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English noun: crow | |||
| 1. | crow (animal) black birds having a raucous call | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | corvine bird | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | American crow, Corvus brachyrhyncos | ||
| Member meronym | Corvus, genus Corvus | ||
| 2. | crow (event) the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cry | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cock-a-doodle-doo | ||
| 3. | Crow (person) a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Siouan, Sioux | ||
| 4. | Crow (object) a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo | ||
| Synonyms | Corvus | ||
| Instance hypernym | constellation | ||
| 5. | crow (communication) an instance of boastful talk | ||
| Samples | His brag is worse than his fight. Whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade. | ||
| Synonyms | brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise | ||
| 6. | Crow (communication) a Siouan language spoken by the Crow | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | Siouan, Siouan language | ||
English verb: crow | |||
| 1. | crow (communication) dwell on with satisfaction | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue crow over the results of the experiment | ||
| Synonyms | gloat, triumph | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | congratulate, preen | ||
| 2. | crow (communication) express pleasure verbally | ||
| Samples | She crowed with joy. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | emit, let loose, let out, utter | ||
| 3. | crow (communication) utter shrill sounds | ||
| Samples | The cocks crowed all morning. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | emit, let loose, let out, utter | ||
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