One of the four sections made by dividing an area with two perpendicular lines. / (mathematics) One of the four regions of the Cartesian plane bounded by the x-axis and y-axis.

as; in the capacity of

The cawing sound of a crow.

(music) A tuplet of four notes. / A sequence of four elements. / One of a group of four, particularly one of four babies born from the same mother during the same birth.

A polygon with four sides. / An area defended by four fortresses supporting each other.

Having four sides.

A four-footed or four-legged animal. / A mammal ambulating on all fours.

(intransitive) To waste away; to fade, to wither / (transitive, now rare) To daunt or frighten (someone) / (intransitive) To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.

Any of various small game birds of the genera Coturnix, Anurophasis or Perdicula in the Old World family Phasianidae or of the New World family Odontophoridae.

(obsolete) To curdle or coagulate, as milk does.