Both Uses
cower
in
Hoot
(Edited)
- He had no intention of spending the rest of the year cowering in the rest room or sneaking through the halls just to avoid some dumb bully.
p. 65.7 *cowering = afraid
- He didn't particularly enjoy getting roughed up, but the alternative was to cower and beg, which he couldn't lower himself to do.
p. 95.4cower = show fear
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) In classic literature, cower may also mean to crouch or curl up without any hint of fear.