CROW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Crow mean?
• CROW (noun)
The noun CROW has 6 senses:
1. black birds having a raucous call
2. the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
3. a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
4. a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo
5. an instance of boastful talk
6. a Siouan language spoken by the Crow
Familiarity information: CROW used as a noun is common.
• CROW (verb)
The verb CROW has 3 senses:
1. dwell on with satisfaction
2. express pleasure verbally
3. utter shrill sounds
Familiarity information: CROW used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• CROW (noun)
Meaning:
Black birds having a raucous call
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("crow" is a kind of...):
corvine bird (birds of the crow family)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crow"):
American crow; Corvus brachyrhyncos (common crow of North America)
Holonyms ("crow" is a member of...):
Corvus; genus Corvus (type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens)
Meaning:
The cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("crow" is a kind of...):
cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crow"):
cock-a-doodle-doo (an imitation of the crow of a cock)
Meaning:
A member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Crow" is a kind of...):
Siouan; Sioux (a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains)
Meaning:
A small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Synonyms:
Corvus; Crow
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
Meaning:
An instance of boastful talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
brag; bragging; crowing; gasconade; line-shooting; vaporing; crow
Context examples:
his brag is worse than his fight / whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
Hypernyms ("crow" is a kind of...):
boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)
Meaning:
A Siouan language spoken by the Crow
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Crow" is a kind of...):
Siouan; Siouan language (a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux)
• CROW (verb)
Meaning:
Dwell on with satisfaction
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
crow; gloat; triumph
Hypernyms (to "crow" is one way to...):
blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt (show off)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "crow"):
congratulate; preen (pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue crow over the results of the experiment
Meaning:
Express pleasure verbally
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
She crowed with joy
Hypernyms (to "crow" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Utter shrill sounds
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
The cocks crowed all morning
Hypernyms (to "crow" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
