Craw
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kɹɔː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Craw is a noun meaning The crop of a bird.
Meaning
The crop of a bird.
More Meanings
- (archaic) The stomach of an animal.
- (archaic) To caw, crow.
Example Sentences
The night was now pitmirk; the wind soughed amid the head-stones and railings of the gentry, (for we must all die,) and the black corbies in the steeple-holes cackled and crawed in a fearsome manner.
Word Forms
- craws
- crag
- crawing
- crawed
Synonyms for craw
Depending on context, synonyms include crop, gullet.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crop, gullet, scavenger, regurgitalith, predacean, meateater.
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