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cower
(redirected from cowers)

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cow·er  (kour)
intr.v. cow·ered, cow·er·ing, cow·ers
To cringe in fear.

[Middle English couren, of Scandinavian origin.]

cower [ˈkaʊə]
vb
(intr) to crouch or cringe, as in fear
[from Middle Low German kūren to lie in wait; related to Swedish kura to lie in wait, Danish kure to squat]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.cower - crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain"
crouch, stoop, bend, bow - bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
2.cower - show submission or fear
bend, flex - form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

cower
verb cringe, shrink, tremble, crouch, flinch, quail, draw back, grovel The hostages cowered in their seats.
Translations
cower [ˈkaʊəʳ] VIencogerse(de miedo)
the servants were cowering in a cornerlos criados se habían refugiado medrosos en un rincón

cower [ˈkaʊər] vi (= crouch) → se recroqueviller

cower
visich ducken; (squatting) → kauern; to cower before somebodyvor jdm ducken; he stood cowering in a cornerer stand geduckt in einer Ecke; the cowering peasantsdie geduckten Bauern

cower [ˈkaʊəʳ] viacquattarsi (per paura)
cower [ˈkaʊəʳ] viacquattarsi (per paura)

cower
v cower [ˈkauə]
to draw back and crouch in fear He was cowering away from the fierce dog. terugdeins يَجْثُـم من الخوْف треперя (от страх) krčit se krybe; krybe sammen kauern ζαρώνω από φόβο encogerse, empequeñecerse, apocarse küüru tõmbudes taanduma از ترس خود را جمع کردن kyyristyä se tapir לְהִתכָּווֵץ מִפָּחַד झुकना या पीछे हटना ustuknuti meglapul mundur ketakutan hnipra sig saman rannicchiarsi すくむ 움추리다 trauktis susigūžus sarauties (no bailēm) meromok ineenkrimpen krype sammen kulić się encolher-se a se piti, a se ghemui съёживаться krčiť sa potuhniti se šćućuriti se krypa ihop, huka sig ทำตัวงอด้วยความกลัว yere çökmek 畏縮 зщулюватися خوف يا شرم ك‍ے مار‍ے رک جانا ngồi co rúm lại


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