crow

  • 21Crow — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Crow », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Crow (corbeau ou corneille en français) peut… …

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  • 22crow — I. /kroʊ / (say kroh) noun 1. either of two large, lustrous black Australian birds of the genus Corvus, having a characteristic harsh staccato call and shorter neck feathers than the raven: a. the Torresian crow, C. orru, found in Indonesia, New… …

  • 23crow — I n. 1) crows caw 2) (misc.) as the crow flies ( in a straight line ); to eat crow ( to be placed in a humiliating position ) II v. (colloq.) ( to exult ) (d; intr.) to crow about, over (to crow about one s success; to crow over an enemy s… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 24Crow — I Crow   [krəʊ], Sheryl, amerikanische Popsängerin und Songwriterin, * Kennett (Missouri) 11. 2. 1962; begleitete zunächst als Backgroundsängerin ab 1987 Tourneen von Michael Jackson, Joe Cocker, Rod Stewart und Stevie Wonder; schrieb Songs u. a …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 25crow — {{11}}crow (n.) O.E. crawe, imitative of bird s cry. Phrase eat crow is perhaps based on the notion that the bird is edible when boiled but hardly agreeable; first attested 1851, Amer.Eng., but said to date to War of 1812 (Walter Etecroue turns… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 26crow — 1. n. 1 any large black bird of the genus Corvus, having a powerful black beak. 2 any similar bird of the family Corvidae, e.g. the raven, rook, and jackdaw. 3 sl. derog. a woman, esp. an old or ugly one. Phrases and idioms: as the crow flies in… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 27Crow — 1. n. 1 any large black bird of the genus Corvus, having a powerful black beak. 2 any similar bird of the family Corvidae, e.g. the raven, rook, and jackdaw. 3 sl. derog. a woman, esp. an old or ugly one. Phrases and idioms: as the crow flies in… …

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  • 28crow — I UK [krəʊ] / US [kroʊ] noun [countable] Word forms crow : singular crow plural crows a large black bird that makes a loud sound called cawing • as the crow flies eat crow II UK [krəʊ] / US [kroʊ] verb [intransitive] Word forms crow : present… …

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  • 29crow — I [[t]kroʊ[/t]] n. 1) orn any of various large, stout billed, usu. gregarious songbirds of the genus Corvus (family Corvidae), typically black or drab colored, and nearly worldwide in distribution 2) orn any of several other birds of the family… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30Crow — This unusual surname has two distinct possible origins, one English and the other Gaelic Irish. In the first instance, the derivation is from the Middle English crowe , (Olde English crawa ), meaning crow , and originally given as a nickname to… …

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