What does COW mean?
Definitions for COW
kaʊcow
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Princeton's WordNet
cow, moo-cownoun
female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
cownoun
mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
cowverb
a large unpleasant woman
overawe, cowverb
subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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.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.
ChatGPT
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 Dictionary
Cownoun
a chimney cap; a cowl
Cownoun
the mature female of bovine animals
Cownoun
the female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc
Cowverb
to depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe
Cownoun
a wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock
Etymology: [See Cowl a hood.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
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.]
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 Terms
cow
Applied by whalers to the female whale.--To cow. To depress with fear.
Editors Contribution
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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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'COW' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2822
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'COW' in Nouns Frequency: #1529
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of COW in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of COW in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of COW in a Sentence
He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.
I turn around and I see my son tangled up in a lead rope and a cow running down the drive way, at that point, he had already been stomped on.
The friendly cow all red and white, I love with all my heart: She gives me cream with all her might; to eat with apple tart.
The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks.
I got into it mainly through falling in love with a young lady of Mexican descent from Texas Monthly. And she introduced me to breakfast tacos, and she downright forced me to eat cow tongue. … I was head over heels for both the food and the girl.
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- ажәAbkhaz
- koeiAfrikaans
- ላምAmharic
- bacaAragonese
- ابقار, بقر, بقرةArabic
- wakaAymara
- inəkAzerbaijani
- һыйырBashkir
- каро́ваBelarusian
- сплашвам, кра́ва, укротявамBulgarian
- গরু, গাইBengali
- བ་ཕྱུགསTibetan Standard
- buoc'hBreton
- vaca, marró, foca, pedra, bruixaCatalan, Valencian
- еттChechen
- guäkäChamorro
- kráva, skot, turCzech
- ӗнеChuvash
- buwchWelsh
- ko, hunDanish
- Kuh, RindGerman
- ގެރިDivehi
- αγελάδαGreek
- bovino, bovo, inoEsperanto
- vaca, intimidar, bruja, bovinoSpanish
- lehmEstonian
- behiBasque
- گو, مادهگاو, گا, گاوPersian
- lehmä, pelottaa, nautaFinnish
- kúgvFaroese
- bovin, vache, femelle, garce, chipieFrench
- koWestern Frisian
- bóIrish
- mart, bòScottish Gaelic
- vacaGalician
- ગાયGujarati
- booaManx
- saniyaHausa
- פרה, פָּרָה, הפחידHebrew
- गायHindi
- vachHaitian Creole
- tehén, megfélemlítHungarian
- կովArmenian
- vaccaInterlingua
- sapiIndonesian
- kýr, nautgripur, beljaIcelandic
- stronza, vacca, elefantessa, bovino, femmina, mucca, bastardaItalian
- פרהHebrew
- 脅迫, 威す, 牛, 雌牛, 雌, 脅かすJapanese
- ꦊꦩ꧀ꦧꦸJavanese
- ძროხაGeorgian
- ngombeKongo
- сиырKazakh
- មេគោ, គោKhmer
- ಹಸುKannada
- 암소Korean
- manga, مانگا, çêlek, çêl, چێڵKurdish
- bughCornish
- уйKyrgyz
- bōs, vaccaLatin
- Kou, KouhLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ງົວLao
- govsLatvian
- kauMāori
- женка, краваMacedonian
- പശുMalayalam
- үнээ, үхэрMongolian
- गायMarathi
- baqarah, lembuMalay
- baqraMaltese
- နွား, နွားမBurmese
- गाईNepali
- koe, rund, domme koeDutch
- kuNorwegian Nynorsk
- ku, kue, underkueNorwegian
- béégashiiNavajo, Navaho
- vacaOccitan
- majiikwe, bizhiki, noozhe-mooz, ikwe-bizhiki, noozhez, aanimakamigiziwin, noozhe-bizhikiOjibwe, Ojibwa
- гъог, хъугOssetian, Ossetic
- krowaPolish
- غواPashto, Pushto
- bovídeo, bovino, bruxa, vaca, fêmeaPortuguese
- wuakraQuechua
- vatga, vachaRomansh
- vacă, femelăRomanian
- коро́ваRussian
- inkaKinyarwanda
- गो, धेनुःSanskrit
- baccaSardinian
- گانءSindhi
- gussaNorthern Sami
- крава, kravaSerbo-Croatian
- දෙනSinhala, Sinhalese
- kravaSlovak
- kravaSlovene
- poviSamoan
- mhóuShona
- sacSomali
- lopëAlbanian
- ín-khomâtiSwati
- nötkreatur, kossa, koSwedish
- ng'ombeSwahili
- பசுTamil
- ఆవుTelugu
- วัว, โคThai
- ላምTigrinya
- sygyrTurkmen
- kgomoTswana
- pulu fefineTonga (Tonga Islands)
- inekTurkish
- сыерTatar
- سېغىن كالا, كالا, ئىنەكUyghur, Uighur
- коро́ваUkrainian
- گایUrdu
- sigirUzbek
- bò, bò cáiVietnamese
- kun, bub, jibubVolapük
- vatcheWalloon
- nagWolof
- inkomoXhosa
- קוYiddish
- abo màluuYoruba
- 牛Chinese
- imazi, inkomaziZulu
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