chalk
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Pre-Greekbor.?
Ancient Greek χᾰ́λῐξ (khắlĭx)bor.?
substratebor.?
Latin calxbor.
Proto-West Germanic *kalk
Old English ċealc
Middle English chalk
English chalk
Inherited from Middle English chalk, chalke, from Old English ċealc, from Proto-West Germanic *kalk, borrowed from Latin calx (“limestone”), again borrowed from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”). Doublet of calx and cauk.
Inflected forms:
form: chalks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: chaulk
pos: noun
tags: alternative
dated
form: chalks
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chalking
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: chalked
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: chalked
pos: verb
tags: past
form: chaulk
pos: verb
tags: alternative
dated
Senses:
gloss: A soft, white, powdery limestone (calcium carbonate, CaCO₃).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: chalk cliffs are not recommended for climbing
gloss: A piece of chalk, or nowadays processed compressed gypsum (calcium sulfate, CaSO₄), that is used for drawing and for writing on a blackboard (chalkboard).
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: Tailor's chalk.
pos: noun
tags: countable
gloss: A white powdery substance used to prevent hands slipping from holds when climbing, or losing grip in weight-lifting or gymnastics, sometimes but not always limestone-chalk, often magnesium carbonate (MgCO₃).
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: when working out your next move, it's a good idea to get some more chalk from the bag
gloss: A platoon-sized group of airborne soldiers.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
gloss: The favorite in a sporting event.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: The prediction that there will be no upsets, and the favored competitor will win.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: OK, let's get rid of the chalk players right away. The chalk likes North Carolina. Dean Smith has taken Carolina to the Final Four six times.
Excuse us for sticking with the chalk, but the predicted winners are Afternoon Deelites in the Derby, Oliver McCall over Larry Holmes, Nick Faldo in the Masters, and Al Unser Jr. in the Grand Prix.
Instead, he played the chalk and selected the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.
gloss: To apply chalk to anything, such as the tip of a billiard cue.
pos: verb
examples: chalk your hands before climbing
After a leg stretch, we set off again at 11:30 hours in charge of U.S.A. No. 1736 (Miss Ohio had been chalked on her), a 2-8-0 utility engine.
gloss: To record something, as on a blackboard, using chalk.
pos: verb
gloss: To use powdered chalk to mark the lines on a playing field.
pos: verb
gloss: To record a score or event, as if on a chalkboard.
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
examples: This Book it chaulketh out before thine eyes / The man that ſeeks the everlaſting Prize: / It ſhevvs you vvhence he comes, vvhither he goes, / VVhat he leaves undone; alſo vvhat he does: / It alſo ſhovvs you hovv he runs, and runs, / Till he unto the Gate of Glory comes.
gloss: To manure (land) with chalk.
pos: verb
examples: Land that is chalked
gloss: To make white, as if with chalk; to make pale; to bleach.
pos: verb
examples: Fear Stared in her eyes, and chalked her face
Related words: calcium
calx
Derived words: ball of chalk
bechalk
black chalk
Briançon chalk
by a long chalk
calabash chalk
chalkable
chalk and cheese
chalk and talk
chalk bag
chalk bass
chalkboard
chalk box
chalkbrood
chalkdust
chalk eater
chalk-eating weasel
chalken
chalker
Chalk Farm
chalk fish
chalk for cheese
chalk full
chalkland
chalkless
chalk lettuce
chalklike
chalk line
chalk maple
chalk mixture
chalkpit
chalk player
chalkstone
chalk stream
chalk talk
chalkware
chalk-white
chalky
chrysochalk
different as chalk and cheese
French chalk
gym chalk
gymnastics chalk
hair chalk
hand chalk
lifting chalk
nitrochalk
pavement chalk
rechalk
red chalk
sidewalk chalk
Spanish chalk
walk the chalk
walk the chalk line
walk the chalk mark
warchalk
weightlifting chalk
chalk against
chalk down
chalk it down
chalk off
chalk out
chalk something up to experience
chalk up
chalk up to
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