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CAW

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The sound made by corvine birdsplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it caws  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: cawed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: cawed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: cawing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravensplay

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)

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