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Definition of crisp verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

crisp

verb
 
/krɪsp/
 
/krɪsp/
[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they crisp
 
/krɪsp/
 
/krɪsp/
he / she / it crisps
 
/krɪsps/
 
/krɪsps/
past simple crisped
 
/krɪspt/
 
/krɪspt/
past participle crisped
 
/krɪspt/
 
/krɪspt/
-ing form crisping
 
/ˈkrɪspɪŋ/
 
/ˈkrɪspɪŋ/
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  1. crisp (something) to give food a crisp surface by putting it in an oven or under a grill; to develop a crisp surface in this way
    • Crisp the pastry in the oven.
    • Cook until the bacon starts to crisp.
    Word OriginOld English (referring to hair in the sense ‘curly’): from Latin crispus ‘curled’. Other senses may result from symbolic interpretation of the sound of the word.
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