cower
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle Low German kuren or from Scandinavian (Icelandic kúra (“to doze”)). Compare German kauern (“to squat”). Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʊər
[edit] Verb
cower (third-person singular simple present cowers, present participle cowering, simple past and past participle cowered)
- 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.
[edit] Translations
to crouch in fear
