crow

Definition von crow im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: A Native American tribe; The Siouan language of this tribe; The cry of the rooster; 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.; To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in joy, gaiety, or defiance
But don't think twice, it's all right.; To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag; 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.; To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure; {v} to make the noise of a cock, boast, hector, exult; {n} a bird, cock's voice, iron lever, iron bar; {i} member of the Crow Indian tribe of eastern Montana; {i} Siouan language spoken by the Crow Indian tribe; family name; a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo; The cry of the cock; disapproval If you say that someone is crowing about something they have achieved or are pleased about, you disapprove of them because they keep telling people proudly about it. Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead. = boast; {i} any of various large black birds; cry of a rooster; It has a harsh, croaking note; A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; dwell on with satisfaction; black birds having a raucous call; black birds having a raucous call a Siouan language spoken by the Crow people the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy"; utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning; The mesentery of a beast; so called by butchers; When a cock crows, it makes a loud sound, often early in the morning. The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins; a Siouan language spoken by the Crow people; {f} cry out; cry out in triumph; brag, boast; a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana; A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise; To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance; If you say that a place is a particular distance away as the crow flies, you mean that it is that distance away measured in a straight line. I live at Mesa, Washington, about 10 miles as the crow flies from Hanford. North American Plains Indian people of southern Montana, U.S. The Crow, whose language belongs to the Siouan language stock, were historically affiliated with the Hidatsa. Historically, they occupied the area around the Yellowstone River in northern Wyoming and southern Montana. Much of Crow life revolved around the buffalo and the horse. The Crow were prominent as middleman traders, trading horses, bows, and other items to local village Indians in return for guns and metal goods that they carried to the Shoshone in Idaho. The basic element in Crow religious life was the supernatural vision, induced by fasting and isolation. The Crow continually suffered losses from wars with the Blackfoot and Sioux and sided with the whites in the Indian wars of the 1860s and '70s. In 1868 they accepted a reservation carved from former tribal lands in southern Montana. Some 9,100 individuals claimed sole Crow descent in the 2000 U.S. census. Any of more than 20 species of black perching birds (see passerine) of the genus Corvus (family Corvidae) that are smaller than most ravens and have a thinner bill. They are named for the sound of their call. Common crows are found in North America and Eurasia. They eat grain, berries, insects, carrion, and the eggs of other birds. Crows may damage grain crops, but they also eat many economically harmful insects. At times tens of thousands roost together, but most species do not nest in colonies. Crows are considered the most intelligent of all birds (tool use is documented), and pet crows can be taught to imitate speech; the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it); an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"; See Crow, v; utter shrill sounds; "The cocks crowed all morning"; express pleasure verbally; "She crowed with joy"
crow eater: An inhabitant of South Australia
crow eaters: plural form of crow eater
crow scarer: a type of firecracker used by farmers to scare crows and other birds
crow scarer: scarecrow (effigy of a person)
crow scarer: A farmhand employed to scare birds from the fields
crow scarers: plural form of crow scarer
crow's feet: Wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye
crow's foot: A symbol, resembling a bisected equilateral triangle, used in database diagrams to indicate plurality
Each crow's foot in your ER diagram indicates the need for a foreign key.
crow's foot: A triangular embroidery stitch
crow's nest: A small open-top shelter, originally a cask, on the top of the foremast, large enough to accommodate a lookout. It was used by whalers to watch for a blow (spout), or in icebound waters to seek a channel
crow's nests: plural form of crow's nest
crow's-feet: Alternative spelling of crow's feet
crow's-foot: Alternative spelling of crow's foot
crow's-nest: Alternative spelling of crow's nest
crow-eater: Attributive form of crow eater, noun
crow-silk: {n} a water vegetable, conserva
crow's foot: (Botany) Crowfoot
crow's foot: A wrinkle extending from the outer corner of the eye ― usually used in plural
crow garlic: pungent Old World wild onion
crow pheasant: common coucal of India and China
crow's feet: {i} wrinkles in the skin at the outside corner of the eyes
crow's feet: Crow's feet are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes. the very small lines that form in the skin near the eyes of older people
crow's foot: a wrinkle in the skin at the outer corner of your eyes
crow's nest: platform that is partially enclosed placed high on or near a ship's mast and is used as a lookout
crow's nest: On a ship, the crow's nest is a small platform high up on the mast, where a person can go to look in all directions. a small box at the top of a ship's mast from which someone can watch for danger, land etc
crow's nest: platform for a lookout at or near the top of a mast
CROWS: Common Remotely Operated Weapon System
Danish crow: A hooded crow, Corvus cornix
Jane Crow: Segregation of the genders
Jane Crow: Discrimination against females
Jane Crow: Misogyny
Jeezum Crow: alternative spelling of Jesum Crow
Jesum Crow: A less vulgar term in place of the idiom Jesus Christ! commonly used in anger or surprise. Used in the New England region of the USA
Jesum Crow, why's the statie so upset? We're only drinking tonics out here.
Jim Crow: A World War II code name for patrols along the British coastline to intercept enemy aircraft, originally intended to warn of invasion in 1940
flying cannon equipped Spitfires V’s mainly on ‘Jim Crow’ operations (operational Patrols along the home coastline intercepting any hostile aircraft and looking out for any invasion forces).
Jim Crow: A generic name for the Negro
Jim Crow: Segregated between African Americans and Caucasians
A Jim Crow audience.
Jim Crow: Southern United States racist and especially segregationist policies in the late 1800s and early to mid 1900s, taken collectively
Jim Crow: That discriminates against African Americans
Jim Crow law: Nickname for any law which racially segregated public facilities and which was enacted in Southern and border states in the United States between 1876 and 1965
Jim Crow laws: plural form of Jim Crow law
Scotch crow: A hooded crow, Corvus cornix
as the crow flies: In a straight line distance between two locations, as opposed to the road distance or over land distance
It is 15 kilometers as the crow flies.
carrion crow: The common European black crow Corvus corone
carrion crow: The American black vulture Coragyps atratus
crew: The group of workers on a dramatic production who are not part of the cast
The crews for different movies would all come down to the bar at night.
crew: A pen for livestock such as chickens or pigs
crew: A member of a ship's company who is not an officer
There are quarters for three officers and five crew.
crew: A close group of friends
I'd look out for that whole crew down at Jack's.
crew: A rowing team manning a single shell
crew: A member of the crew of a vessel or plant
One crew died in the accident.
crew: A group of people working together on a task
The crews competed to cut the most timber.
crew: To do the proper work of a sailor
The crewing of the vessel before the crash was deficient.
crew: The sport of competitive rowing
crew: A worker on a dramatic production who is not part of the cast
There were three actors and six crew on the set.
crew: To be a member of a work or production crew
The film was crewed and directed by students.
crew: To supply workers or sailors for a crew
crew: A group of people (often staff) manning and operating a large facility or piece of equipment such as a factory, ship, boat or airplane
The crews of the two ships got into a fight.
crew: To be a member of a vessel's crew
The ship was crewed by fifty sailors.
crew: To take on, recruit (new) crew
crew: A hip-hop group
crew: A set of individuals lumped together by the speaker
crew: Simple past tense and past participle of crow. To have made the characteristic sound of a rooster
It was still dark when the cock crew.
eat crow: To recognize that one has been shown to be mistaken or outdone, especially by admitting that one has made a humiliating error
In political libel, furthermore, a public recanting by the vilifier is more likely to be believed by the public, for it is well known that no politician likes to eat crow unless he has to.
grey crow: A hooded crow, Corvus cornix
hooded crow: A grey and black Eurasian crow, Corvus cornix
rain crow: a colloquialism for the yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
crew: {n} a ship's company, set, mean assembly
holy crow: See: holy cow
Jim Crow: type of crowbar used to remove nails; official and traditional racial discrimination against blacks; (Offensive) black person
Jim Crow: Jim Crow. a system of laws and practices in the US that separated black and white people in the past
Jim Crow Law: legal racial discrimination against African-Americans
Jim Crow Law: Law that enforced racial segregation in the U.S. South between 1877 and the 1950s. The term, taken from a minstrel-show routine, became a derogatory epithet for African Americans. After Reconstruction, Southern legislatures passed laws requiring segregation of whites and "persons of colour" on public transportation. These later extended to schools, restaurants, and other public places. In 1954 the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education; later rulings struck down other Jim Crow laws
Russell Crow: {i} (born 1964) famous movie actor born in New Zealand
american crow: common crow of North America
as black as a crow: dark black in color, pitch-black
as the crow flies: by the shortest and most direct route; "it's 10 miles as the crow flies
as the crow flies: in a direct line, straight across, in a bee-line
carrion crow: A common European crow (Corvus corone) having glossy black plumage
carrion crow: {i} black crow found in western Europe; American black vulture
cock crow: call of a rooster; dawn
crew: Backstage team assisting in mounting a production
crew: The three sliders who sit behind the driver in a four-man bobsled
crew: the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew
crew: Applies to all personnel responsible for field activity
crew: A crew is a group of people with special technical skills who work together on a task or project. a two-man film crew making a documentary
crew: A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng
crew: The personnel engaged on board ship, excluding the master and officers and the passengers on passenger ships
crew: People helping a competitor in the competition He must have GROUND CREW and may have FLIGHT CREW
crew: the team of men manning a racing shell
crew: the men who man a ship or aircraft
crew: Organized group of writers
crew: The rowers who make up the team in an Eight, Four, Pair, Double or Quad
crew: Collaboratory for Research on Electronic Work at the University of Michigan
crew: The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat
crew: A group of people working on something
crew: (Ticaret) A predefined labor group that works as a whole at a given operation or on a specific job. Used instead of reporting the individual personnel who did the work
crew: If you crew a boat, you work on it as part of the crew. She was already a keen and experienced sailor, having crewed in both Merlin and Grayling There were to be five teams of three crewing the boat. a fully crewed yacht
crew: The dealers who staff the craps table
crew: The crew of a ship, an aircraft, or a spacecraft is the people who work on and operate it. The mission for the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is essentially over The surviving crew members were ferried ashore
crew: Your crew will normally consist of a professional captain and a gourmet chef ; Larger vessels will sometimes carry a stewardess and/or a deckhand who will help the captain and chef to take care of you
crew: A member of a crew
crew: disapproval You can use crew to refer to a group of people you disapprove of. This crew of killers and life-wreckers are headed by the mad but cunning Nino Brown. = bunch, gang. to be part of the crew on a boat
crew: serve as a crew member on
crew: an organized group of workmen
crew: A predefined labor group that works as a whole at a given operation or on a specific job Used instead of reporting the individual personnel who did the work
crew: (Also spelled KreW) A team of Knowledge Workers charged with supporting an event such as a DesignShop® process
crew: all the people who assist in the running of the show who are not highlighted on stage
crew: (Also spelled KreW) A team of Knowledge Workers charged with supporting an event such as a DesignShop
crew: (n ) See PRAM
crew: A group of people operating a means of transport
crew: {i} group of people working together on an air or watercraft; team of people working together (i.e. on a stage, construction site, etc.); group of people on a rowing team
crew: Artificial mission, to schedule down a crew on a priority bases
crew: team of people working on a film e g the director of photography (cameraman), lighting department etc
crew: {i} competitive sport of rowing in a racing shell
crew: an informal body of friends; "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
crew: (see CANOPY FORMATION) CUTAWAY: n Procedure where the jumper releases from the main parachute prior to activating the reserve parachute Used in the event of a main parachute malfunction to prevent an entanglement with the deploying reserve; in the event of a canopy entanglement with another jumper; and also in case the wind causes the canopy to drag a jumper after landing CUTAWAY HANDLE: Pillow or loop handle of a two-handled system, normally located on the jumpers right-side chest, used to initiate a cutaway Sometimes referred to as a three-ring release handle
crew: The crew consists of two, four or eight rowers, with the option of a cox
crew: The basic unit of a wildfire suppression force It normally consists of four to eight personnel
crew: (See Single Resource ) ---D--- DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY: A statement provided to the Incident Commander by the Agency Executive delegating authority and assigning responsibility The Delegation of Authority can include objectives, priorities, expectations, constraints, and other considerations or guidelines as needed Many agencies require written Delegation of Authority to be given to Incident Commanders prior to their assuming command on larger incidents
crew: The team of sailors that sails the yacht
crew: To participate in a ships crew
crew: A beer-drinking team-group e g crew on the dragon-boat
crew: In a quick-service restaurant, the employees required to run the restaurant for one shift
crew: The Manx shearwater
crew: In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as Naut
crew: means the marine personnel to crew the vessel as specified in clause 17 hereof
crew: of Crow the men who man a ship or aircraft the team of men manning a racing shell serve as a crew member on
crowed: past of crow
crowing: present participle of crow
crowing: an instance of boastful talk; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade"
crowing: exhibiting self-importance; "big talk"
crows: A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; also called Upsarokas
crows: third-person singular of crow
crows: plural of crow
eat crow: (Slang) "eat shit", suffer; be compelled to accept a humiliating defeat
fish crow: A crow (Corvus ossifragus) native to the coastal regions and rivers of the eastern United States
have a crow to pluck with someone: want to overcome obstacles, want to get past difficulties
hooded crow: {i} gray-bodied crow that has a black head and wings and tail
in a crow line: in a straight line
jim crow: a crowbar fitted with a claw for pulling nails
jim crow: A negro; said to be so called from a popular negro song and dance, the refrain of which is "Wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow," produced in 1835 by T
jim crow: produced in 1835 by T
jim crow: A negro; said to be so called from a popular negro song and dance, the refrain of which is "Wheel about and turn about and jump Jim Crow,"
jim crow: Rice, a famous negro minstrel
midden crow: The common European crow
piping crow: crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged
royston crow: See Hooded crow, under Hooded
sea crow: The skua
sea crow: The razorbill
sea crow: The coot
sea crow: The chough
sea crow: The cormorant
sea crow: The blackheaded pewit, and other gulls
the crow fable: well-known tale, famous story
water crow: The European coot
water crow: The dipper
white crow: type of bird; something rare, something uncommon

crow

Silbentrennung

Crow

Türkische aussprache

krō

Synonyme

crowbar, cock-a-doodle-doo, babble, blow, bluster, boast, cackle, caw, cry, flourish, gas, gloat, glory in, gurgle, jubilate

Aussprache

/ˈkrō/ /ˈkroʊ/

Etymologie

[ krO ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English crowe, from Old English crāwe, from Proto-Germanic (compare Old Norse kráka, German Krähe, Dutch kraai); see verb below.