crow

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

kraai

kraaien

raaf

koevoet

bonte kraai

gekraai

hanengekraai

zwarte kraai

Synoniemen

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

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/kɹəʊ/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.