cower

«cower» in Mova's school dictionary: To crouch down or shrink back in fear, making yourself small — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (cower, cowers, cowered, cowering)

meaning for a pupil

To crouch down or shrink back in fear, making yourself small. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales, a weak person or animal cowers before a bully, a captain or a fierce creature.

examples

• The puppy cowered under the table during the storm. tree →
• He cowered before the angry giant. tree →
• The mice cowered in the corner. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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