crow

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
2. Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
3. A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
4. (slang) Someone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime; a lookout.
5. A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
6. The mesentery of an animal.
7. An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.
8. (slang) A black person.
9. (slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.

Adj

Dark black, the color of a crow; crow-black.

Verb

1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
3. To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.

Συνώνυμα

raven

boast

brag

rook

cock-a-doodle-doo

crowbar

cry

😢

bragging

gasconade

sing

caw

talk big

blow one’s own trumpet

triumph

😤

crowing

line-shooting

vaporing

chirp

kite

🪁

sob

😭

scream

😱

vaunt

gloat

burp

cackle

exult

sneeze

strut

swagger

breaker bar

cock-a-doodle-do

make sound

Common Raven

be triumphant

announce

Northern Raven

bark

bird

🐦

blackbird

boasting

burble

carrion

cluck

coo

cormorant

croak

crossbow

daw

eagle

🦅

gaper

gawk

gurgle

hooded crow

hoot

howl

plume

pry

rodomontade

rooster

🐓

screech

shout

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/kɹəʊ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Middle English crowe, from Old English crāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *krēaną (“to crow”). See below.