to crow
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4.0
- verb
- /kroʊ/
:
cantar (el gallo)
- We have a complaint from one of your neighbors about a rooster crowing in the mornings.
- a rooster crows
And my brother kneels the same way when a bird in a distance crows or 'cause we think it's really funny.
- And my brother kneels the same way when a bird in a distance crows or 'cause we think it's really funny.
Examples
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The last time he woke, roosters were crowing, and he sat up.
Fiction book (1992) -
You can go to work when the rooster crows.
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I think our roosters would crow more softly on another roof.
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It's hard to make a rooster stop crowing once the sun has risen.
Fiction book (1992) -
After quite a while, the rooster left, shaking his feathers and crowing, the same way he had arrived.
Fiction book (1994) -
After a rooster crowed to end the newsreel, the screen went dark.
Fiction book (1999) -
The sound of the old rooster crowing outside the door woke Annalisa.
Fiction book (1997) -
The rooster shook itself and crowed to announce its arrival.
Fiction book (1994) -
Awakened by a rooster crowing, I was walking out to the barn to milk our three cows.
Fiction book (2002) -
When the sun began to rise, the rooster crowed loudly to announce the start of the day.
Synonyms
To make a loud, harsh sound like a crow
Idioms
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4.2
A distance measured in a straight line between two places rather than by road
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- NSFW
31
8.9
Laws and social rules that kept Black and white people separate in the Southern United States
- NSFW
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9.0
Laws in the United States that kept Black and white people apart, mainly in the South
- Archaic
A small plant like grass with pale flowers and a bitter root used to treat stomach problems
- Indian
A large bird that lives on the ground with shiny black feathers and a long tail
A large glossy black bird found in North America that makes a loud cawing sound and is very smart
- Australian
A black and white bird like a crow that sings a pleasant song and copies other sounds
How Loud
Surface Forms
Etymology
Crow is a verb that comes from the same old word crāwan which copied the rooster's morning shout, so to 'crow' is to make that loud, shrill call.