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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
croak
a harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog) • Syn: croaking • Derivationally related forms: croak (for: croaking), croaky • Hypernyms: utterance, vocalization
1. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life (Freq. 1) - She died from cancer - The children perished in the fire - The patient went peacefully - The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102 • Syn: die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, drop dead, pop off, choke, snuff it • Ant: be born (for: die) • See Also: die out (for: die), die off (for: die), die down (for: die) • Derivationally related forms: passing (for: pass), expiration (for: expire), exit (for: exit), going (for: go), decedent (for: decease), decease (for: decease), death (for: die), Death (for: die) • Hypernyms: change state, turn • Hyponyms: abort, suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, buy it, pip out, drown, predecease, starve, famish, fall, succumb, yield • Verb Group: die, fail, go bad, give way, give out, conk out, go, break, break down • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s 2. utter a hoarse sound, like a raven • Syn: cronk • Derivationally related forms: croaker, croaking • Hypernyms: utter, emit, let out, let loose • Verb Frames: - Something ----s 3. make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath - she grumbles when she feels overworked • Syn: murmur, mutter, grumble, gnarl • Derivationally related forms: grumble (for: grumble), grumbler (for: grumble), grumbling (for: grumble), mutter (for: mutter), muttering (for: mutter), murmur (for: murmur), murmuring (for: murmur), murmurer (for: murmur) • Hypernyms: complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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