crevasse


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crevasse

a deep cleft in glacial ice, chasm; a breach in a river levee
Not to be confused with:
crevice – a fissure or crack forming an opening
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cre·vasse

 (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.]
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crevasse

(krɪˈvæs)
n
1. (Physical Geography) a deep crack or fissure, esp in the ice of a glacier
2. (Physical Geography) US a break in a river embankment
vb
(tr) US to make a break or fissure in (a dyke, wall, etc)
[C19: from French: crevice]
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cre•vasse

(krəˈvæs)

n.
a fissure, or deep cleft, in glacial ice, the earth's surface, etc.
[1805–15, Amer.; < French; see crevice]
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crevasse


Past participle: crevassed
Gerund: crevassing

Imperative
crevasse
crevasse
Present
I crevasse
you crevasse
he/she/it crevasses
we crevasse
you crevasse
they crevasse
Preterite
I crevassed
you crevassed
he/she/it crevassed
we crevassed
you crevassed
they crevassed
Present Continuous
I am crevassing
you are crevassing
he/she/it is crevassing
we are crevassing
you are crevassing
they are crevassing
Present Perfect
I have crevassed
you have crevassed
he/she/it has crevassed
we have crevassed
you have crevassed
they have crevassed
Past Continuous
I was crevassing
you were crevassing
he/she/it was crevassing
we were crevassing
you were crevassing
they were crevassing
Past Perfect
I had crevassed
you had crevassed
he/she/it had crevassed
we had crevassed
you had crevassed
they had crevassed
Future
I will crevasse
you will crevasse
he/she/it will crevasse
we will crevasse
you will crevasse
they will crevasse
Future Perfect
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
Future Continuous
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
Present Perfect Continuous
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
Future Perfect Continuous
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
Past Perfect Continuous
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
Conditional
I would crevasse
you would crevasse
he/she/it would crevasse
we would crevasse
you would crevasse
they would crevasse
Past Conditional
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
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.crevasse - a deep fissurecrevasse - a deep fissure      
crack, scissure, cleft, crevice, fissure - a long narrow opening
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crevasse

noun crack, abyss, chasm, cleft, fissure The climber had fallen down a crevasse on to a ledge.
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Translations
صَدْع جَليدي
rozsedlina
gletscherspalte
halkeamarailo
gleccserszakadék
jökulgjá
dziļa plaisa šļūdonī
rozsadlina
derin aralık

crevasse

[krɪˈvæs] Ngrieta f
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crevasse

[krɪˈvæs] ncrevasse f
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crevasse

n(Gletscher)spalte f
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crevasse

[krɪˈvæs] ncrepaccio
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crevasse

(kriˈvӕs) noun
a very deep crack or split in a glacier.
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