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Definition: Cress |
CressNoun1. Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae having edible pungent-tasting leaves. 2. Pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "cress" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1812. (references) |
Etymology: Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), noun; plural Cresses(kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [Old English ces, cresse, kers, kerse, Anglo-Saxon cresse, cerse; akin to Dutch kers, German kresse, Danish karse, Swedish krasse, and possibly also to Old High German chresan to creep.]. (Websters 1913) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CRESS | English | Combined Reentry Effort in Small Systems | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: CressSynonym: cress plant (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Cress |
| English words defined with "cress": Arabis Canadensis, Arabis glabra, Arabis turrita ♦ Barbarea, Barbarea vulgaris ♦ Cardamine, Cardamine bulbosa, Cardamine pratensis, Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvy grass, common watercress, Cresses, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower ♦ garden cress, genus Barbarea, genus Cardamine, genus Lepidium, genus Pritzelago ♦ Kerse ♦ lady's smock, Lark's-heel, Lepidium ♦ marsh cress, meadow cress ♦ Nasturtium officinale, Nosesmart, Not worth a curse ♦ Peppergrass, Pritzelago ♦ Replum, rock cress, rockcress, rocket cress, Rorippa islandica, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum ♦ scurvy grass, Sickle pod, sicklepod, Sisymbrium barbarea, spring cress, Swine's cress ♦ tower cress, tower mustard, Town cress, Turritis glabra ♦ Wall cress, Wart cress, Water radish, winter cress ♦ yellow rocket, yellow watercress. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "cress": Kers. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Arabis koehleri var. koehleri, commonly known as Shrubby Rock Cress. Credit: Russ Holmes. |  | Closeup shot of shrubby rock cress (Arabis koehleri var. koehleri). Credit: Russ Holmes. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Cress" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 45.90% of the time. "Cress" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 45.9% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Noun (singular) | 45.9% | 28 | 65,706 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.92% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 3.28% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 61 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "cress" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cress | Last name | 2,000 | 4,909 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "cress": american cress ♦ Belle Isle cress ♦ Bitter cress ♦ chamois cress ♦ common garden cress ♦ cress green ♦ cress green cresson watercress ♦ cress plant ♦ early winter cress ♦ garden cress ♦ garden pepper cress ♦ indian cress ♦ land cress ♦ marsh cress ♦ meadow cress ♦ not worth a cress ♦ Par'a cress ♦ penny cress ♦ purple cress ♦ rock cress ♦ rocket cress ♦ spanish cress ♦ spring cress ♦ stone cress ♦ Swine's cress ♦ thale cress ♦ tower cress ♦ Town cress ♦ wall cress ♦ wart cress ♦ water cress ♦ winter cress ♦ yellow cress. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "cress": dock-cress, egg-and-cress, water-cress. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "cress"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | نبات الخردل, قرة العين نباتة, رشاد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | кресон (watercress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 水芹. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | řeřicha (water cress, watercress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tykskulpet brøndkarse (water cress, watercress), stinkende karse (narrow-leaved cress, narrow-leaved pepperwort), pengeurt (creeping jenny, monney wort, penny cress), pengebladet fredloes (creeping jenny, monney wort, penny cress), gåsemad (Arabidopsis thaliana, common wallcress, mouse-ear cress, thale cress), engkarse (cuckoo flower, lady's smock, meadow cress), broendkarse (water cress, watercress), brøndkarse (water cress, watercress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zandraket (Arabidopsis thaliana, common wallcress, mouse-ear cress, thale cress), witte waterkers (true watercress, watercress), waterkers (watercress), steenkruidkers (narrow-leaved cress, narrow-leaved pepperwort), pinksterbloem (bitter-cress, cuckoo flower), penningkruid (creeping jenny, monney wort, penny cress), klein tasjeskruid (shepherd's cress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تره تیزک (Gardencress), رازیانه ابی (Glasswort), رشاد. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vesikrassi (water cress, watercress), vanakrassi (shepherd's cress), suikeroalpi (creeping jenny, monney wort, penny cress), pihakrassi (narrow-leaved cress, narrow-leaved pepperwort), luhtalitukka (cuckoo flower, lady's smock, meadow cress), lituruoho (Arabidopsis thaliana, common wallcress, mouse-ear cress, thale cress), krassi (garden cress, nasturtium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cresson de fontaine (water cress), cresson (water cress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kresse (nasturtium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κάρδαμο (water cress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צמח חר"לי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | zsázsa. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | crescione (watercress), nasturzio (nasturtium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cresh (garden cress), burley (wad, water cress). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | karse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esscray agrião (watercress). (various references) creson (pepper grass), cãlţunaş (nasturtium). (various references) кресс. (various references) ugas, grbaštica. (various references) mastuerzo (dolt, dope), berro (watercress). (various references) krasse (nasturtium). (various references) tere. (various references) хрінниця посівна, крес-салат. (various references) berwr. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "cress": cresses, cresset, cressets. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "cress": ancress, pennycress, watercress. (additional references) | |
Words containing "cress": ancresses, pennycresses, watercresses. (additional references) | |
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"Cress" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cdes, cers, cerys, chres, cless, crassa, creefs, crems, Cres, crese, cresh, Cressa, Cresse, Cressid, crez, cris, criss, crs, crys, Krass, Kreiss, kriss, ktess, ress, ressg. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "cress" (pronounced kre"s) |
| 3 | -r e" s | aggress, depress, digress, distress, dress, egress, ers, express, fluoresce, impress, oppress, press, redress, repress, stress, suppress, transgress, tress, undress. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: cess, recs, secs, sers. | |
-2 letters: ers, ess, rec, res, sec, ser. | |
-3 letters: er, es, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: caress, carses, corses, crases, crests, crises, crosse, cruses, curses, cusser, escars, recess, scares, scores, screes, screws, scries, seracs, sucres. | |
+2 letters: actress, ancress, arcuses, caesars, carless, caserns, casters, causers, censers, censors, cerises, ceruses, cesuras, chasers, classer, closers, corpses, corsets, coshers, costers, courses, crashes, crasser, creases, creeses, cresols, cresses, cresset, cresyls, crossed, crosser, crosses, cruises, crusets, crushes, cursers, cussers, cypress, escarps, eschars, escorts, escrows, frescos, parsecs, percuss, precess, process, recasts, recross, recuses, rescues, resects, roscoes, sackers, saucers, scalers, scarers, scarves, scleras, scorers, scoters, scrapes, screaks, screams, screeds, screens, scribes, scrives, secerns, secpars, secrets, sectors, secures, sferics, slicers, soccers, sources, spacers, spicers, spruces, suckers, sucrase, sucrose. | |
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