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verb
- 1. crouch down in fear: "children cowered in terror as the shoot-out erupted"
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COWER definition: 1. to lower your head or body in fear, often while moving backwards: 2. to lower your head or body…. Learn more.
The meaning of COWER is to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays. How to use cower in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Cower.
COWER meaning: 1. to lower your head or body in fear, often while moving backwards: 2. to lower your head or body…. Learn more.
Cower definition: to crouch, as in fear or shame.. See examples of COWER used in a sentence.
To cower is to shrink in fear. Whether they live in the country or city, any mouse will cower when a huge, hungry cat approaches. When you cower, you're not just afraid. You're so terrified that your whole body cringes, crouches, and shrinks in on itself to hide from the source of your fear.
cower in American English. (ˈkaʊər) verb intransitive. 1. to crouch or huddle up, as from fear or cold. 2. to shrink and tremble, as from someone's anger, threats, or blows; cringe. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Definition of cower verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
