crow
See also: Crow
crow - English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kɹəʊ/
- (US) enPR: krō, IPA: /kɹoʊ/
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.
- Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
- A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
- Synonym: crowbar
- (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
- (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
- (derogatory) An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.
- Synonyms: see shrew
- (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A black person.
- (military, slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
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 (Corvus meeki)
- brown-headed crow (Corvus fuscicapillus)
- Cape crow (Corvus capensis)
- carrion crow (Corvus corone)
- cockcrow
- collared crow (Corvus torquatus)
- crowdom
- croweater
- crow's foot ("facial wrinkle")
- crow-line
- crow pheasant
- crow scarer
- crow to pick
- crow to pluck
- crow to pull
- crow-silk
- crow-tit
- crow-trodden
- Cuban crow (Corvus nasicus)
- Danish crow (Corvus cornix)
- dun crow
- eat boiled crow
- eat crow
- Eurasian crow (Corvus corone)
- fish crow (Corvus ossifragus)
- Flores crow (Corvus florensis)
- gallicrow
- grey crow (Corvus tristis)
- Hawaiian crow (Corvus hawaiiensis, Corvus tropicus)
- high-billed crow (†Corvus impluviatus)
- holy crow
- hooded crow (Corvus cornix)
- hoodiecrow (Corvus cornix)
- house crow (Corvus splendens)
- Jamaican crow (Corvus jamaicensis)
- John crow
- jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- king crow
- large-billed crow (Corvus macrorhynchos macrorhynchus)
- little crow (Corvus bennetti)
- long-billed crow (Corvus validus)
- Mariana crow (Corvus kubaryi)
- Mesopotamian crow (Corvus cornix capellanus)
- midden crow
- New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides)
- †New Ireland crow
- northwestern crow (Corvus caurinus)
- Pagenstecher's crow
- palm crow (Corvus palmarum)
- pied crow (Corvus albus)
- piping crow (Corvus typicus)
- Puerto Rican crow (Corvus pumilis)
- rain crow
- robust crow (Corvus viriosus)
- Royston crow
- Salomon Islands crow (Corvus meeki, Corvus woodfordi)
- scald-crow
- Scotch crow (Corvus cornix)
- sea crow
- Sinaloan crow (Corvus sinaloae)
- slender-billed crow (Corvus enca)
- small brown crow (Euploea darchia) (butterfly)
- Somali crow (Corvus edithae)
- stone the crows
- Tamaulipas crow (Corvus imparatus)
- Torresian crow (Corvus orru)
- violaceous crow (Corvus enca violaceus)
- water crow
- white-billed crow (Corvus woodfordi)
- white-necked crow (Corvus leucognaphalus)
Related terms
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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.
- (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
- He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.
- (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.
Derived terms
Translations
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Noun
crow (plural crows)
- The cry of the bird known in the US as a rooster and in British English as a cockerel.
- Synonym: cock-a-doodle-doo
Anagrams
crow - Middle English
Noun
crow
- Alternative form of crowe