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Meanings of craw in English

Catalan
gavatx

A pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food.

gavatx
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Examples for "crop"
Examples for "crop"
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The company said farmers need its new technology to maximize crop production.
Reuters
2
Adama is the largest supplier of generic crop protection products in Europe.
Reuters
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Other names are, however, sure to crop up in the coming days.
The Irish Times
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African farmers should also be helped to work with new crop varieties.
Reuters
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Photo: Supplied The grass reduces crop yields and causes animal welfare problems.
Radio NZ
Usage of craw in English
1
It also irritated his craw that they were laughing about his house.
Mister Slaughter
2
But what's stuck in your craw is this: you didn't expect another plant.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
3
But it's really getting up my craw that she always assumes I'll follow.
Sister Mine
4
Sand in his craw an' a kick like a mule in his fist.
Man-Size
5
Pinocchio, mortified at being mistaken for a craw-fish, said in an angry voice:
Pinocchio: The Tale of a Puppet
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An apology to you, however, that would stick in my craw.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
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Something stuck in his craw, and he couldn't figure out what it was.
The Bramble Bush
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Another amusement which we sometimes indulged in was ''burning the water'' for craw-fish.
Two Years Before the Mast
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You got me into this blamed mess, and now you want to craw-fish.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana
10
That was what was going to stick sideways in the First Lord's craw.
War Of Honor
11
It hollows beneath them, reveals the craw and feeders of huge dust-sucking predators.
Iron Council
12
Page 300 - missing quotation mark added after black as a craw, man.
Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745. Volume I.
13
Go back to your Angus kernes and ragged craw-bogle Highland folk!
The Black Douglas
14
He opened his own lips and pushed his tongue into the statue's craw.
The Scar
15
More than any other economic news, wages growth has stuck in the government's craw.
The Guardian
16
The seed came from the craw of a wild swan that they had shot.
Old Rail Fence Corners: The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History
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Translations for craw
Catalan
gavatxpap
Craw through the time
Craw across language varieties
United Kingdom
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