cranny
To break into, or become full of, cranniesTo break into, or become full of, crannies.
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2 senses(intransitive)To break into, or become full of, crannies.
(intransitive)To haunt or enter by crannies.
Examples
11 sentencesDid you search every nook and cranny?
There's all kinds of nooks and crannies.
Mary knows every nook and cranny here.
ruМэри здесь каждый уголок знает. — marafon
deMaria kennt hier jeden Winkel. — al_ex_an_der
Ziri explored the nooks and crannies of the site.
The dust gets into all the nooks and crannies.
deDer Staub dringt durch alle Ritzen. — raggione
Origin
From Middle English crany, crani (“cranny”), apparently a diminutive of *cran (+ -y), fromFrom Middle English crany, crani (“cranny”), apparently a diminutive of *cran (+ -y), from Old French cran, cren (“notch, fissure”), a derivative of crener (“to notch, split”), from Medieval Latin crenō (“split”, verb), from Vulgar Latin *crinō (“split, break”, verb), of obscure origin; according to Watkins, of Gaulish origin, from Proto-Celtic *krīnos (“decayed, withered”).
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Forms
crannies, crannying, crannied, cranniedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.