Crownoun詞源 1/kɹoʊ/

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  A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.

Crowname詞源 1/kɹoʊ/

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  human-scienceslinguisticssciencesThe Siouan language of this tribe.

Crowname詞源 2

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  A surname.

crownoun詞源 1/kɹəʊ/

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

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

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

  • 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.
  • Watt might have broken the door down, with an axe, or a crow, or a small charge of explosive, but this might have aroused Erskine's suspicions, and Watt did not want that.
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  archaicslangSomeone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime; a lookout.

  • “Ay,” put in a young man, who had the reputation of being the smartest “crow” in London—“‘fishers of men,’ as the parson says.”
  • By nine o'clock on the evening of November 12, 1854, Pierce had his confederates in their places. The crow, Agar's woman, lounged across the street from the Trent mansion.
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  historicalA gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.

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  The mesentery of an animal.

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  derogatoryAn ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.

  • But it helps a man along to have a wife he can be proud of. Suppose you marry some old crow. People point at her and ask, 'Who is that death's head yonder?'
  • (Mrs. Meany to Woody, from a window) "I don't care! I'm not running a pet shop." "Well it looks like one with an old crow in the window!"
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  offensiveslurslangA black person.

crowadj詞源 1/kɹəʊ/

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  Dark black, the color of a crow; crow-black.

  • "Though her crow hair is lovely and wavy, she loathes it and craves yellow locks. Since she saw Hugh, she's given me no peace.” Sheffield's square , good-looking face shaped a grimace.
  • […] only her crow hair could be seen. Her appearance could not be seen as she anxiously called out, "Mother ..." The setting sun cast a dim yellow light on the interior of the house. The woman lay on her back and looked up at the beams overhead[…]

crowverb詞源 1/kɹəʊ/

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  To use a crowbar, wedge, or other implement to attempt to open a surface by leveraging force on the opposite end of the tool to pry off the connection between the two surfaces.

  • If you wanna get inside, you're gonna have to crow open that door.

crowverb詞源 2/kɹəʊ/

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  To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.

  • Yet once me thought it [the ghost of Hamlet's father] was about to ſpeake, / And lifted vp his head to motion, / Like as he would ſpeake, but euen the / The morning cocke crew lowd, and in all haſte / It ſhrunke in haſte away, and vaniſhed / Our ſight.
  • This is the Cock that crowed in the Morn[.]
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  To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

  • He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.
  • Touting its sponsorship of local engineering and sustainability programs, Amazon crows about such “investments” as its dog park, playing fields, art installations, and Buckyball-reminiscent domical gardens.
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  entertainmentlifestylemusicTo test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.

crownoun詞源 2/kɹəʊ/

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  The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.

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• cro