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crow
1[ kroh ]
noun
- any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
- any of several other birds of the family Corvidae.
- any of various similar birds of other families.
- Crow, Astronomy. the constellation Corvus.
crow
2[ kroh ]
verb (used without object)
noun
- the characteristic cry of a rooster.
- an inarticulate cry of pleasure.
Crow
3[ kroh ]
noun
- a member of a Siouan people of eastern Montana.
- a Siouan language closely related to Hidatsa.
crow
1/ krəʊ /
noun
- any large gregarious songbird of the genus Corvus, esp C. corone (the carrion crow) of Europe and Asia: family Corvidae . Other species are the raven, rook, and jackdaw and all have a heavy bill, glossy black plumage, and rounded wings See also carrion crow corvine
- any of various other corvine birds, such as the jay, magpie, and nutcracker
- any of various similar birds of other families
- offensive.an old or ugly woman
- short for crowbar
- as the crow fliesas directly as possible
- eat crow informal.to be forced to do something humiliating
- stone the crows
crow
2/ krəʊ /
verb
- past tense crowed or crew to utter a shrill squawking sound, as a cock
- often foll by over to boast one's superiority
- (esp of babies) to utter cries of pleasure
noun
- the act or an instance of crowing
Crow
3/ krəʊ /
noun
- CrowsCrow a member of a Native American people living in E Montana
- the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family
Derived Forms
- ˈcrowingly, adverb
- ˈcrower, noun
Other Words From
- crower noun
- crowing·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of crow1
Origin of crow2
Origin of crow3
Word History and Origins
Origin of crow1
Origin of crow2
Idioms and Phrases
- as the crow flies, in a straight line; by the most direct route:
The next town is thirty miles from here, as the crow flies.
- eat crow, Informal. to be forced to admit to having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic statement; suffer humiliation:
His prediction was completely wrong, and he had to eat crow.
- have a crow to pick / pluck with someone, Midland and Southern U.S. to have a reason to disagree or argue with someone.
More idioms and phrases containing crow
In addition to the idiom beginning with crow , also see as the crow flies ; eat crow .Example Sentences
Outside, a flock of crows takes off in unison from the branches of an ancient oak.
Almost all young mammals play, as do birds like parrots and crows.
Neuroscientists have become increasingly interested in birds like the crow, which appear to be able to think creatively in ways that mirror human cognition.
It’s the first time that researchers have observed this behavior in snakes, though animals like crows or raccoons eat some toads in a similar fashion.
Some sponsorship contracts are being sold for anything between five to 10 times lower than usual, Crow said.
This mass incarceration is destroying the Black community -- it is, as Michelle Alexander writes, the New Jim Crow.
Thus, during Jim Crow, black men were routinely hanged, castrated, and lynched for alleged sexual assaults against white women.
Each working in its own way was essential to ending Jim Crow in the South.
Slowly, still falteringly but inexorably, Jim Crow justice was disappearing in the South.
“It tasted like a crow enchilada,” Morrissey said, as he literally ate his words.
Not much use as the high crests hid the intervening hinterland from view, even from the crow's nests.
The cat had been about to spring at Grandfather Mole again when Mr. Crow spoke to her.
And he quite agreed with old Mr. Crow, who had come hurrying up to see what was going on.
Mr. Crow was rocking back and forth on his perch, for a joke—on anybody except himself—always delighted him.
Farmer Green's cat had never liked Mr. Crow, for no particular reason.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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