Words in english starting with C

• clean up — Verb – English ～ make oneself clean, presentable or neat; "Clean up before you go to the party"
• cheer up — Verb – English ～ become cheerful
• clean up — Verb – English ～ make a big profit; often in a short period of time; "The investor really cleaned up when the stock market went up"
• chat up — Verb – English ～ talk to someone with the aim of persuading him
• chew up — Verb – English ～ censure severely or angrily; "The mother scolded the child for entering a stranger's car"; "The deputy ragged the Prime Minister"; "The customer dressed down the waiter for bringing cold soup"
• choose up — Verb – English ～ form sides, as for a game
• charge up — Verb – English ～ cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
• chop up — Verb – English ～ cut into pieces; "Chop wood"; "chop meat"
• chalk up — Verb – English ～ keep score, as in games
• chin up — Verb – English ～ raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar
• chuck up the sponge — Verb – English ～ give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
• chalk up — Verb – English ～ accumulate as a debt; "he chalked up $100 in the course of the evening"
• clean up — Verb – English ～ dispose of; "settle the bills"
• check up on — Verb – English ～ examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; "check the brakes"; "Check out the engine"
• chat up — Verb – English ～ talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions; "The guys always try to chat up the new secretaries"; "My husband never flirts with other women"
• chain up — Verb – English ～ tie up with chains; "chain up the prisoners"
• catch up — Verb – English ～ reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework"
• catch up — Verb – English ～ learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened; "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology"
• carve up — Verb – English ～ separate into parts or portions; "divide the cake into three equal parts"; "The British carved up the Ottoman Empire after World War I"
• clog up — Verb – English ～ become or cause to become obstructed; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up"

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