| crow | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. crow | black birds having a raucous call. |
| ~ corvine bird | birds of the crow family. |
| ~ genus corvus, corvus | type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens. |
| ~ american crow, corvus brachyrhyncos | common crow of North America. |
| n. (event) | 2. crow | the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it). |
| ~ cock-a-doodle-doo | an imitation of the crow of a cock. |
| ~ cry | the characteristic utterance of an animal.; "animal cries filled the night" |
| n. (person) | 3. crow | a member of the Siouan people formerly living in eastern Montana. |
| ~ siouan, sioux | a member of a group of North American Indian peoples who spoke a Siouan language and who ranged from Lake Michigan to the Rocky Mountains. |
| n. (object) | 4. corvus, crow | a small quadrilateral constellation in the southern hemisphere near Virgo. |
| ~ constellation | a configuration of stars as seen from the earth. |
| n. (communication) | 5. brag, bragging, crow, crowing, gasconade, line-shooting, vaporing | an instance of boastful talk.; "his brag is worse than his fight"; "whenever he won we were exposed to his gasconade" |
| ~ boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise | speaking of yourself in superlatives. |
| n. (communication) | 6. crow | a Siouan language spoken by the Crow. |
| ~ siouan language, siouan | a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Sioux. |
| v. (communication) | 7. crow, gloat, triumph | dwell on with satisfaction. |
| ~ boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, bluster, gas, tout, swash, blow | show off. |
| ~ preen, congratulate | pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement. |
| v. (communication) | 8. crow | express pleasure verbally.; "She crowed with joy" |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| v. (communication) | 9. crow | utter shrill sounds.; "The cocks crowed all morning" |
| ~ let loose, let out, utter, emit | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| raven | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. corvus corax, raven | large black bird with a straight bill and long wedge-shaped tail. |
| ~ corvine bird | birds of the crow family. |
| ~ genus corvus, corvus | type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens. |
| v. (contact) | 2. raven | obtain or seize by violence. |
| ~ seize | take or capture by force.; "The terrorists seized the politicians"; "The rebels threaten to seize civilian hostages" |
| v. (consumption) | 3. predate, prey, raven | prey on or hunt for.; "These mammals predate certain eggs" |
| ~ forage | wander and feed.; "The animals forage in the woods" |
| v. (consumption) | 4. devour, guttle, pig, raven | eat greedily.; "he devoured three sandwiches" |
| ~ eat | take in solid food.; "She was eating a banana"; "What did you eat for dinner last night?" |
| v. (consumption) | 5. raven | feed greedily.; "The lions ravened the bodies" |
| ~ eat, feed | take in food; used of animals only.; "This dog doesn't eat certain kinds of meat"; "What do whales eat?" |
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