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1. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › cowerCower Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   cower: [verb] to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays.

2. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryCOWER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   COWER meaning: 1. to lower your head or body in fear, often while moving backwards: 2. to lower your head or body…. Learn more.

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   What is cower verb?

   • Definition of cower verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary to bend low and/or move backwards because you are frightened A gun went off and people cowered behind walls and under tables. The dog whimpered and cowered at his feet. Want to learn more? Definition of cower verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

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   What is the meaning of cowering?

   • Cower is defined by the Cambridge Dictionary as meaning to bend down or move backward with your head down because you are frightened. Full recovery from Covid a week after testing positive. Symptoms were very mild, thanks to amazing vaccines. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. View original tweet on Twitter

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   What is the meaning of the word'cower'?

   • Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Cower(verb) to stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear Cower(verb) to cherish with care

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   When was cower first used?

   • The earliest known use of the verb cower is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for cower is from around 1300, in Kyng Alisaunder. cower is perhaps a borrowing from Norse.

   cower, v. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary

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4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCOWER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   COWER definition: 1. to lower your head or body in fear, often while moving backwards: 2. to lower your head or body…. Learn more.

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   Cower definition: to crouch, as in fear or shame. See examples of COWER used in a sentence.

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   COWER definition: to bend down or move back because you are frightened. Learn more.

7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitioncower verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage ...

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   coward noun. He was both a bully and a coward, as bullies often are. cowered verb (past tense, past participle of cower). They boarded up the windows and cowered in the basement.

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   What does the verb cower mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb cower. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised.