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Crow ¹  (kr)

n. pl. Crow or Crows In both senses also called Absaroke.

1.

a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting an area of the northern Great Plains between the Platte and Yellowstone rivers, now located in southeast Montana. The Crow became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating west from the Missouri River in North Dakota in the 18th century.

b. A member of this people.

2. The Siouan language of the Crow.

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crow ¹  (kr)

n.

1. Any of several large glossy black birds of the genus Corvus, having a characteristic raucous call, especially C. brachyrhynchos of North America.

2. A crowbar.

Idiom:

as the crow flies

In a straight line.

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[Middle English croue, from Old English crwe; see ger-² in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from the resemblance of its forked end to a crow's foot or beak.]

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crow ²  (kr)

intr.v. crowed, crow·ing, crows

1. To utter the shrill cry characteristic of a cock or rooster.

2. To exult loudly, as over another's defeat; boast. See Synonyms at boast¹.

3. To make a sound expressive of pleasure or well-being, characteristic of an infant.

n.

1. The shrill cry of a cock.

2. An inarticulate sound expressive of pleasure or delight.

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[Middle English crouen, from Old English crwan; see ger-² in Indo-European roots.]

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crow ¹

Noun

1. a large black bird with a harsh call

2. as the crow flies in a straight line [Old English crāwa]

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crow ²

Verb

1. past crowed or crew (of a cock) to utter a shrill squawking sound

2. to boast about one's superiority

3. (of a baby) to utter cries of pleasure

Noun

a crowing sound [Old English crāwan]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crow - black birds having a raucous call corvine bird - birds of the crow family genus Corvus, Corvus - type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens American crow, Corvus brachyrhyncos - common crow of North America
	2.	crow - the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) cock-a-doodle-doo - an imitation of the crow of a cock cry - the characteristic utterance of an animal; "animal cries filled the night"
	3.	Crow - a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana Siouan, Sioux - a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains
	4.	Crow - a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo Corvus
	5.	crow - an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise - speaking of yourself in superlatives
	6.	Crow - a Siouan language spoken by the Crow Siouan language, Siouan - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux
Verb	1.	crow - dwell on with satisfaction gloat, triumph boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, tout, gas, bluster, swash, blow - show off preen, congratulate - pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
	2.	crow - express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
	3.	crow - utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning" let loose, let out, utter, emit - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"

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crow

verb gloat, triumph, boast, swagger, brag, vaunt, bluster, exult, blow your own trumpet

Translations

crow [krəu] n (bird) → cuervo; [of cock] → canto, cacareo

vi [cock] → cantar;

(fig) → jactarse

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crow [krəu] n (= bird) → corneille f [of cock]; chant m du coq, cocorico m

vi [cock] → chanter (fig); pavoiser, chanter victoire

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crow [krəu] n (bird) → Krähe f;

(of cock) → Krähen nt

vi → krähen (fig); sich brüsten, angeben

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crow [krəu] n (bird) → cornacchia; [of cock] → canto del gallo

vi [cock] → cantare;

(fig) → vantarsi; cantar vittoria