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CROW
crow
(noun) black birds having a raucous call
Crow
(noun) a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
(noun) an instance of boastful talk; “his brag is worse than his fight”; “whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade”
crow
(noun) the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
Corvus, Crow
(noun) a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo
Crow
(noun) a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
crow
(verb) express pleasure verbally; “She crowed with joy”
crow
(verb) utter shrill sounds; “The cocks crowed all morning”
gloat, triumph, crow
(verb) dwell on with satisfaction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
crow (plural crows)
A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
The cry of the rooster.
Synonym: cock-a-doodle-doo
Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
Synonym: crowbar
(historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
(among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
(ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A black person.
(military, slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
Etymology 2
Verb
crow (third-person singular simple present crows, present participle crowing, simple past (UK) crew or crowed, past participle (archaic) crown or crowed)
(intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
(intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
(intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.
Usage notes
The past tense crew in modern usage is confined to literary and metaphorical uses, usually with reference to the story of Peter in Luke 22.60. The past participle crown is similarly poetical.
Anagrams
• Worc
Etymology 1
Noun
Crow (plural Crows or Crow)
A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.
Synonym: Crow Indian
Proper noun
Crow
The Siouan language of this tribe.
Synonym: Absaroki (obsolete)
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Crow
A surname.
Anagrams
• Worc
Source: Wiktionary
Crow (kr), v. i. [imp. Crew (kr or Crowed (kr; p. p. Crowed (Crown (krn), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Crowing.] Etym: [AS. cr; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr, cf. Lith. groti to croak. sq. root24. Cf. Crake.]
1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. "The cock had crown." Bayron. The morning cock crew loud. Shak.
2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure. The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for kisses. Tennyson. To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist. Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. Bp. Hall.
Crow, n. Etym: [AS. cr a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr; cf. Icel. kr crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.
Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is C. corone. The common American crow is C. Americanus. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under Carrion.
2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. Shak.
3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.
4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers. Carrion crow. See under Carrion.
– Crow blackbird (Zoöl.), an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); -- called also purple grackle.
– Crow pheasant (Zoöl.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.
– Crow shrike (Zoöl.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.
– Red-legged crow. See Crough.
– As the crow flies, in a direct line.
– To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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