crow

CEFRB1

/kɹəʊ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A large black bird with a harsh call.

  2. 02

    verb

    To make the loud sound of a rooster.

Examples

  • A crow is as black as coal.

  • The bird on the roof is a crow.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /kɹoʊ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

  2. Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

  3. A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.

More examples

In context

  • He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.

  • Gaslark in his splendour on the golden stairs saying adieu to those three captains and their matchless armament foredoomed to dogs and crows on Salapanta Hills.

  • He approached the humble tomb in which Antonia reposed. He had provided himself with an iron crow and a pick-axe: but this precaution was unnecessary.

Synonyms

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At dawn the black blank perched on the fence let out a loud caw.

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Origin

noun

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.