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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CAW, v.i. To cry like a crow, rook or raven.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the sound made by corvine birds v
1: utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb Etymology: imitative Date: 1589 to utter the harsh raucous natural call of the crow or a similar cry • caw noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. the harsh cry of a rook, crow, etc. --v.intr. utter this cry. Etymology: imit.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Caw Caw (k[add]), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cawed (k[add]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cawing.] [Imitative. [root]22 Cf. Chough.] To cry like a crow, rook, or raven. Rising and cawing at the gun's report. --Shak.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Caw Caw, n. The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(caws, cawing, cawed) When a bird such as a crow or a rook caws, it makes a loud harsh sound. Outside, a raven cawed. VERB: V

Moby Thesaurus

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