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Definition of "crow's-foot" []

  • A wrinkle or wrinkles at the outer corner of the eye. Often used in the plural: got a face-lift to get rid of crow's-feet. (noun)
  • A three-pointed embroidery stitch, especially one in the form of a filled triangle used as finishing, as at the end of a seam. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "crow's-foot" in a sentence
  • "Skin seems to be ageing pretty well too, touch wood - definitely doing better on the crow's-foot and fine-line front than the pale WASP types I always envied as a teenager :"
  • "Her soft cheeks had the glow that Marina saw on her own in the mirror of a morning; her green-green eyes had just the merest hint of a crow's-foot at the corners."
  • "As the VC were driven southward, they moved toward the crow's-foot in Kim Son valley."
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