Definitions for COW
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cow, moo-cownoun

   female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"

2. cownoun

   mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'

3. cowverb

   a large unpleasant woman

4. overawe, cowverb

   subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. COWnoun

   in the plural, anciently kine, or keen, now commonly cows; The female of the bull; the horned animal with cloven feet, kept for her milk and calves.

   Etymology: cu, Sax. koe, Dutch.

   We see that the horns of oxen and cows, for the most part, are larger than the bulls; which is caused by abundance of moisture, which in the horns of the bull faileth. Francis Bacon.

   After the fever is diminished, asses and goats milk may be necessary; yea, a diet of cows milk alone. Richard Wiseman, Surgery.

   Then, leaving in the fields his grazing cows,
   He sought himself some hospitable house:
   Good Creton entertain’d his godlike guest. John Dryden, Fables.

2. To Cowverb

   To depress with fear; to oppress with habitual timidity.

   Etymology: from coward, by contraction.

   Macduff was from his mother’s womb
   Untimely ripp’d. ————
   ———— Accursed be that tongue that tells me so;
   For it hath cow’d my better part of man. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   By reason of their frequent revolts they have drawn upon themselves the pressures of war so often, that it seems to have somewhat cowed their spirits. James Howell, Vocal Forest.

   For when men by their wives are cow’d,
   Their horns of course are understood. Hudibras, p. ii. c. 2.

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1. cow

   A cow is a large domesticated mammal that is typically kept on farms for the production of milk or meat. It is a member of the Bovidae family and belongs to the species Bos taurus in the animal kingdom. Cows are herbivores, primarily eating grass and other plant material, and they have distinctive features such as a large body, a roughly rectangular body shape, and two horns. They are also known for having a tough digestive system that allows them to ferment food in a specialized stomach before digestion.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Cownoun

   a chimney cap; a cowl

2. Cownoun

   the mature female of bovine animals

3. Cownoun

   the female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc

4. Cowverb

   to depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe

5. Cownoun

   a wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock

6. Etymology: [See Cowl a hood.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cow

   kow, n. the female of the bovine animals: the female of certain other animals, as the elephant, &c.—older plurals, Kine and Kye, the latter now only Scotch.—ns. Cow′-bane, the water-hemlock, often destructive to cattle; Cow′-berr′y, the red whortleberry; Cow′-bird, -bunt′ing, an American starling which accompanies cattle, and drops its eggs into other birds' nests; Cow′-boy, a boy who has the care of cows: (U.S.) a man who has the charge of cattle on a ranch; Cow′-calf, a female calf; Cow′-catch′er (U.S.), an apparatus on the front of railway engines to throw off obstacles; Cow′-cher′vil, -pars′ley, -weed, an umbelliferous European plant of the hedges and woods; Cow′feeder, a dairyman, cowherd; Cow′-grass, the zigzag clover: a variety of red clover; Cow′-heel, an ox-foot stewed to a jelly; Cow′herd, one who herds cows; Cow′hide, the hide of a cow: the hide of a cow made into leather: a coarse whip made of twisted strips of cowhide.—v.t. to whip with a cowhide.—n. Cow′-house, a place in which cows are stalled, a byre.—adj. Cow′ish, like a cow: (Shak.) cowardly.—ns. Cow′-leech, a cow-doctor; Cow′lick, a tuft of turned-up hair on the forehead; Cow′-pars′nip, an umbelliferous plant, used as food for hogs and cattle; Cow′-plant, a perennial plant of Ceylon, with a milky juice; Cow′-pox, a disease which appears in pimples on the teats of the cow, the matter thereof used for vaccination; Cow′-tree, a South American tree that produces a nourishing fluid resembling milk; Cow′-wheat, a genus of annual plants, with yellow flowers and seeds somewhat like grains of wheat. [A.S. cú, pl. cý; Ger. kuh; Sans. go.]

2. Cow

   kow, v.t. to subdue: keep under: to dishearten.—adjs. Cowed, depressed; Cow′ish (Shak.), easily cowed, timorous: mean. [Perh. from Ice. kúga; Dan. kue, to subdue.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cow

   Applied by whalers to the female whale.--To cow. To depress with fear.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cow

   A type of female animal.

   The cow was in the field and my husband loved the way I wanted to cuddle them.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020  

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1. COW

   What does COW stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the COW acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Matched Categories

1. • Placental Mammal

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'COW' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2822

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'COW' in Nouns Frequency: #1529

How to pronounce COW?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of COW in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of COW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of COW in a Sentence

1. Lena Dunham:

   It’s just so crazy because I spent six years of my career being called things like ‘bag of milk’… ‘baby cow,’ ‘aging cow.’ But when she recently lost weight, some people also turned against her. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Then I had this experience of my body changing and suddenly I had all these people being like, 'you're a hypocrite, I thought you were body positive. I thought you were a person who embraced bodies of all sizes,' and I'm like ‘I do, I just also understand that bodies change, we live a long time, things happen.’ Dunham told DeGeneres she the comments irked her. I was frustrated by it because it really was evidence that as a woman in Hollywood, you just can't win.

2. Phil Thomas:

   Saturday night after the ASU footballgame...we took down our 24-foot inflatable Chick-Fil-A cow that says ‘Eat More Chicken’…and stowed it my truck for a few hours until we could get over to the storage unit.

3. Pete Sessions:

   Any vendor monetarily benefiting from vile language in opposition to law enforcement is appalling. Woke culture is proving to be a cash cow that further divides our nation, i am for rule of law and for backing the brave men and women in blue.

4. Ajay Singh:

   Akhlaq should not have butchered a cow, he should not have forgotten that India belongs to Hindus first.

5. Bob Ekstrom, Pitt, MN:

   Tongue - a variety of meat, rarely served because it clearly crosses the line between a cut of beef and a piece of dead cow.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=COW
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=COW
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/COW
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=COW
6. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=COW