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crow

1   [kroh]
–noun
1. any of several large oscine birds of the genus Corvus, of the family Corvidae, having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail, as the common C. brachyrhynchos, of North America.
2. any of several other birds of the family Corvidae.
3. any of various similar birds of other families.
4. (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the constellation Corvus.
5. crowbar (def. 1).
—Idioms
6. as the crow flies, in a straight line; by the most direct route: The next town is thirty miles from here, as the crow flies.
7. eat crow, Informal. to be forced to admit to having made a mistake, as by retracting an emphatic statement; suffer humiliation: His prediction was completely wrong, and he had to eat crow.
8. have a crow to pick or pluck with someone, Midland and Southern U.S. to have a reason to disagree or argue with someone.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME crowe, OE crāwe, crāwa; c. OHG krāwa; akin to D kraai, G Krähe
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Language Translation for : Crow
Spanish: cuervo, grajo, German: die Krähe, Japanese: からす
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crow

2   [kroh]
verb, crowed or, for 1, (especially British), crew; crowed; crow⋅ing; noun
–verb (used without object)
1. to utter the characteristic cry of a rooster.
2. to gloat, boast, or exult (often fol. by over).
3. to utter an inarticulate cry of pleasure, as an infant does.
–noun
4. the characteristic cry of a rooster.
5. an inarticulate cry of pleasure.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME crowen, OE crāwan; c. D kraaien, G krähen; see crow 1
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Crow

   [kroh]
–noun
1. a member of a Siouan people of eastern Montana.
2. a Siouan language closely related to Hidatsa.
Origin:
1795–1805; trans. of North American F (gens des) Corbeaux Raven (people), literal trans. of Crow apsá˙loke a Crow Indian
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Cor·vus     (kôr'vəs)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A constellation in the Southern Hemisphere near Crater and Virgo. Also called Crow2.

[Latin corvus, raven.]
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crow 1     (krō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Any of several large glossy black birds of the genus Corvus, having a characteristic raucous call, especially C. brachyrhynchos of North America.
  2. A crowbar.

[Middle English croue, from Old English crāwe; see gerə-2 in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, from the resemblance of its forked end to a crow's foot or beak.]
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crow 2     (krō)  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   crowed, crow·ing, crows
  1. To utter the shrill cry characteristic of a cock or rooster.
  2. To exult loudly, as over another's defeat; boast. See Synonyms at boast1.
  3. To make a sound expressive of pleasure or well-being, characteristic of an infant.
n.  
  1. The shrill cry of a cock.
  2. An inarticulate sound expressive of pleasure or delight.

[Middle English crouen, from Old English crāwan; see gerə-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Crow 1     (krō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. Crow or Crows In both senses also called Absaroke.
    1. A Native American people formerly inhabiting an area of the northern Great Plains between the Platte and Yellowstone rivers, now located in southeast Montana. The Crow became nomadic buffalo hunters after migrating west from the Missouri River in North Dakota in the 18th century.
    2. A member of this people.
  2. The Siouan language of the Crow.
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Crow 2     (krō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   See Corvus.
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crow  (n.)
O.E. crawe, imitative of bird's cry. Phrase eat crow is probably based on the notion that the bird is edible when boiled but hardly agreeable; first attested 1851, Amer.Eng., but said to date to War of 1812 (Walter Etecroue turns up 1361 in the Calendar of Letter Books of the City of London). Crow's foot "wrinkle around the corner of the eye" is c.1374. Crowbar (c.1400) is either from resemblance to a crow's foot or possibly from crows, from O.Fr. cros, pl. of croc "hook." Phrase as the crow flies first recorded 1800. The Crow Indian tribe of the American Midwest is a rough translation of their own name, Apsaruke.

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crow  (v.)
O.E. crawian "make a loud noise like a crow;" sense of "exult in triumph" is 1522, perhaps in part because the English crow is a carrion-eater.

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crow

noun
1. black birds having a raucous call 
2. the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) 
3. a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana 
4. a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo [syn: Corvus] 
5. an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" [syn: brag] 
6. a Siouan language spoken by the Crow 

verb
1. dwell on with satisfaction [syn: gloat] 
2. express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy" 
3. utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning" 

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crow

In addition to the idiom beginning with crow, also see as the crow flies; eat crow.


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Crow Agency, MT (CDP, FIPS 18250)
Location: (45.601383, -107.459706)
Population (2000): 1,552 (361 housing units)
Area: 7.277381 sq mi (land), 0.000000 sq mi (water)
Zip code(s): 59022

Crow Creek, SD (UT, FIPS 06914840)
Location: (44.265151, -99.482533)
Population (2000): 156 (56 housing units)
Area: 82.652294 sq mi (land), 2.315865 sq mi (water)

Crow Creek, SD (UT, FIPS 06514835)
Location: (44.225508, -99.735799)
Population (2000): 236 (72 housing units)
Area: 99.830795 sq mi (land), 20.880156 sq mi (water)

Crow Creek, SD (UT, FIPS 01714830)
Location: (44.035459, -99.357204)
Population (2000): 1,833 (489 housing units)
Area: 239.362131 sq mi (land), 16.328633 sq mi (water)

Crow Reservation, MT (CCD, FIPS 00390756)
Location: (45.403515, -107.688000)
Population (2000): 6,626 (2,279 housing units)
Area: 3206.320881 sq mi (land), 12.972557 sq mi (water)

Crow River, MN (township, FIPS 14514086)
Location: (45.443035, -94.941035)
Population (2000): 352 (119 housing units)
Area: 34.294004 sq mi (land), 0.009484 sq mi (water)

Crow Lake, MN (township, FIPS 14514032)
Location: (45.470868, -95.076147)
Population (2000): 345 (134 housing units)
Area: 33.672986 sq mi (land), 1.440181 sq mi (water)

Crow Wing, MN (township, FIPS 03514122)
Location: (46.295759, -94.258526)
Population (2000): 1,212 (438 housing units)
Area: 30.504203 sq mi (land), 0.319856 sq mi (water)

Crow Wing, MN (County, FIPS 035)
Location: (46.477169, -94.108446)
Population (2000): 55,099 (33,483 housing units)
Area: 996.568266 sq mi (land), 159.995695 sq mi (water)

Crow Lake, SD (township, FIPS 07314940)
Location: (43.978803, -98.733900)
Population (2000): 46 (27 housing units)
Area: 34.584759 sq mi (land), 0.820700 sq mi (water)

Crow Wing Lake, MN (township, FIPS 05714140)
Location: (46.849650, -94.869942)
Population (2000): 266 (544 housing units)
Area: 29.453028 sq mi (land), 5.832721 sq mi (water)

West Crow Wing, MN (UT, FIPS 03569316)
Location: (46.410812, -94.244553)
Population (2000): 5,144 (2,387 housing units)
Area: 35.143642 sq mi (land), 13.656659 sq mi (water)

Crow, SD (township, FIPS 07314820)
Location: (44.066748, -98.851765)
Population (2000): 176 (43 housing units)
Area: 35.415254 sq mi (land), 0.008606 sq mi (water)

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Crow

Crow\ (kr?), v. i. [imp. Crew (kr?) or Crowed (kr?d); p. p. Crowed (Crown (kr?n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Crowing.] [AS. cr?wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr?hen, cf. Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. Crake.]

1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. "The cock had crown." --Bayron.

The morning cock crew loud. --Shak.

2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for kisses. --Tennyson.

To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist.

Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. --Bp. Hall.

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Crow

Crow\, n. [AS. cr?we a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr?e; cf. Icel. kr?ka crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr?wan to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]

1. (Zo["o]l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw.

Note: The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is C. corone. The common American crow is C. Americanus. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under Carrion.

2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. --Shak.

3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.

4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers.

Carrion crow. See under Carrion.

Crow blackbird (Zo["o]l.), an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); -- called also purple grackle.

Crow pheasant (Zo["o]l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal.

Crow shrike (Zo["o]l.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia.

Red-legged crow. See Crough.

As the crow flies, in a direct line.

To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one).

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