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Definition of 'cower'English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) kuren or from Scandinavian ((etyl) . Unrelated to coward, which is of Latin origin.
Verb
( en-verb)
To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
- He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.
* Dryden
- Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire.
* Goldsmith
- Like falcons, cowering on the nest.
See also
* coward
* cowardice
Etymology 2
Similar to 'cower'choir, chair, czar, cheer, charr, curr, char, coir, carr, cair, cour, chor, cahier, chewer, coheir, chear, chur, coyer, chaur, chirr, churr, csar, cooer
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