cower : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cower	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for cower
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cower v crouch or curl up; "They huddled outside in the rain" [syn: huddle, cower] show submission or fear Synonym(s): fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cower \Cow"er\ (kou"?r), v. t. To cherish with care. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cower \Cow"er\ (-?r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Cowered} (-?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cowering}.] [Cf. Icel. kera to doze, liequiet, Sw. kura, Dan. kure, G. kauern to cower, W. cwrian.] To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear. Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. --Dryden. Like falcons, cowering on the nest. --Goldsmith.