crow
/kɹoʊ/ verb C2- To use a crowbar, wedge, or other implement to attempt to open a surface by leveraging force on the opposite end of the tool to pry off the connection between the two surfaces. · If you wanna get inside, you're gonna have to crow open that door.
He/she/it crows · Past crowed · Past participle crowed · -ing form crowing
Verb forms
- Base form
- crow
- He/she/it
- crows
- Past
- crowed
- Past participle
- crowed
- -ing form
- crowing
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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He’s called me a crow a dozen times; and I never heard him apologize for anything before, either.”
“There’s a great deal of difference between being called a crow and being called carrots,” said Anne with dignity.
“But we wanted a crow’s nest for nature study,” explained Anne.
By and by an old crow flew near me, and after looking at me carefully he perched upon my shoulder and said:
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