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cowercow‧er /ˈkaʊə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive] cowerOrigin: 1200-1300 Middle Low German kuren ‘to lie hidden’ VERB TABLEcower |
Present | I, you, we, they | cower | | he, she, it | cowers | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cowered | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cowered | | he, she, it | has cowered | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cowered | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cower | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cowered |
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Present | I | am cowering | | he, she, it | is cowering | | you, we, they | are cowering | Past | I, he, she, it | was cowering | | you, we, they | were cowering | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cowering | | he, she, it | has been cowering | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cowering | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cowering | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cowering |
- They were cowering in the cellars, trapped by the shelling.
- Her fragile sanity crept away from the edge to cower inside the fortress of her orders.
- Miriam cowered in terror, her hand up to her throat.
- Students cowered in classrooms as the gun shots rang out.
- The dailies would clock him every now and then, leaving his flat and cowering under a flash of camera light.
- While the menace may be unstoppable, infection-control doctors are not cowering helplessly.
ADVERB► back· If you see the audience cowering back, you are too loud.· Dougal cowered back, praying that no one would hear it. to bend low and move back because you are frightenedcower back/against/under etc He cowered against the wall. |