Crow

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.

   “Gaslark in his splendour on the golden stairs saying adieu to those three captains and their matchless armament foredoomed to dogs and crows on Salapanta Hills.”

2. isim Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
3. isim A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

   “He approached the humble tomb in which Antonia reposed. He had provided himself with an iron crow and a pick-axe: but this precaution was unnecessary.”

4. isim Someone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime; a lookout.

   ““Ay,” put in a young man, who had the reputation of being the smartest “crow” in London—“‘fishers of men,’ as the parson says.””

5. isim A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
6. isim The mesentery of an animal.
7. isim An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.

   “But it helps a man along to have a wife he can be proud of. Suppose you marry some old crow. People point at her and ask, 'Who is that death's head yonder?'”

8. isim A black person.
9. isim The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.

   “A young petty officer that must have just received his “crow” (a single chevron, with an eagle over it) was showing off to several seamen.”

10. sıfat Dark black, the color of a crow; crow-black.

    “"Though her crow hair is lovely and wavy, she loathes it and craves yellow locks. Since she saw Hugh, she's given me no peace.” Sheffield's square , good-looking face shaped a grimace.”

11. fiil To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.

    “Yet once me thought it [the ghost of Hamlet's father] was about to ſpeake, / And lifted vp his head to motion, / Like as he would ſpeake, but euen the / The morning cocke crew lowd, and in all haſte / It ſhrunke in haſte away, and vaniſhed / Our ſight.”

12. fiil To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

    “He’s been crowing all day about winning the game of cards.”

13. fiil To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.
14. isim The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.
15. isim Alternative spelling of cro (“marijuana”).

    “My young boys hop out the ride in a crop yard searching, tryna find this crow”

16. isim A member of a Native American tribe of southern Montana.
17. özel isim The Siouan language of this tribe.
18. özel isim A surname.