Word Meaning

Meaning of cases

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

Crossword clue for cases

- Check out place to get bag
- Check-up
- Cover’s not even classier!
- Detective's job
- Detective’s assignment
- Display cabinet
- Example
- For fear that
- Lawsuit
- Packing box
- Problem requiring investigation (as in church)
- Receptacle
- set of circumstances
- Wine box
- Boxes
- Cartons
- Cartons of legal assignments
- Court hearing
- Criminal investigations
- Lawsuits some recalled from perverse sacrices
- Outer coverings
- Packing crates