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.

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

How to say cower in sign language?

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. Rey Del Rio/Getty Images:

   [Americans] come back to always having that hope, no matter how difficult it is since the birth of our nation. Whether it was the Civil War, World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, an assassination decade of the '60s, or 9/11, we always had hope and we had presidents who inspired us, americans do not cower, whether it's the Nazis or the terrorists or the China virus. We have hope. We have strength. And when you have hope and strength, you have peace. But this president doesn't know what hope is.

2. Hillary Clinton:

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

3. Ray Bradbury:

   We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are happy, for there are no mountains to make them cower, to judge themselves against. So! A book is a loaded gun in the house next door. Burn it.

4. Brad Blakeman:

   This is a militant organization that wants to use this election cycle to be disruptive. It’s wrong and the more Democrats cower to them, the worse it gets.

5. George Zimmerman:

   What I’ve decided to do is not cower, i’m a free American. I can do what I want with my possessions. An attorney for Martin's family declined to specifically comment on Zimmerman, but did issue a statement to Fox 35 Orlando Wednesday.

Popularity rank by frequency of use