Meaning

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

    Krähe, Krähenvogel

    воро́наvoróna

    воро́наvoróna, ґа́ваgáva, га́ваháva

    black birds having a raucous call

  2. Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.

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

    Brecheisen, Nageleisen, Brechstange

    ломlom

  4. (historical)A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.

  5. The mesentery of an animal.

  6. (derogatory)An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.

  7. (ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)A black person.

  8. (slang)The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.

  9. The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.

  10. (archaic, slang)Someone who keeps watch while their associates commit a crime; a lookout.

Examples

162 sentences
  1. The crow flew away.

    Ворона полетіла.

    ruВорона улетела.

    deDie Krähe ist fortgeflogen.

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  2. Crows are black.

    Ворони чорні.

    ruВороны чёрные.

    deKrähen sind schwarz.

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  3. Tom didn't hear the rooster crow.

    deTom hat den Hahn nicht krähen gehört.

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  4. I didn't hear the rooster crow.

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  5. The bird on the roof is a crow.

    ruПтица, что сидит на крыше, — ворона.

    deDer Vogel auf dem Dach ist eine Krähe.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
any bird of the genus Corvus:
Русский
By meaning 2
any bird of the genus Corvus:
bar of iron:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
cry of the rooster:
any bird of the genus Corvus:
bar of iron:

Origin

From Middle English crowe, from Old English crāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā, from Pr

From Middle English crowe, from Old English crāwe, from Proto-West Germanic *krāā, from Proto-Germanic *krēǭ (compare West Frisian krie, Dutch kraai, German Krähe), from *krēaną (“to crow”). See below.

The verb is from Middle English crowen, from Old English crāwan (past tense crēow, past participle crāwen), from Proto-West Germanic *krāan, from Proto-Germanic *krēaną, from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gerH- (“to cry hoarsely”).

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Forms

plural: crows
Singularcrow
Pluralcrows

regular

Synonyms

34 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

42 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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