Crow

Noun

 * 1) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
 * 2) * 1922, E.R. Eddison, The Worm Ouroborus
 * 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.
 * 1) A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
 * 2) * 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 267:
 * 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.
 * 1) The cry of the rooster.

Synonyms

 * (2): crowbar
 * (3): cock-a-doodle-doo

Derived terms

 * as the crow flies
 * carrion crow
 * Danish crow
 * eat crow
 * grey crow


 * hooded crow
 * hoodiecrow
 * Scotch crow
 * stone the crows

Related terms

 * crow eater

Verb

 * 1) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in joy, gaiety, or defiance.
 * 2) * 1962, ,
 * When your rooster crows at the break o' dawn
 * Look out your windo' and I'll be gone
 * You're the reason I'm a travelin' on
 * But don't think twice, it's all right.
 * 1) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
 * 2) To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

Adjectives for Crow
wandering; feeble; poaching; carrion; saucy; heavy-winged; boisterous; amazing; bold; startled; predatory; noisy; ragged; shrill.

Verbs
domesticate —; hood —; snare —; tame —; throttle —; — annoys; — caws; — clamors; — claws; — fights; —s flock; — harms; — imitates; — isolates; — quarrels; —ravages; — robs; — roosts; — scours; —shrieks; — swarm; — thieves; — uproots; — wrangles.

Adverbs for Crow
triumphantly; derisively; harshly; loudly; feebly; saucily; boisterously; boldly; shrilly; monotonously; repeatedly; discordantly.

Thesaurus
Homeric laughter, aphonia, artificial voice, bar, bark, bawl, be in stitches, beam, bellow, belly laugh, blare, blat, blow, blubber, bluster, boff, boffola, boom, brag, bray, break up, breathe, broken speech, broken tones, broken voice, burst into laughter, burst of laughter, burst out, burst out laughing, burst with laughter, bust a gut, buzz, cachinnate, cachinnation, cackle, call, cant hook, carol, caw, chant, charcoal, chatter, cheep, childish treble, chirk, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chitter, choked voice, chortle, chuck, chuckle, clack, claw bar, cluck, coal, cock-a-doodle-doo, convulsion, coo, cracked voice, crank, croak, cronk, crow over, crowbar, cry, cuckoo, delight, drawl, drum, dysarthria, dyslalia, dyslogia, dysphasia, dysphonia, dysphrasia, ebon, ebony, exclaim, exult, falsetto, fit of laughter, flute, gabble, gaggle, gales of laughter, gasconade, gasp, giggle, gloat, gloat over, glory, go into convulsions, gobble, growl, grunt, guffaw, guggle, ha-ha, handspike, harshness, hawking voice, hearty laugh, hee-haw, hee-hee, hilarity, hiss, ho-ho, hoarseness, honk, hoo, hoot, horselaugh, idioglossia, idiolalia, impairment of speech, ink, iron crow, jet, jimmy, joy, jubilate, keen, laugh, laugh it up, laugh outright, laughing, laughter, lever, lilt, limb, lisp, lisping, look big, loss of voice, marlinespike, mouth, mumble, murmur, mutter, muzzy speech, nasal tone, nasalization, nearly die laughing, night, outburst of laughter, outrigger, pant, peal of laughter, peavey, pedal, peep, pinch bar, pip, pipe, pitch, prate, prize, pry, puff, quack, quaver, raven, ripping bar, risibility, roar, roar of laughter, roar with laughter, rodomontade, roll, rumble, scold, scream, screech, shake, shake like jelly, shake with laughter, shout, shout of laughter, shriek, sibilate, sibilation, sigh, sing, sloe, smoke, smut, snap, snarl, snicker, snigger, snort, sob, soot, spar, speech defect, speech impediment, split, split with laughter, squall, squawk, squeal, tar, tee-hee, thunder, titter, treadle, tremor, trill, triumph, trumpet, twang, tweet, twit, twitter, vaunt, wail, warble, whine, whisper, whistle, wrecking bar, yap, yawp, yell, yelp, yuck, yuk-yuk

Etymology 1
crowe, from crawe:, from  (compare Old Norse kráka:, German Krähe:, Dutch kraai:); see verb below.

Etymology 2
, from crawan:, from  (compare Middle Dutch crāghen, German krähen); akin to Old Church Slavonic grajati  'to crow'.

Noun

 * Afrikaans: kraai
 * Albanian:
 * Amharic:
 * Ancient Greek: κορώνη
 * Arabic: غراب,
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: bele
 * Belarusian:
 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: bran
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: còrvid
 * Cherokee:
 * Chichewa: khwangwala (1)
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Choctaw:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * Friulian: çore, corvat piçul, cornile
 * Galician: corvo viaraz
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian: ʻalalā
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: कौआ
 * Hopi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Irish: caróg dhubh
 * Italian:, corvo
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kannada: ಕಾಗೆ (kaage)
 * Kazakh: қарға
 * Khmer: ក្អែក
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish: قه‌ل, قه‌له‌ڕه‌ش
 * Ladin: agacion
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:


 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low Saxon: Kreih
 * Lower Sorbian: karwona, garona
 * Macedonian: врана (vrana)
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: കാക്ക (kaakka)
 * Maori: kōkako
 * Marathi: कावळा
 * Mongolian: хэрээ (kheree)
 * Navajo:
 * Ngarrindjeri:
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: gralha
 * Old English: crawe
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani: korung
 * Romanian:
 * Romansch: corv nair
 * Russian:
 * Sami: vuoražas, vuorččis
 * Sardinian: carroga, corrancra, corronca, giacu
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic: starrag, ròcas ,
 * Serbian: врана (vrana)
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: காகம் (kāham)
 * Taos: kòki’ína
 * Telugu: కాకి (kaaki)
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan:
 * Tocharian B:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:, ґава, гава
 * Upper Sorbian: wróna
 * Uyghur: قاغا
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: krov,  hikrov,  jikrov,  krovül
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: krie
 * West Frisian: krie


 * Bosnian:
 * Breton: loc'henn
 * Bulgarian: кози крак
 * Catalan: corb
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * German:
 * Greek: λοστός
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: piede di porco
 * Polish: łom
 * Spanish: palanca
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish: kazayağı


 * Breton: kan
 * Bulgarian: кукуригане
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: hanengekraai
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * German:
 * Greek: λάλημα
 * Icelandic:
 * Polish:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:

Verb

 * Bulgarian: кукуригам
 * Dutch:
 * German:
 * Greek: λαλώ,
 * Hungarian: kukorékol
 * Icelandic:
 * Norwegian:


 * Polish:
 * Russian: кукарекать (kukarékat’)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian: ликувам, тържествувам
 * Greek: θριαμβολογώ


 * Swahili:


 * German:


 * Swahili: