What does CROW mean?

Definitions for CROW
kroʊcrow

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. crownoun

    black birds having a raucous call

  2. crownoun

    the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)

  3. Crownoun

    a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana

  4. Corvus, Crownoun

    a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo

  5. brag, bragging, crow, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconadenoun

    an instance of boastful talk

    "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"

  6. Crowverb

    a Siouan language spoken by the Crow

  7. gloat, triumph, crowverb

    dwell on with satisfaction

  8. crowverb

    express pleasure verbally

    "She crowed with joy"

  9. crowverb

    utter shrill sounds

    "The cocks crowed all morning"

Wiktionary

  1. Crownoun

    A Native American tribe.

  2. Crownoun

    The Siouan language of this tribe.

  3. Etymology: crowen, from crawan, from krāhanan (compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen), from greh₂- ‘to caw, croak’ (compare Lithuanian gróti, Russian граять). Related to croak.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. CROWnoun

    Etymology: crawe, Saxon.

    The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air,
    Shew scarce so gross as beetles. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    To crows he like impartial grace affords,
    And choughs and daws, and such republick birds. Dryden.

    If you dispute, we must even pluck a crow about it. Roger L'Estrange, Fable 7.

    Resolve before we go,
    That you and I must pull a crow. Hudibras, p. ii. cant. ii.

    The crow is used as a lever to lift up the ends of great heavy timber, when either a bauk or a rowler is to be laid under it, and then they thrust the claws between the ground and the timber; and laying a bauk, or some such stuff, behind the crow, they draw the other end of the shank backwards, and so raise the timber. Joseph Moxon, Mech. Exer.

    Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight
    Unto my cell. William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet.

    Against the gate employ your crows of iron. Thomas Southerne.

  2. To Crowverb

    preterit. I crew, or crowed; I have crowed.

    Etymology: crawan , Saxon.

    But even then the morning cock crew loud. William Shakespeare, Ham.

    Diogenes called an ill physician, cock. Why? saith he. Diogenes answered, Because when you crew, men use to rise. Francis Bacon, Apophth. 284.

    That the lyon trembles at the crowing of the cock, king James, upon trial, found to be fabulous. George Hakewill.

    Within this homestead liv’d, without a peer
    For crowing loud, the noble Chanticleer,
    So hight her cock. John Dryden, Fables.

ChatGPT

  1. crow

    A crow is a large perched bird belonging to the Corvidae bird family. Known for their black feathers, strong bill, high intelligence, and social nature, they're one of the most adaptable bird species found across different continents, excluding Antarctica. Crows often live in large groups and they're omnivores, feeding on insects, plant materials, small animals, and even carrion. They're also notable for their loud and harsh "caw" sound.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Crowverb

    to make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance

  2. Crowverb

    to shout in exultation or defiance; to brag

  3. Crowverb

    to utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure

  4. Crowverb

    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. Crowverb

    a bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar

  6. Crowverb

    the cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1

  7. Crowverb

    the mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers

  8. Etymology: [AS. crwe a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. krhe; cf. Icel. krka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. crwan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]

Wikidata

  1. Crow

    Crows form the genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. Ranging in size from the relatively small pigeon-size jackdaws to the Common Raven of the Holarctic region and Thick-billed Raven of the highlands of Ethiopia, the 40 or so members of this genus occur on all temperate continents except for South America, and several islands. In Europe the word "crow" is used to refer to the Carrion Crow or the Hooded Crow, while in North America it is used for the American Crow or the Northwestern Crow. The crow genus makes up a third of the species in the Corvidae family. Crows appear to have evolved in Asia from the corvid stock, which had evolved in Australia. The collective name for a group of crows is a flock or a murder. Recent research has found some crow species capable of not only tool use but also tool construction and meta-tool use. Crows are now considered to be among the world's most intelligent animals with an encephalization quotient approaching that of some apes. The Jackdaw and the European Magpie have been found to have a nidopallium approximately the same relative size as the functionally equivalent neocortex in chimpanzees and humans, and significantly larger than is found in the gibbon.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Crow

    krō, n. a large bird, generally black, of the genus Corvus, which includes magpies, nut-crackers, jays, choughs, &c.: the cry of a cock: a crow-bar.—v.i. to croak: to cry as a cock, in joy or defiance: to boast, swagger (with over):—pa.t. crew (krōō) or crowed; pa.p. crowed.—ns. Crow′-bar, a large iron bar mostly bent at the end, to be used as a lever; Crow′-berr′y, a small creeping shrub, producing small black berries; Crow′-flow′er (Shak.), perhaps the same as Crow′foot, a common weed, the flower of which is like a crow's foot, the buttercup: crow's-foot: a number of lines rove through a long wooden block, supporting the backbone of an awning horizontally; Crow′-keep′er (Shak.), a scarecrow; Crow′-quill, a pen made of the quill of a crow, &c., for fine writing or etching; Crow's′-bill, Crow′-bill (surg.), a kind of forceps for extracting bullets, &c., from wounds; Crow's′-foot, one of the wrinkles produced by age, spreading out from the corners of the eyes: (mil.) a caltrop; Crow's′-nest (naut.), a shelter at the top-gallant mast-head of whalers for the man on the lookout.—n.pl. Crow′-steps (see Corbie).—n. Crow′-toe (Milt.), probably the same as Crowfoot.—As the crow flies, in a straight line; Eat crow, or boiled crow, to be forced to do something very disagreeable; Have a crow to pluck with, to have something to settle with some one. [A.S. crawe, a crow, crawan, to cry like a cock; imit.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. CROW

    A bird that never complains without caws.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. crow

    An iron lever furnished with a sharp point at one end, and two claws on a slight bevel bend at the other, to prize or remove weighty bodies, like pieces of timber, to draw spike-nails, &c. Also, to direct and manage the great guns.

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CROW

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Crow is ranked #1482 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Crow surname appeared 24,089 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 8 would have the surname Crow.

    89.2% or 21,504 total occurrences were White.
    2.7% or 665 total occurrences were Black.
    2.7% or 658 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.3% or 571 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2.3% or 566 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.5% or 125 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of CROW in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of CROW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of CROW in a Sentence

  1. President Obama:

    In one afternoon 50 years ago, so much of our turbulent history -- the stain of slavery and anguish of civil war; the yoke of segregation and tyranny of Jim Crow; the death of four little girls in Birmingham, and the dream of a Baptist preacher -- met on this bridge.

  2. Mitch McConnell:

    But Democrats blocked it by denying 60, many of the same colleagues have spent weeks thundering… that the Senate's 60-vote threshold is an offensive tool of obstruction, a Jim Crow relic, declaring that simple majorities should always get their way. But late last week they literally wielded the 60-vote threshold themselves.

  3. Theodosia Garrison:

    At first cock-crow the ghosts must go Back to their quiet graves below.

  4. Brad Raffensperger:

    Partisan critics of Georgia’s elections described our processes and security measures as ‘ Jim Crow 2.0 ’ designed to ‘ suppress ’ voters and ‘ subvert ’ elections, but record-breaking midterm voter turnout, minimal voter wait times and an overwhelming majority of voters approving of how our election went prove that Georgia voters see through those lies. They know that Georgia elections are safe, secure and accessible to every legal voter.

  5. Meredith Brackney.Independent voter Anne Santos:

    That is a plus for me. 'Cause that means that Jason Crow is still wanting my vote, he is very interested in what the regular person wants. I guess yeah, I think he would be more in touch with the everyday person.

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