fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
(verb) show submission or fear
huddle, cower
(verb) crouch or curl up; “They huddled outside in the rain”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cower (third-person singular simple present cowers, present participle cowering, simple past and past participle cowered)
(intransitive) To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
(intransitive, archaic) To crouch in general.
(transitive) To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.
cower (third-person singular simple present cowers, present participle cowering, simple past and past participle cowered)
(obsolete, transitive) To cherish with care.
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Source: Wiktionary
Cow"er (-r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cowered (-rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Cowering.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. kera to doze, liequiet, Sw. kura, Dan. kure, G. kauern to cower, W. cwrian.]
Definition: To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear. Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. Dryden. Like falcons, cowering on the nest. Goldsmith.
Cow"er (kou"r), v. t.
Definition: To cherish with care. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 April 2024
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
