ALL meanings of as the crow flies
as the crow fly
A a - phrase as the crow flies If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line. 3
- noun as the crow flies as directly as possible 3
- noun as the crow flies in a straight, direct line 3
- noun as the crow flies any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America. 1
- noun as the crow flies any of several other birds of the family Corvidae. 1
- noun as the crow flies any of various similar birds of other families. 1
- noun as the crow flies (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Corvus. 1
- noun as the crow flies crowbar (def 1). 1
- idioms as the crow flies as the crow flies, in a straight line; by the most direct route: The next town is thirty miles from here, as the crow flies. 1
- idioms as the crow flies eat crow, Informal. to be forced to admit to having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic statement; suffer humiliation: His prediction was completely wrong, and he had to eat crow. 1
- idioms as the crow flies have a crow to pick / pluck with someone, Midland and Southern U.S. to have a reason to disagree or argue with someone. 1
- adverb as the crow flies in a straight line, by a direct route 1
- adverb as the crow flies (Idiomatic) In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance. 0