crow
1. black birds having a raucous call (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
corvine bird
• Hyponyms:
American crow, Corvus brachyrhyncos
• Member Holonyms:
Corvus, genus Corvus
2. the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
cry
• Hyponyms:
cock-a-doodle-doo
3. an instance of boastful talk
- his brag is worse than his fight
- whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade
• Syn:
brag, bragging, crowing, vaporing, line-shooting, gasconade
• Derivationally related forms:
gasconade (for: gasconade), crow (for: crowing), braggy (for: brag), brag (for: brag)
• Hypernyms:
boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
1. dwell on with satisfaction (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
gloat, triumph
• Derivationally related forms:
crowing, gloat (for: gloat), gloating (for: gloat)
• Hypernyms:
boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag,
gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade
• Hyponyms:
preen, congratulate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Sam and Sue crow over the results of the experiment
2. express pleasure verbally (Freq. 2)
- She crowed with joy
• Derivationally related forms:
crowing
• Hypernyms:
utter, emit, let out, let loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
3. utter shrill sounds (Freq. 1)
- The cocks crowed all morning
• Hypernyms:
utter, emit, let out, let loose
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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