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Meanings of
cower
in inglés
catalán
arrossegar-se
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Show submission or fear.
crawl
creep
fawn
cringe
grovel
catalán
arrossegar-se
catalán
arronsar-se
español
acurrucarse
Back to the meaning
Crouch or curl up.
huddle
español
acurrucarse
Sinónimos
Examples for "
crawl
"
crawl
creep
fawn
cringe
grovel
Examples for "
crawl
"
1
Detta changed course and began to
crawl
toward the gunslinger's inert body.
2
Small boys will
crawl
in under the canvas in spite of clubs.
3
The scoring rate had slowed to a
crawl
,
and that's the result.
4
They have to
crawl
like animals, feeling their way through the mud.
5
The Chief Ranger did not pause in his
crawl
to the left.
1
But many others believe that involvement will continue to quietly
creep
up.
2
The coral seems reasonably healthy, thus far weathering-orperhaps inured
to
-
temperature
creep
.
3
When this happens you get what we call
'
creep
'
with knock-on effects.
4
That's a whole other problem, which is often fuelled by lifestyle
creep
.
5
The Christian religion did not
creep
into the world in the dark.
1
Yes, it is true that the jaguar and the
fawn
hide here.
2
He looked down at the
fawn
in a helpless sort of way.
3
Its materials were of a
fawn
-
coloured
stone, common in the Mowbray quarries.
4
Our young braves run to battle with the swiftness of the
fawn
.
5
She put her hand in his and jumped lightly as a
fawn
.
1
It's not great either, but it's far from an entirely
cringe
-
worthy
catastrophe.
2
I used to
cringe
whenever his name came up in history class.
3
They will make you
cringe
,
cry and not question making better choices.
4
What is meant to look macho is actually the
cringe
of panic.
5
Within the treasure cards deck, there are three
cringe
-
inducing
Waters Rise cards.
1
Alphas simply did not
grovel
;
arrogance was part of the job description.
2
If he wanted her back, he was going to have to
grovel
.
3
The villagers
grovel
before the soldiers, offering up vodka and pork sausage.
4
And then I call my former academic advisor, and prepare to
grovel
.
5
But,' she added, her eyes kindling, 'I refuse to
grovel
any more.'
Usage of
cower
in inglés
1
Remember: Saddam says he made his WMD threats to
cower
the Iranians.
2
We
cower
as you point fingers telling us to 'support our troops.'
3
The Muslims could no longer afford to
cower
behind a defensive posture.
4
This time she did not
cower
before the passion in his face.
5
Well might common sense
cower
with the meaner animals at the picture.
6
The deep boom of their applause pursued Brinnaria and made her
cower
.
7
She began to
cower
,
and hid her blushing face in her hands.
8
It was exhilarating to watch the police
cower
under commandeered dustbin lids.
9
And indeed, Rhiannon did drop to her knees, but not to
cower
.
10
The indunas seemed to
cower
at this declaration, but made no answer.
11
But his players could not have chosen a worse time to
cower
.
12
I fixed Rupert with a glare that should have made him
cower
.
13
She would not
cower
now while he fought for his brother's soul.
14
I
cower
in the shadows, pressing myself into the column, not breathing.
15
But even if I were not, I would not
cower
to you.
16
After an hour's rest we again embark and
cower
under an umbrella.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
cower
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
cower in
cower in fear
cower away
cower back
cower when
More collocations
Translations for
cower
catalán
arrossegar-se
humiliar-se
arronsar-se
encongir-se
español
acurrucarse
encogerse
Cower
through the time
Cower
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common