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CAW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sound made by corvine birds
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("caw" is a kind of...):
cry (the characteristic utterance of an animal)
Derivation:
caw (utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they caw ... he / she / it caws
Past simple: cawed
-ing form: cawing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "caw" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
caw (the sound made by corvine birds)