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# caw

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

«caw» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The loud harsh cry of a crow, rook or raven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caw/#m1)
2. To make this sound. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caw/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caw/#x1)
- We heard the caw of a raven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caw/#x2)
- Rooks caw loudly in the evening. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caw/#x3)
- «Caw! Caw!» went the crow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caw/#x4)
- The birds cawed when the cat came near. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caw/#x5)
- A single caw broke the silence. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caw/#x6)
- Caw! caw! a crow flew up from the ditch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caw/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «caw» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/caw/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«caw» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/caw.html) on Mova free.