Caw
noun
The loud sound made by a crow or a similar bird.
We could hear the caw of a crow from distance in the quiet morning.
Often appears as...
- caw of a crow
- caw in the distance
verb
When a crow or a similar bird makes a caw sound.
The crow cawed loudly from the tree.
Often appears as...
- crow cawed
- cawed loudly
noun
The loud sound made by a crow or a similar bird.
We could hear the caw of a crow from distance in the quiet morning.
Often appears as...
- caw of a crow
- caw in the distance
verb
When a crow or a similar bird makes a caw sound.
The crow cawed loudly from the tree.
Often appears as...
- crow cawed
- cawed loudly
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Calls
Use 'caw' to describe specific bird sounds, primarily crows and ravens, not all bird noises.
Listening to the piercing caw, I recognized a raven above.
Pro Tip 2/3Atmospheric Imagery
'Caw' often evokes a specific mood or atmosphere in literature, especially mystery or eeriness.
An ominous caw echoed as we approached the abandoned house.
Pro Tip 3/3Onomatopoeic Word
'Caw' is an example of onomatopoeia, where the word imitates the actual sound.
The caw of the raven added to the sound of the whispering wind.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Calls
Use 'caw' to describe specific bird sounds, primarily crows and ravens, not all bird noises.
Listening to the piercing caw, I recognized a raven above.
Pro Tip 2/3Atmospheric Imagery
'Caw' often evokes a specific mood or atmosphere in literature, especially mystery or eeriness.
An ominous caw echoed as we approached the abandoned house.
Pro Tip 3/3Onomatopoeic Word
'Caw' is an example of onomatopoeia, where the word imitates the actual sound.
The caw of the raven added to the sound of the whispering wind.
Pro Tip 1/3Bird Calls
Use 'caw' to describe specific bird sounds, primarily crows and ravens, not all bird noises.
Listening to the piercing caw, I recognized a raven above.
Pro Tip 2/3Atmospheric Imagery
'Caw' often evokes a specific mood or atmosphere in literature, especially mystery or eeriness.
An ominous caw echoed as we approached the abandoned house.
Pro Tip 3/3Onomatopoeic Word
'Caw' is an example of onomatopoeia, where the word imitates the actual sound.
The caw of the raven added to the sound of the whispering wind.
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Video examples
Joshua Klein: The...
they were doing an experiment where they captured some crows on campus. Some students went out, netted some crows, brought them in, weighed and measured them, and let them back out again. And they were entertained to discover that for the rest of the week, whenever these particular students walked around campus, these crows would caw at them and run around, and make their life kind of miserable.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
or you are going to make your cat wait and that's going to be probably detrimental to some form of your body you it's going to get cold at some point so let us know how it goes and if there is any cawing that takes place send us a photo it will be quite funny to see
Video examples
The science of hearing -...
You hear the gentle lap of waves, the distant cawing of a seagull. But then an annoying whine interrupts the peace,
Video examples
Joshua Klein: The...
they were doing an experiment where they captured some crows on campus. Some students went out, netted some crows, brought them in, weighed and measured them, and let them back out again. And they were entertained to discover that for the rest of the week, whenever these particular students walked around campus, these crows would caw at them and run around, and make their life kind of miserable.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
or you are going to make your cat wait and that's going to be probably detrimental to some form of your body you it's going to get cold at some point so let us know how it goes and if there is any cawing that takes place send us a photo it will be quite funny to see
Video examples
The science of hearing -...
You hear the gentle lap of waves, the distant cawing of a seagull. But then an annoying whine interrupts the peace,
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Jay Griffiths
British Author
Cultures have long heard wisdom in non-human voices: Apollo, god of music, medicine and knowledge, came to Delphi in the form of a dolphin. But dolphins, which fill the oceans with blipping and chirping, and whales, which mew and caw in ultramarine jazz - a true rhapsody in blue - are hunted to the edge of silence.
Quote examples
Jay Griffiths
British Author
Cultures have long heard wisdom in non-human voices: Apollo, god of music, medicine and knowledge, came to Delphi in the form of a dolphin. But dolphins, which fill the oceans with blipping and chirping, and whales, which mew and caw in ultramarine jazz - a true rhapsody in blue - are hunted to the edge of silence.
Example 1 of 1
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