that's a crock"
{i} clay jar; someone or something that is old and decrepit (person, horse, etc.); lie, nonsense
a crock of gold: see gold. To give off soot or color. To disable; wreck. Often used with up
The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth
A low stool
crock of gold
a valuable, but elusive treasure
crock of shit
false information

What a crock of shit.

crock pot
A slow cooker
crock pots
plural form of crock pot
Crock-Pot
{i} ® brand of electric slow cooker
crock pot
{i} electric slow cooker
crock pot
an electric cooker that maintains a relatively low temperature
crocked
drunk (of a person)
crocked
{s} drunk, intoxicated (Slang); decrepit, broken-down
crocked
very drunk
crocked
Intoxicated; drunk
crocked
broken (of a thing)
crocked
injured (of a person)
crocking
Rubbing off of unfixed dye from wet or dry fabric
crocking
the term used when dry fabric rubs excess dye onto an adjacent fabric This most often happens with very dark colors such as brown, black, navy and red
crocking
Image rub-off that occurs when a pigment or dye is not adequately fixed on the substrate
crocking
Rubbing off of color as a result of improper dye, poor penetration, or fixation
crocking
The loss of transfer of leather coloring or finish by abrasion
crocking
A loss of dye color at points of friction or wear
crocking
Coloring that rubs off and causes discoloration
crocking
present participle of crock
crocking
Excess coloring matter which rubs or chips off material because of improper penetration or fixation by the dyestuff
crocking
Removing the crock, or excess coloring, that rubs off of a newly-dyed hide
crocking
Image rub-off that occurs when a pigment or dye is not adequately fixed in the substrate
crocking
The rubbing off of coloring, finishing materials, or residual buffing dust from leather onto other materials that it comes in contact with
crocking
The transfer of dye stuff from one fabric to another by friction This problem is usually worse with darker shades Reds are often a problem in this respect This is a dyeing problem and can be dealt with in the dyehouse The red crocks, but the blue does not
crocking
The rubbing-off of dye from a fabric Crocking can be the result of lack of penetration of the dyeing agent, the use of incorrect dyes or dyeing procedures, or the lack of proper washing procedures and finishing treatments after the dyeing process
crocks
plural of crock
crock

    Турецкое произношение

    kräk

    Синонимы

    vessel, pitcher, crockery, container, pot

    Произношение

    /ˈkräk/ /ˈkrɑːk/

    Этимология

    [ 'kräk ] (noun.) before 12th century. From Middle English crokke, from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”), from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *k(')rōug(')-, *k(')rōuk(')- (“vessel”). Cognate with Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), German Krug (“jug”), Danish krukke (“jar”), Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English crōg, crōh (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse.

    Времена

    crocks, crocking, crocked

    Общие Словосочетания

    crock pot, crock skirt
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