crow | (noun) black birds having a raucous call | - |
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(noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
(noun) the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it) | - |
(verb) dwell on with satisfaction | Synonyms: gloat, triumph |
(verb) express pleasure verbally | - |
(verb) utter shrill sounds | - |
crowbait | (noun) an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows | Synonyms: crow-bait |
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crowbar | (noun) a heavy iron lever with one end forged into a wedge | Synonyms: pry, pry bar, wrecking bar |
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crowberry | (noun) a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit | - |
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crowd | (noun) a large number of things or people considered together | - |
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(noun) an informal body of friends | Synonyms: bunch, crew, gang |
(verb) to gather together in large numbers | Synonyms: crowd together |
(verb) cause to herd, drive, or crowd together | Synonyms: herd |
(verb) approach a certain age or speed | Synonyms: push |
(verb) fill or occupy to the point of overflowing | - |
crowded | (adjective) overfilled or compacted or concentrated | - |
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crowdfunding | (noun) Funding from a large number of small backers | - |
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crowding | (noun) a situation in which people or things are crowded together | - |
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crowdsourcing | (noun) Work done by a large group of anonymous users | - |
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crowfoot | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus | Synonyms: butter-flower, buttercup, butterflower, goldcup, kingcup |
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crowing | (adjective) exhibiting self-importance | Synonyms: big, boastful, braggart, bragging, braggy, cock-a-hoop, self-aggrandising, self-aggrandizing |
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(noun) an instance of boastful talk | Synonyms: brag, bragging, crow, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing |
crown | (noun) the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head | - |
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(noun) an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty | Synonyms: diadem |
(noun) a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory | - |
(noun) the center of a cambered road | Synonyms: crest |
(noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown |
(noun) the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel | - |
(noun) the top of the head | Synonyms: pate, poll |
(noun) the award given to the champion | Synonyms: pennant |
(noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crest, peak, summit, tip, top |
(noun) the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant | Synonyms: treetop |
(noun) an English coin worth 5 shillings | - |
(verb) be the culminating event | Synonyms: top |
(verb) put an enamel cover on | - |
(verb) invest with regal power; enthrone | Synonyms: coronate |
(verb) form the topmost part of | - |
crownbeard | (noun) any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads | Synonyms: crown-beard, crown beard |
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crowned | (adjective) provided with or as if with a crown or a crown as specified; often used in combination | - |
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(adjective) having an (artificial) crown on a tooth | - |
(adjective) crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory | Synonyms: laureled, laurelled |
crowning | (adjective) forming or providing a crown or summit | - |
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(adjective) representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment | - |
crownless | (adjective) not (especially not yet) provided with a crown | Synonyms: uncrowned |
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crownwork | (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: cap, crown, jacket, jacket crown |
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(noun) a type of fortification, like a hornwork, but consisting of a full bastion with the walls on either side ending in half-bastions from which longer flank walls run back towards the main fortress. | - |