Definitions for COWER
ˈkaʊ ərcow·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. huddle, cowerverb

   crouch or curl up

   "They huddled outside in the rain"

2. fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovelverb

   show submission or fear

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cowerverb

   To crouch or cringe in fear.

   He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.

2. Etymology: From kuren or from Scandinavian (kúra). Compare German kauern. Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Cowerverb

   To sink by bending the knees; to stoop; to shrink.

   Etymology: cwrrian, Welsh; courber, Fr. or perhaps borrowed from the manner in which a cow sinks on her knees.

   Let the pail be put over the man’s head above water, and then he cower down, and the pail be pressed down with him. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 155.

   The splitting rocks cower’d in the sinking sands,
   And would not dash me with their ragged sides. William Shakespeare.

   As thus he spake, each bird and beast beheld,
   Approaching two and two; these cow’ring low
   With blandishment, each bird stoop’d on his wing. John Milton.

   Our dame sits cow’ring o’er a kitchen fire;
   I draw fresh air, and nature’s works admire. John Dryden, Fables.

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1. cower

   Cower means to shrink away or crouch down in fear or distress. It describes an action of recoiling or moving backwards to avoid something perceived as threatening, dangerous, or unpleasant.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cowerverb

   to stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear

2. Cowerverb

   to cherish with care

3. Etymology: [Cf. Icel. kera to doze, liequiet, Sw. kura, Dan. kure, G. kauern to cower, W. cwrian.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cower

   kow′er, v.i. to sink down through fear, &c.: to crouch, for protection or in fear.—adv. Cow′eringly. [Cf. Ice. kúra, Dan. kure, to lie quiet.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COWER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cower is ranked #151532 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Cower surname appeared 108 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Cower.
   
   91.6% or 99 total occurrences were White.
   7.4% or 8 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Crouch

How to pronounce COWER?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of COWER in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of COWER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of COWER in a Sentence

1. Nadia AhmadNadia Ahmad:

   I don't think I paused to process what had happened on 9/11, because I was too busy responding. I couldn't grieve, because I felt under siege, everything changed suddenly. The ground beneath our feet was shifting. At the same time, there was no way as an Bangladeshi American, Berkeley-educated Muslim woman I would cower in this situation.

2. Matthew Fletcher:

   When you're attacked ... you have every right to defend yourself, there's no duty to retreat, there's no duty to hide or cower. You have the right to leave.

3. Hillary Clinton:

   This is a time for America to lead, not cower.

4. Misty Buswell:

   Families (Save the Children interviewed) spoke of sick babies dying at checkpoints, vets (veterinary surgeons) treating humans, and children forced to eat animal feed as they cower in basements from airstrikes.

5. Elizabeth Warren:

   It comes to you, New Hampshire, to decide, when there's this much fear, when there is this much on the line, do we crouch down, do we cower, do we back up, or do we fight back?

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=COWER
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Cower
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=COWER
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/COWER
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=COWER
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html