| crisp | | |
| n. (food) | 1. chip, crisp, potato chip, saratoga chip | a thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat. |
| ~ snack food | food for light meals or for eating between meals. |
| v. (contact) | 2. crease, crinkle, crisp, ruckle, scrunch, scrunch up, wrinkle | 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" |
| ~ fold, fold up, turn up | bend or lay so that one part covers the other.; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar" |
| ~ pucker, cockle, rumple, crumple, knit | to gather something into small wrinkles or folds.; "She puckered her lips" |
| ~ ruck, ruck up, pucker | become wrinkled or drawn together.; "her lips puckered" |
| v. (change) | 3. crisp, crispen, toast | make brown and crisp by heating.; "toast bread"; "crisp potatoes" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ heat, heat up | make hot or hotter.; "the sun heats the oceans"; "heat the water on the stove" |
| adj. | 4. crisp, sharp | (of something seen or heard) clearly defined.; "a sharp photographic image"; "the sharp crack of a twig"; "the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot" |
| ~ distinct | easy to perceive; especially clearly outlined.; "a distinct flavor"; "a distinct odor of turpentine"; "a distinct outline"; "the ship appeared as a distinct silhouette"; "distinct fingerprints" |
| adj. | 5. crisp, crispy | tender and brittle.; "crisp potato chips" |
| ~ tender | easy to cut or chew.; "tender beef" |
| adj. | 6. crisp, frosty, nipping, nippy, snappy | pleasantly cold and invigorating.; "crisp clear nights and frosty mornings"; "a nipping wind"; "a nippy fall day"; "snappy weather" |
| ~ cold | having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration.; "a cold climate"; "a cold room"; "dinner has gotten cold"; "cold fingers"; "if you are cold, turn up the heat"; "a cold beer" |
| adj. | 7. crisp | pleasingly firm and fresh.; "crisp lettuce" |
| ~ fresh | recently made, produced, or harvested.; "fresh bread"; "a fresh scent"; "fresh lettuce" |
| adj. | 8. crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy | (of hair) in small tight curls. |
| ~ curly | (of hair) having curls or waves.; "they envied her naturally curly hair" |
| adj. | 9. crisp, curt, laconic, terse | 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" |
| ~ concise | expressing much in few words.; "a concise explanation" |
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