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 Definitions of Cower  [ˈkaʊ ər]  

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Definition of 'Cower' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) cower
to crouch or shrink back, as in fear or shame.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME couren < MLG kūren)

Definition of 'Cower' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) huddle, cower
crouch or curl up
"They huddled outside in the rain"

2. (verb) fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
show submission or fear


Definition of 'Cower' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) Cower
to stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear

2. (verb) Cower
to cherish with care


Translation of 'Cower' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to draw back and crouch in fear
He was cowering away from the fierce dog.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: terugdeins Arabic flag Arabic: يَجْثُـم من الخوْف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: треперя (от страх)
Brazilian flag Brazilian: encolher-se Czech flag Czech: krčit se German flag German: kauern
Danish flag Danish: krybe; krybe sammen Greek flag Greek: ζαρώνω από φόβο Spanish flag Spanish: encogerse, empequeñecerse
Estonian flag Estonian: küüru tõmbudes taanduma Farsi flag Farsi: از ترس خود را جمع کردن Finnish flag Finnish: kyyristyä
French flag French: se tapir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהִתכָּווֵץ מִפָּחַד Hindi flag Hindi: झुकना या पीछे हटना
Croatian flag Croatian: ustuknuti Hungarian flag Hungarian: meglapul Indonesian flag Indonesian: mundur ketakutan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hnipra sig saman Italian flag Italian: rannicchiarsi Japanese flag Japanese: すくむ
Korean flag Korean: 움추리다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: trauktis susigūžus Latvian flag Latvian: sarauties (no bailēm)
Malay flag Malay: meromok Dutch flag Dutch: ineenkrimpen Norwegian flag Norwegian: krype sammen
Polish flag Polish: kulić się Persian flag Persian: از ترس خود را جمع کردن Pashto flag Pashto: له ویری څخه ځان راټولول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: encolher-se Romanian flag Romanian: a se piti, a se ghemui Russian flag Russian: съёживаться
Slovak flag Slovak: krčiť sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: potuhniti se Serbian flag Serbian: šćućuriti se
Swedish flag Swedish: krypa ihop, huka sig Thai flag Thai: ทำตัวงอด้วยความกลัว Turkish flag Turkish: yereçökmek
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 畏縮 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: зщулюватися Urdu flag Urdu: خوف يا شرم ك‍ے مار‍ے رک ج
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngồi co rúm lại Chinese flag Chinese: 畏缩

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