(v. t. & i.) To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.
(v. t. & i.) To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully.
(n.) A boast. See Crack, n.
(n.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.
Example Sentences:
(1) And Oryx and Crake is dealing with tendencies that are global rather than country-specific or allied to national politics.
(2) Morally provocative and darkly funny with plenty of sex (including some fashionable sadomasochism), the series will be lapped up by fans of The Handmaid's Tale and Oryx and Crake .
(3) For instance, David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, and Margaret Atwood's Oryx & Crake, two recent favorites, were speculative fiction, and Elizabeth Wein's Code Name Verity, another recent favourite, was historical.
(4) The presence of 5-3deltabeta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, IIbeta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase has been demonstrated histochemically in the adrenal gland of the rain quail Coturnix coromendalica, barn owl Tyto alba, brown crake Amaurornis akool and painted partidge Francholinus pictus.
(5) Does having written Oryx and Crake make you think The Handmaid’s Tale is less true than it was?
Crase
Definition:
(v. t.) To break in pieces; to crack.
Example Sentences:
(1) Whether or not Armstrong uttered the word "sorry," Crase writes that he now takes his place among a pantheon of infamous non-apologists, including Diego Maradona.