cower
cower is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear. Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. Dryden. Like falcons, cowering on the nest. Goldsmith.
- 2.To cherish with care. [Obs.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abase
- abasement
- about
- bend
- bob
- bow
- bring
- cast
- concavity
- couch
- courtesy
- crouch
- curtsy
- cut
- dash
- debase
- depress
- depressed
- depression
- detrude
- detrusion
- dip
- down
- drop
- duck
- dust
- ebb
- fall
- fell
- fling
- genuflection
- ground
- head
- hew
- horizontal
- knee
- kneel
- knock
- kowtow
- let
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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