Crack (Verb)
Meaning 1
Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension; "The pipe snapped".
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Meaning 2
Break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked".
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Meaning 3
Make a sharp sound; "his fingers snapped".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 4
Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking.
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Meaning 5
Make a very sharp explosive sound; "His gun cracked".
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Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.
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Meaning 6
Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only; "The glass cracked when it was heated".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 7
Tell spontaneously; "crack a joke".
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Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 8
Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions; "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe".
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Verbs of political and social activities and events.
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Meaning 9
Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise; "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler".
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Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
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Meaning 10
Pass through (a barrier); "Registrations cracked through the 30,000 mark in the county".
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Meaning 11
Break partially but keep its integrity; "The glass cracked".
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Meaning 12
Cause to become cracked; "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..