crow

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crow /kr'oʊ/ (crows crowing crowed)
1 [N-COUNT]
A crow is a large black bird which makes a loud, harsh noise.
2 [VERB] V
When a cock crows, it makes a loud sound, often early in the morning.
The cock crows and the dawn chorus begins.
3 [VERB] V about/over n, V that
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. (INFORMAL)
Edwards is already crowing about his assured victory...
We've seen them all crowing that the movement is dead.
= boast
4 [PHRASE] oft amount PHR
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.crow's feet
[N-PLURAL]
Crow's feet are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.crow's nest
[N-SING]
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.

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