caw
To make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or ravenTo make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
Recorded US: Sylvanmoon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
» The crow was cawing loudly.
Laut krächzte die Krähe. — Sudajaengi
Ворона громко каркала. — Balamax
Ворона гучно каркала. — deniko
sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo make the harsh cry of a crow, rook, or raven.
krächzen
ка́ркатьkárkatʹ, ка́ркнутьkárknutʹ, гра́ятьgrájatʹ
кря́катиkrjákaty, кря́кнути pf ка́ркатиkrjáknuty
- utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens
Examples
18 sentencesThe crow was cawing loudly.
Ворона гучно каркала. — deniko
ruВорона громко каркала. — Balamax
deLaut krächzte die Krähe. — Sudajaengi
The crow cawed from the treetop.
The crow cawed from the tree.
The cawing of a crow startled me.
ruКарканье ворона меня напугало. — odexed
deDas Krächzen einer Krähe hat mich erschreckt. — Yakuwari
Have you ever heard a raven cawing?
ruТы когда-нибудь слышал, как каркает ворон? — odexed
deHast du schon einmal einen Raben krächzen gehört? — raggione
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
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Forms
caws, cawing, cawed, cawedWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.