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cowers

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verb

  1. To crouch or cringe, or to avoid or shy away from something, in fear.“He'd be useless in war. He'd just cower in his bunker until the enemy came in and shot him, or until the war was over.”
  2. To crouch in general.
  3. To cause to cower; to frighten into submission.

verb

  1. To cherish with care.

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