Meaning of COWER
| Pronunciation: | | 'kawur
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- [v] show submission or fear
- [v] crouch or curl up
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| | Synonyms: | | crawl, creep, cringe, fawn, grovel, huddle |
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| | See Also: | | bend, bow, crouch, flex, stoop | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Cow"er\ (-?r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cowered} (-?rd); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Cowering}.] [Cf. Icel. kera to doze, liequiet,
Sw. kura, Dan. kure, G. kauern to cower, W. cwrian.]
To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to
quail; to sink through fear.
Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. --Dryden.
Like falcons, cowering on the nest. --Goldsmith.
\Cow"er\ (kou"?r), v. t.
To cherish with care. [Obs.]
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| | Related Terms: | | apple-polish, bend, bend the knee, blench, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, dodder, fawn, flatter, flinch, get down, grovel, halt, hunch, hunch down, kneel, kowtow, lick the dust, lickspittle, limp, quail, quiver, recoil, scrouch down, shake, shrink, skulk, slink, sneak, squat, stoop, teeter, toadeat, toady, totter, tremble, truckle, wallow, welter, wince |
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