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Definition of 'CROW'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) crow
any of various large, stout-billed, usu. gregarious songbirds of the genus Corvus (family Corvidae), typically black or drab-colored, and nearly worldwide in distribution.

2.  crow
any of several other birds of the family Corvidae.

3.  crow
eat crow, to be forced to admit one's mistake; suffer humiliation.

4. (v.i.) crow
to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.

5.  crow
to gloat or exult (often fol. by over).

6.  crow
to boast or brag.

7.  crow
to utter an inarticulate cry of pleasure.

8. (n.) crow
the cry of a rooster.

9.  crow
an inarticulate cry of pleasure.

10. (n.) Crow
a member of a Plains Indian people of the Yellowstone River drainage basin in Montana and N Wyoming.

11.  Crow
the Siouan language of the Crow.

Etymology: (1795–1805; trans. of North American F (gens des) Corbeaux Raven (people), literal trans. of Crow apsá&raiseddot;loke a Crow Indian)

Definition of 'CROW'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) crow
black birds having a raucous call

2. (noun) crow
the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)

3. (noun) Crow
a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana

4. (noun) Corvus, Crow
a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo

5. (noun) brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
an instance of boastful talk
"his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"

6. (verb) Crow
a Siouan language spoken by the Crow

7. (verb) gloat, triumph, crow
dwell on with satisfaction

8. (verb) crow
express pleasure verbally
"She crowed with joy"

9. (verb) crow
utter shrill sounds
"The cocks crowed all morning"

Definition of 'CROW'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) crow
a large black bird

2. (verb) crow
(of a rooster) to make a loud sound
roosters crowing at sunrise

Definition of 'CROW'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) CROW
to make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance

2. (verb) CROW
to shout in exultation or defiance; to brag

3. (verb) CROW
to utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure

4. (verb) CROW
a bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw

5. (verb) CROW
a bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar

6. (verb) CROW
the cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1

7. (verb) CROW
the mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers

Translation of 'CROW'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the name given to a number of large birds, generally black.
Afrikaans: kraai	Arabic: غُراب، زاغ	Bulgarian: врана
Brazilian: corvo	Czech: vrána	German: die Krähe
Danish: krage	Greek: κόρακας	Spanish: cuervo, grajo
Estonian: vares	Farsi: کلاغ	Finnish: varis
French: corneille	Hebrew: עוֹרֵב	Hindi: कौआ, काक, काग
Croatian: vrana	Hungarian: varjú	Indonesian: burung gagak
Icelandic: kráka	Italian: corvo	Japanese: からす
Korean: 까마귀	Lithuanian: varna	Latvian: vārna
Malay: gagak	Dutch: kraai	Norwegian: kråke
Polish: wrona	Persian: کلاغ	Pashto: کارغه
Portuguese: corvo	Romanian: cioară	Russian: ворон(а)
Slovak: vrana	Slovenian: vrana	Serbian: vrana
Swedish: kråka	Thai: อีกา	Turkish: karga
Taiwanese: 烏鴉	Ukrainian: ворона	Urdu: كوا
Vietnamese: con quạ	Chinese: 鸦，乌鸦
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