Dictionary Entry
To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.
In a Sentence
“He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. cowerunder cowerbehind cowerdown cower
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Poetry examples for “cower”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →What comes o' thee?
Whare wilt thou cower thy chittering wing,
An' close thy e'e?
Read full poem →They sleep within. . . .
I cower to the earth, I waking, I only.
High and cold thou dreamest, O queen, high-dreaming and lonely.
Read full poem →Out--out--and, like a brooding hen,
Beside your sooty hearth-stone cower;
Go, creep along the dirt, and pick