Clues for the word "CASE"

We've had 334 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 687 times in crosswords. It was last seen in USA Today crossword on December 17, 2024.

Definition of case

n. - 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.
n. - A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.
n. - A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.
n. - An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.
n. - A small fissure which admits water to the workings.
v. t. - To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.
v. t. - To strip the skin from; as, to case a box.
n. - Chance; accident; hap; opportunity.
n. - 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.
n. - A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.
n. - 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.
n. - 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.
v. i. - To propose hypothetical cases.