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# cower

verb (cower, cowers, cowered, cowering)

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

## Everyday

To crouch down or shrink back in fear, making yourself small. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cower/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cower/#x1)
- He cowered before the angry giant. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cower/#x2)
- The mice cowered in the corner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cower/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

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