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Definition of Cower
1. Verb. Crouch or curl up. "They huddled outside in the rain"
2. Verb. Show submission or fear.
Generic synonyms: Bend, Flex
Derivative terms: Coward, Crawler, Fawner, Groveler, Groveller
Definition of Cower
1. v. i. To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.
2. v. t. To cherish with care.
Definition of Cower
1. Verb. To crouch or cringe in fear. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cower
1. to cringe [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: cringe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cower
Literary usage of Cower
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... and his behaviour on the occasion places his character in a favourable light ;
for, instead of op- \ all the assistance in his cower. ..."
2. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"'T is no Man we celebrate, By his country's victories great, Till the basest can
no longer cower, Feeling his soul spring up divinely tall, Touched but in ..."
3. A Literary Middle English Reader by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1915)
"... AMANTIS John cower—'moral Gower,' as Chaucer called him—was born about 1330,
and died between August 15 and October 24,1408. He was of a Kentish family, ..."
4. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Gordon (1856)
"cower and Another. -L HE declaration stated that, by a certain indenture of
release, dated the 20th day of April, AD 1840, and made between Anna Maria ..."
5. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... and his behaviour on the occasion places his character in a favourable light ;
for, instead of op- \ all the assistance in his cower. ..."
6. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"'T is no Man we celebrate, By his country's victories great, Till the basest can
no longer cower, Feeling his soul spring up divinely tall, Touched but in ..."
7. A Literary Middle English Reader by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1915)
"... AMANTIS John cower—'moral Gower,' as Chaucer called him—was born about 1330,
and died between August 15 and October 24,1408. He was of a Kentish family, ..."
8. The Exchequer Reports: Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, William Newland Welsby, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Edwin Tyrrell Hurlstone, John Gordon (1856)
"cower and Another. -L HE declaration stated that, by a certain indenture of
release, dated the 20th day of April, AD 1840, and made between Anna Maria ..."
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