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crevasseenUK
crevassea deep cleft in glacial ice, chasm; a breach in a river levee
Not to be confused with:crevice – a fissure or crack forming an openingcre·vasse C0744200 (krĭ-văs′)n.1. A deep fissure, as in a glacier; a chasm.2. A crack or breach in a dike or levee.intr. & tr.v. cre·vassed, cre·vass·ing, cre·vass·es To develop or cause to develop crevasses.
[French, from Old French crevace, crevice; see crevice.]crevasse (krɪˈvæs) n1. (Physical Geography) a deep crack or fissure, esp in the ice of a glacier2. (Physical Geography) US a break in a river embankmentvb (tr) US to make a break or fissure in (a dyke, wall, etc)[C19: from French: crevice]cre•vasse (krəˈvæs)
n. a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc. [1805–15, Amer.; < French; see crevice] crevasse
Past participle: crevassed
Gerund: crevassing
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| crevasse | | crevasse |
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| I crevasse | | you crevasse | | he/she/it crevasses | | we crevasse | | you crevasse | | they crevasse |
| Preterite |
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| I crevassed | | you crevassed | | he/she/it crevassed | | we crevassed | | you crevassed | | they crevassed |
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| I am crevassing | | you are crevassing | | he/she/it is crevassing | | we are crevassing | | you are crevassing | | they are crevassing |
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| I have crevassed | | you have crevassed | | he/she/it has crevassed | | we have crevassed | | you have crevassed | | they have crevassed |
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| I was crevassing | | you were crevassing | | he/she/it was crevassing | | we were crevassing | | you were crevassing | | they were crevassing |
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| I had crevassed | | you had crevassed | | he/she/it had crevassed | | we had crevassed | | you had crevassed | | they had crevassed |
| Future |
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| I will crevasse | | you will crevasse | | he/she/it will crevasse | | we will crevasse | | you will crevasse | | they will crevasse |
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| I will have crevassed | | you will have crevassed | | he/she/it will have crevassed | | we will have crevassed | | you will have crevassed | | they will have crevassed |
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| I will be crevassing | | you will be crevassing | | he/she/it will be crevassing | | we will be crevassing | | you will be crevassing | | they will be crevassing |
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| I have been crevassing | | you have been crevassing | | he/she/it has been crevassing | | we have been crevassing | | you have been crevassing | | they have been crevassing |
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| I will have been crevassing | | you will have been crevassing | | he/she/it will have been crevassing | | we will have been crevassing | | you will have been crevassing | | they will have been crevassing |
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| I had been crevassing | | you had been crevassing | | he/she/it had been crevassing | | we had been crevassing | | you had been crevassing | | they had been crevassing |
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| I would crevasse | | you would crevasse | | he/she/it would crevasse | | we would crevasse | | you would crevasse | | they would crevasse |
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| I would have crevassed | | you would have crevassed | | he/she/it would have crevassed | | we would have crevassed | | you would have crevassed | | they would have crevassed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  crevasse - a deep fissure crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure - a long narrow opening |
crevassenoun crack, abyss, chasm, cleft, fissure The climber had fallen down a crevasse on to a ledge.Translationscrevasse (kriˈvӕs) noun a very deep crack or split in a glacier. (冰河、雪原等的)裂縫 （冰河、雪原等的）裂缝 crevasseenUK
crevasse (krəvăs`), large crack in the upper surface of a glacierglacier,
moving mass of ice that survives year to year, formed by the compacting of snow into névé and then into granular ice and set in motion outward and downward by the force of gravity and the stress of its accumulated mass.
..... Click the link for more information. , formed by tension acting upon the brittle ice. Transverse crevasses occur where the grade of the glacier bed becomes suddenly steeper; longitudinal crevasses, where the glacier spreads over a wider valley or plain. Marginal crevasses are due to the strain built up when the central part moves faster than the sides.crevasse[krə′vas] (geology) An open, nearly vertical fissure in a glacier or other mass of land ice or the earth, especially after earthquakes. crevasse1. a deep crack or fissure, esp in the ice of a glacier 2. US a break in a river embankment crevasseenUK
Synonyms for crevassenoun crackSynonyms- crack
- abyss
- chasm
- cleft
- fissure
Words related to crevassenoun a deep fissureRelated Words- crack
- scissure
- cleft
- crevice
- fissure
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