[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cower \cow"er\ kou"~er, v. t.
   to cherish with care. obs.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cower \cow"er\ kou"~er, v. i. imp.  p. p. cowered
   kou"~erd; p. pr.  vb. n. cowering. cf. icel. kera to
   doze, liequiet, sw. kura, dan. kure, g. kauern to cower, w.
   cwrian.
   to stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to
   quail; to sink through fear.
   1913 webster

         our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. --dryden.
   1913 webster

         like falcons, cowering on the nest.      --goldsmith.
   1913 webster
see also:
cowered cowering 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

cower
     v 1: crouch or curl up; "they huddled outside in the rain" syn:
          huddle
     2: show submission or fear syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe,
         grovel
see also:
huddle fawn crawl creep cringe grovel 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

45 moby thesaurus words for "cower":
   apple-polish, bend, bend the knee, blench, bootlick, bow,
   bow and scrape, crawl, creep, cringe, crouch, dodder, fawn,
   flatter, flinch, get down, grovel, halt, hunch, hunch down, kneel,
   kowtow, lick the dust, lickspittle, limp, quail, quiver, recoil,
   scrouch down, shake, shrink, skulk, slink, sneak, squat, stoop,
   teeter, toadeat, toady, totter, tremble, truckle, wallow, welter,
   wince

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