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# crisp

adjective (crisp, crisper, crispest); noun (a crisp, crisps — British); verb (crisp up)

«crisp» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Crisp means hard and dry in a nice way, so it breaks with a crunch, like fresh toast or an apple. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#m1)
2. Crisp weather is cold, dry and fresh. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#m2)
3. Crisp paper or clothes are fresh and smooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#m3)
4. In the UK and Ireland, crisps are thin fried potato slices in a packet (Americans call them chips). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#m4)
5. A crisp way of speaking is quick and clear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#m5)
6. Crisp can also describe hair or a beard that is curly and wiry rather than straight and smooth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#m6)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and food, apples, lettuce and biscuits are crisp when fresh and go soft when old. In British school lunchboxes, a packet of crisps is common. In stories, «a crisp autumn morning» and «crisp snow» set the scene. Phrases: a packet of crisps, crisp and fresh, burnt to a crisp, crisp air.

### Examples

- This apple is crisp and juicy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#x1)
- Can I have a packet of crisps? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#x2)
- It was a crisp, sunny winter morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#x3)
- Our boots crunched in the crisp snow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#x4)
- The toast was burnt to a crisp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#x5)
- He gave a crisp new note to the shopkeeper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#x6)
- Keep the biscuits in a tin so they stay crisp. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#x7)
- Salt and vinegar crisps are my favourite. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#x8)
- His hair is brown and crisp, and his lips are red as a pomegranate, and he has large and dreamy eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/#x9)

### Note

Big trap: British «crisps» = American «chips»; British «chips» = American «fries». Adjective forms: crisper, crispest; «crispy» means almost the same. «Burnt to a crisp» means completely burnt.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «crisp» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/crisp/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«crisp» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crisp.html) on Mova free.