English-Thai Dictionary

cower

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cower away

PHRV ตื่นกลัว  กลัว  tuen-klua

 

cower back

PHRV ตื่นกลัว  กลัว  tuen-klua

 

cower down

PHRV ตื่นกลัว  กลัว  tuen-klua

 

cower forward

PHRV ตื่นกลัว  กลัว  tuen-klua

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COWER

v.i.To sink by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; to stoop or sink downwards. Our dame wits cowering oer a kitchen fire.

 

COWER

v.t.To cherish with care. [Not used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COWER

Cow "er (-r ), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cowered (-rd );p. pr. & vb. n.Cowering.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. kera to doze, liequiet, Sw. kura, Dan. kure, G. kauern to cower, W. cwrian.]

 

Defn: 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.

 

COWER

COWER Cow "er (kou "r ), v. t.

 

Defn: To cherish with care. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

cower

cow er |ˈkou (-ə )r kaʊ (ə )r | ▶verb [ no obj. ] crouch down in fear: children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Low German kūren ‘lie in wait, ’ of unknown ultimate origin.

 

Oxford Dictionary

cower

cower |ˈkaʊə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] crouch down in fear: children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted. ORIGIN Middle English: from Middle Low German kūren ‘lie in wait ’, of unknown ultimate origin.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

cower

cower verb they cowered at the sound of gunfire: cringe, shrink, crouch, recoil, flinch, pull back, draw back, tremble, shake, quake, blench, quail, grovel. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See wince . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

cower

cower verb I would cower in the corner and tremble: cringe, shrink, crouch, recoil, flinch, pull back, back away, draw back, shudder, shiver, tremble, shake, quake, grovel, blench, blanch, quail.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

cower

cow er /káʊə r /動詞 自動詞 1 (恐怖 寒さなどで )すくむ, 後ずさりする, 身をかがめる, 縮こまる (down , away ).2 ｟英 方言 ｠かがむ, しゃがむ .