crow
English
Pronunciation
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊ
Etymology 1
From Middle English crowe, from Old English crāwe, from Proto-Germanic *krāwō (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *krāhaną ‘to crow’. See below.
Noun
crow (plural crows)
- A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
- 1922, E.R. Eddison, The Worm Ouroborus:
- Gaslark in his splendour on the golden stairs saying adieu to those three captains and their matchless armament foredoomed to dogs and crows on Salapanta Hills.
- The cry of the rooster.
- Synonym: cock-a-doodle-doo
- Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template..
- A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society, published 1985, page 267:
- He approached the humble tomb in which Antonia reposed. He had provided himself with an iron crow and a pick-axe: but this precaution was unnecessary.
- Synonym: crowbar
- A gangplank (corvus) used by the Roman navy to board enemy ships.
- (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
Derived terms
- American crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
- as the crow flies
- Australian crow (Corvus orru)
- Banggai crow (Corvus unicolor)
- bare-faced crow (Corvus tristis)
- Bismarck crow (Corvus insularis)
- black crow (Corvus capensis)
- Bougainville crow(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- Cape crow (Corvus capensis)
- carrion crow (Corvus corone)
- collared crow (Corvus torquatus)
- crow's foot ("facial wrinkle")
- Cuban crow (Corvus nasicus)
- Danish crow (Corvus cornix)
- eat crow
- Eurasian crow (Corvus corone)
- fish crow (Corvus ossifragus)
- Flores crow (Corvus florensis)
- grey crow (Corvus tristis)
- Hawaiian crow(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Corvus hawaiiensis, Corvus tropicus) - high-billed crow (†Corvus impluviatus)
- hooded crow (Corvus cornix)
- hoodiecrow (Corvus cornix)
- house crow (Corvus splendens)
- Jamaican crow (Corvus jamaicensis)
- jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- large-billed crow (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- little crow (Corvus bennetti)
- long-billed crow (Corvus validus)
- Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi)
- Mesopotamian crow (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides)
- †New Ireland crow
- northwestern crow (Corvus caurinus)
- palm crow (Corvus palmarum)
- pied crow(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Corvus albus) - piping crow (Corvus typicus)
- Puerto Rican crow (Corvus pumilis)
- robust crow (Corvus viriosus)
- Salomon Islands crow (Corvus meeki, Corvus woodfordi)
- Scotch crow (Corvus cornix)
- Sinaloan crow (Corvus sinaloae)
- slender-billed crow (Corvus enca)
- Somali crow (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
- stone the crows
- Tamaulipas crow (Corvus imparatus)
- Torresian crow(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- white-billed crow (Corvus woodfordi)
- white-necked crow (Corvus leucognaphalus)
Related terms
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See also
- caw
- murder of crows (“flock of crows”)
- raven
Further reading
- Corvus (boarding device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Middle English crowen, from Old English crāwan (past tense crēow, past participle crāwen), from Proto-Germanic *krēaną (compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen), from Proto-Indo-European *greh₂- ‘to caw, croak’ (compare Lithuanian gróti, Russian гра́ять (grájatʹ)). Related to croak.
Verb
crow (third-person singular simple present crows, present participle crowing, simple past crowed or (UK) crew, past participle crowed or (archaic) crown)
- (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Yet once me thought it [the ghost of Hamlet's father] was about to ſpeake, / And lifted vp his head to motion, / Like as he would ſpeake, but euen the / The morning cocke crew lowd, and in all haſte / It ſhrunke in haſte away, and vaniſhed / Our ſight.
- 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “Part II”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 37:
- 'You are that Psyche' Cyril said again / 'The mother of the sweetest little maid, / That ever crow'd for kisses.'
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- 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter III, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC, part I, page 48:
- Hearing the miner's footsteps, the baby would put up his arms and crow.
- 1962, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right”, in The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan:
- When your rooster crows at the break o' dawn / Look out your window and I'll be gone.
- (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
- He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.
- 2017 September 27, Julianne Tveten, “Zucktown, USA”, in The Baffler[1]:
- Touting its sponsorship of local engineering and sustainability programs, Amazon crows about such “investments” as its dog park, playing fields, art installations, and Buckyball-reminiscent domical gardens.
- (intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.
Usage notes
The past tense crew in modern usage is confined to literary and metaphorical uses, usually with reference to the story of Peter in Luke 22.60. The past participle crown is similarly poetical.
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