All 3 Uses of
cower
in
The Poisonwood Bible
- Heaven only knows how she must have despised her pale rat of a cowering mistress.†
Chpt 2 *cowering = showing fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit
- Like Methuselah I cowered beside my cage, and though my soul hankered after the mountain, I found, like Methuselah, I had no wings.†
Chpt 3cowered = showed fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit
- Both of us cower at the sound of tires.†
Chpt 5
Definitions:
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(1)
(cower) show fear by positioning the body as though afraid of being hit
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In classic literature, cower may also mean to crouch or curl up without any hint of fear.