crisp : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crisp	by the DICT Development Group
8 results for crisp
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crisp adj (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" Synonym(s): crisp, sharp tender and brittle; "crisp potato chips" Synonym(s): crisp, crispy pleasantly cold and invigorating; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather" Synonym(s): crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy pleasingly firm and fresh; "crisp lettuce" (of hair) in small tight curls Synonym(s): crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand" Synonym(s): crisp, curt, laconic, terse n a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat [syn: chip, crisp, potato chip, Saratoga chip] v make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; "The dress got wrinkled"; "crease the paper like this to make a crane" Synonym(s): wrinkle, ruckle, crease, crinkle, scrunch, scrunch up, crisp make brown and crisp by heating; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes" Synonym(s): crispen, toast, crisp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crisp \Crisp\ (kr?sp), a. [AS. crisp, fr. L. crispus; cf. carpere to pluck, card (wool), and E. harvest. Cf. {Crape}.] 1. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair. 2. Curled with the ripple of the water. [Poetic] You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . . . Leave jour crisp channels. --Shak. 3. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow. The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. --Goldsmith. 4. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition. It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years. --Leigh Hunt. 5. Lively; sparking; effervescing. Your neat crisp claret. --Beau. & Fl. 6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively. The snug, small room, and the crisp fire. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crisp \Crisp\, v. i. To undulate or ripple. Cf. {Crisp}, v. t. To watch the crisping ripples on the beach. --Tennuson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crisp \Crisp\, n. That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crisp \Crisp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crisped} (kr?spt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Crisping}.] [L. crispare, fr. crispus. See {Crisp}. a. ] 1. To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees. 2. To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. {Crimp}. The lover with the myrtle sprays Adorns his crisped tresses. --Drayton. Along the crisped shades and bowers. --Milton. The crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold. --Milton. 3. To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking. {Crisping iron}, an instrument by which hair or any textile fabric is crisped. {Crisping pin}, the simplest form of crisping iron. --Is. iii. 22.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Crisp, NC Zip code(s): 27852
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
crisp (Or "discrete") The opposite of "{fuzzy}". (1994-12-23)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
CRISP A {Lisp}-like language and {compiler} for the {IBM 370} written by Jeff Barnett of SDC, Santa Monica, CA, USA in the early 1970s. It generalised {Lisp}'s two-part {cons node}s to n-part nodes. (1994-11-10)