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English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???/
• (US) enPR: kr?, IPA^(key): /k?o?/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

From Middle English crowe, from Old English cr?we, from Proto-Germanic *kr?w? (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *kr?han? ‘to crow’. See below.

Noun

crow (plural crows)

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

   Synonym: cock-a-doodle-doo

3. Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
4. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

   Synonym: crowbar

5. (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
6. (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
7. (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A black person.
8. (military, slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
   • 2002, Ed Goodrich, Riggers that Dive (page 46)

     A young petty officer that must have just received his “crow” (a single chevron, with an eagle over it) was showing off to several seamen.

   • 2003, Jonathan T. Malay, Seraphim Sky (page 106)

     The young man had been threatened with loss of his third class rank, his “crow,” the eagle in a petty officer's sleeve insignia.

Derived terms

Related terms

• crow eater
• eat crow

Translations

See also

• caw
• murder of crows (“flock of crows”)
• raven

Further reading

• Corvus (boarding device) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Middle English crowen, from Old English cr?wan (past tense cr?ow, past participle cr?wen), from Proto-Germanic *kr?an?, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).

Compare Dutch kraaien, German krähen, Lithuanian gróti, Russian ??????? (grájat?)). Related to croak.

Verb

crow (third-person singular simple present crows, present participle crowing, simple past crowed or (UK) crew, past participle crowed or (archaic) crown)

1. (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
2. (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
3. (intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.

Usage notes

The past tense crew in modern usage is confined to literary and metaphorical uses, usually with reference to the story of Peter in Luke 22.60. The past participle crown is similarly poetical.

Translations

• Tashelhiyt: uddn,sqiqqiy

References

Further reading

• crow on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Worc

Middle English

Noun

crow

1. Alternative form of crowe

English

Alternative forms

• a-row

Etymology

a- +? row

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???o?/
• Rhymes: -??

Adverb

arow (not comparable)

1. In a row, line, or rank; successively.
   • c. 1589, William Shakespeare, The Comedy of Errors, Act V, Scene 1,^[1]

     O mistress, mistress, shift and save yourself!

     My master and his man are both broke loose,

     Beaten the maids a-row and bound the doctor

     Whose beard they have singed off with brands of fire

   • 1680, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises, or the Doctrine of Handy-Works, Number 10 “Of Turning,” ¶ 8, p. 184,^[2]

     And in the middle of the Breadth of the Cross-Greddle is made several holes all arow to receive the Iron Pin set upright in the Treddle.

   • 1716, John Dryden (editor), “A Description of the Tombs in Westminster-Abby” in The Third Part of Miscellany Poems, 4th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, p. 305,^[3]

     And now the Presses open stand

     And ye see them all arow,

     But never so more is said of these

     Than what is said below.

   • 1853, Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford, Chapter 8,^[4]

     The chairs were all a-row against the walls, with the exception of four or five which stood in a circle round the fire.

Anagrams

• WORA

Middle English

Alternative forms

• arwe, arowe, aruwe, arew, arewe

Etymology

From Old English earh, ?rwe, from Proto-Germanic *arhw?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ar?u?/, /?a?r?u?/, /?arw?/, /?a?rw?/, /?ar?u?/

Noun

arow (plural arows or arewen)

1. An arrow (projectile weapon emitted from a bow)
2. (figuratively) Anything felt to have a (metaphorically) piercing effect.

Descendants

• English: arrow
• Scots: arrae, arow, arowe

References

• “arwe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.