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Meaning of "cawing" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF CAWING

ˈkɔːɪŋ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CAWING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cawing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CAWING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of cawing in the English dictionary

The definition of cawing in the dictionary is harsh cries.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CAWING

being · brewing · canoeing · doing · drawing · ensuing · gnawing · issuing · jawing · pursuing · queuing · rescuing · seeing · sightseeing · skiing · suing · unwithdrawing · valuing · viewing · wellbeing

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CAWING

cavo-relievo · cavo-rilievo · cavolo nero · cavort · cavorter · cavortings · Cavour · cavy · caw · Cawdrey · cawker · Cawley · Cawnpore · Cawnpur · caxon · Caxton · cay · Cayenne · cayenne pepper · cayenned

WORDS THAT END LIKE CAWING

detail drawing · exploded drawing · following · growing · isometric drawing · lawing · life drawing · line drawing · mechanical drawing · on the wing · outline drawing · parawing · pen-and-ink drawing · scale drawing · sepia drawing · showing · technical drawing · thawing · wash drawing · working drawing

Synonyms and antonyms of cawing in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cawing» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CAWING

Find out the translation of cawing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of cawing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cawing» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

叫声
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

graznido
570 millions of speakers
en

English

cawing
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

cawing
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

النعيق
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

карканье
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

cawing
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

cawing
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

croassement
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Cawing
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Krächzen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

cawing
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

운다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Cawing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cawing
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

cawing
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

Cawing
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Öten
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

gracchiare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

krakanie
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

каркання
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cawing
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cawing
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cawing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kraxande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cawing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cawing

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CAWING»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cawing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CAWING»

Discover the use of cawing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cawing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Primate Communication
Frequency-time diagram of eight representatives of the alarm- peep/yapping/ cawing continuum of vocal gestalts. calls by Winter, Ploog, and Latta (1966), yapping and cawing were placed in the same class; the alarm peep was placed in a ...
Charles T. Snowdon, Charles H. Brown, Michael R. Petersen, 1982
2
Punch
They cloud the sky with rustling wings, The forest with their clamour rings, As cawing, cawing, still they keep Till night falls, and, at roost, they sleep. With clack of garrulous jackdaws, Of those rooks cawing what 's the cause F The faculty of ...
Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, 1869
3
PUNCH
With clack of garrulous jackdaws, Of those rooks cawing what 's the cause P The faculty of imitation. A National Association They 're holding, or a Social Science Congress, with usage in compliance ; And do our spouters' annual jawing Match  ...
4
Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of ...
C. TN this case, the first count of the declaration stated, that, on the 27th April, 1815, in consideration that the Plaintiffs, at the request of the Defendant, would sell and deliver on credit, to James Cawing and Co. certain goods, wares, and ...
William John Broderip, Peregrine Bingham, 1822
5
Cobbett's Political Register
After this abundant cawing, and after asserting that Rome, with all its dominion, had perished, and wisely adding - that " such would not be the case of " the British Empire, if it were " true to itself," Sir Bobby came, and now be brings me back to ...
William Cobbett, 1825
6
Edgar & Susan: The Crow and the Woman He Loved
There, to the north side of our yard, in the same pine tops as the day before, crows started landing and cawing. At first there were just a few, and then small groups, then larger and larger groups until the tops were seething with crows!
Moses Pate, 2014
7
Seasons of Defiance
Lance Lee. THREE CROWS CAWING Three crows cawing blur nightmare into day, three crows cawing on the cypress lunge me from bed through the door, stones in hand for three crows cawing. Are they worse than a child abused as my  ...
Lance Lee, 2011
8
The American Crow and the Common Raven
Cawing, heard in thirty-eight of the territorial encounters consisted of sharp caws corresponding to what Good (1952) refers to as warning calls and Chamberlain and Corn- well (1971) as simple scolding calls. The crows of both groups cawed  ...
Lawrence Kilham, 1990
9
City of Sin and Splendour: Writings on Lahore
But if he did go to see the clock to see the time, it would mean nothing, for he had not seen the time when he had fallen asleep. He heard crows cawing somewhere far in the distance, distinctly cawing somewhere in the open air. And then they ...
Bapsi Sidhwa, 2005
10
Reason and Scepticism
Consider, for example, the case where one has before one a crow that one sees has a broken claw, where all crows one has examined have cawed, and where all cawing and other animals previously examined have been found to lack ...
Michael A. Slote, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CAWING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cawing is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Watch the perfectly creepy teaser for Netflix's 'A Series of …
... some morbidly-titled books, a cawing crow and lots of eyes. And it wouldn't be a complete teaser without the horned shadow of Count Olaf . «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
2
Conn. Officials Incorporate Climate Change Projections Into …
Thumping louder than the crashing surf and cawing gulls, the pile driver pounding into the earth beats a rumbling rhythm for the birdwatchers, ... «Insurance Journal, Jul 15»
3
In winged territory
Constant chirping, cawing and croaking suddenly become a part of my consciousness. With raindrops tip-tapping on the ground, with a variety ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
4
Sunrise Thoughts: Earth, the Sun & Our Place in the Universe
The birds circle and swoop around excitedly, cawing to one another about this sudden event. In their marble-sized brains, it is again happening ... «Dan's Papers, Jul 15»
5
Officials incorporate climate change into beach design
MADISON, Conn. — Thumping louder than the crashing surf and cawing gulls, the pile driver pounding into the earth beats a rumbling rhythm ... «WRAL.com, Jul 15»
6
Australis Aquaculture swimming in business
TURNERS FALLS — Cawing seagulls circle over a sea-sprayed wooden dock while bearded men wearing skullcaps and tall rubber wading ... «The Recorder, Jul 15»
7
Over the Cuckoo's head
Some days later, Mother Cuckoo found that one baby was cawing instead of cooing. She cawed and cawed till Mother Cuckoo's ears hurt. «The Hindu, Jul 15»
8
The Unlikely Visitor at the Putnam Post Office
The persistent cawing became so loud, I was sure some bird was going to land on my head. Stopping to look for the sound, I looked up to see ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
9
Kingston HyperX Cloud II Review: Virtual Surround Sound Gaming …
It was absolutely delightful to hear amplification of otherwise muted sounds like crying wolves, the pitter-patter of rainfall, thunder, cawing crows ... «NDTV, Jun 15»
10
The Ojai Music Festival.
Cawing crows provided an apt prelude to Bartók's savage Third Quartet. The snoring sounds that Globokar notated in his “?Corporel” score ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
REFERENCE
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