Dictionary Entry
case
case is a 4-letter English word with 35 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 7 · 35 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.
- 2noun
A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
- 3noun
A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.
- 4noun
An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
- 5noun
A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
- 6transitive verb
To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
- 7transitive verb
To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
- 8noun
Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
- 9noun
That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstances; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.
- 10noun
A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
- 11noun
The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.
- 12noun
One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.
- 13intransitive verb
To propose hypothetical cases.
- 14noun
a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy
"the family brought suit against the landlord"
- 15noun
a portable container for carrying several objects
"the musicians left their instrument cases backstage"
- 16noun
a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home
- 17noun
bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow
"the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase"
Synonyms
- 18noun
(printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers
"for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters"
- 19noun
the enclosing frame around a door or window opening
"the casings had rotted away and had to be replaced"
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- 20noun
the housing or outer covering of something
"the clock has a walnut case"
- 21noun
an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part
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- 22noun
the actual state of things
"that was not the case"
- 23noun
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
- 24noun
a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument
"he stated his case clearly"
- 25noun
a problem requiring investigation
"Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir"
- 26noun
a specific size and style of type within a type family
- 27noun
an occurrence of something
"it was a case of bad judgment"
"another instance occurred yesterday"
- 28noun
a person requiring professional services
"a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor"
- 29noun
a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)
"a real character"
"a strange character"
- 30noun
a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
"the subjects for this investigation were selected randomly"
"the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities"
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- 31noun
the quantity contained in a case
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- 32noun
a special set of circumstances
"in that event, the first possibility is excluded"
"it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled"
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- 33noun
a specific state of mind that is temporary
"a case of the jitters"
- 34verb
enclose in, or as if in, a case
"my feet were encased in mud"
- 35verb
look over, usually with the intention to rob
"They men cased the housed"
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