caw

«caw» in Mova's school dictionary: The loud harsh cry of a crow, rook or raven — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (caw, caws, cawed, cawing); noun (a caw, caws)

meaning for a pupil

1) The loud harsh cry of a crow, rook or raven. tree →

2) To make this sound. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and nature lessons, crows caw from trees. Writers use «caw» as a sound word to set a spooky or wild scene.

examples

• The crow cawed from the rooftop. tree →
• We heard the caw of a raven. tree →
• Rooks caw loudly in the evening. tree →
• «Caw! Caw!» went the crow. tree →
• The birds cawed when the cat came near. tree →
• A single caw broke the silence. tree →
• Caw! caw! a crow flew up from the ditch. tree →

note

It is an onomatopoeia: the word sounds like the noise. Do not confuse with «core» or «cor» (UK slang for surprise), which sound similar in some accents.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «caw» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.