ALL meanings of crow
crow
C c - countable noun crow A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise. 3
- verb crow When a cock crows, it makes a loud sound, often early in the morning. 3
- verb crow If you say that someone is crowing about something they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it. 3
- verb crow If someone crows, they make happy sounds or say something happily. 3
- noun crow any large gregarious songbird of the genus Corvus, esp C. corone (the carrion crow) of Europe and Asia: family Corvidae. Other species are the raven, rook, and jackdaw and all have a heavy bill, glossy black plumage, and rounded wings 3
- noun crow any of various other corvine birds, such as the jay, magpie, and nutcracker 3
- noun crow any of various similar birds of other families 3
- noun crow an old or ugly woman 3
- verb crow to utter a shrill squawking sound, as a cock 3
- verb crow to boast one's superiority 3
- verb crow (esp of babies) to utter cries of pleasure 3
- noun crow the act or an instance of crowing 3
- noun crow a member of a Native American people living in E Montana 3
- noun crow the language of this people, belonging to the Siouan family 3
- noun crow a member of a North American Indian people living in the upper basins of the Yellowstone and Bighorn rivers 3
- noun crow the Siouan language of this people 3
- noun crow any of a genus (Corvus) of large, nonmigratory corvids with glossy black plumage and a typical harsh call, including the raven, rook, and jackdaw 3
- noun crow certain other unrelated birds, as the turkey vulture 3
- noun crow a crowbar 3
- intransitive verb crow to make the shrill cry of a rooster 3
- intransitive verb crow to boast in triumph; exult 3
- intransitive verb crow to make a sound expressive of well-being or pleasure, as a baby does 3
- noun crow a crowing sound 3
- noun crow a member of a Siouan people of eastern Montana. 1
- noun crow a Siouan language closely related to Hidatsa. 1
- idioms crow 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 crow 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 crow have a crow to pick / pluck with someone, Midland and Southern U.S. to have a reason to disagree or argue with someone. 1
- verb without object crow to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster. 1
- verb without object crow to gloat, boast, or exult (often followed by over). 1
- verb without object crow to utter an inarticulate cry of pleasure, as an infant does. 1
- noun crow black bird 1
- noun crow sound of rooster 1
- intransitive verb crow brag 1
- intransitive verb crow make rooster-like sound 1
- intransitive verb crow brag about 1
- noun crow A large perching bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice. 1
- noun crow A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call. 0
- noun crow A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar. 0
- noun crow The cry of the rooster. 0
- noun crow A gangplank (corvus) used by the Roman navy to board enemy ships. 0
- noun crow (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal. 0
- verb crow To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in joy, gaiety, or defiance. 0
- verb crow To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag. 0
- verb crow To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure. 0
- verb crow (music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it. 0