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Cow is a colloquial term for cattle, and the name of female cattle.

Cow, cows or COW may also refer to:

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LARGE, DOMESTICATED, CLOVEN-HOOVED HERBIVORES

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(cows, cowing, cowed)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows.

Dad went out to milk the cows.

...a herd of cows.

N-COUNT

see also cattle

Some female animals, including elephants and whales, are called cows.

...a cow elephant.

N-COUNT: oft N n

If someone describes a woman as a cow, they dislike her and think that she is unpleasant or stupid. (INFORMAL, OFFENSIVE)

N-COUNT [disapproval]

If someone is cowed, they are made afraid, or made to behave in a particular way because they have been frightened or badly treated. (FORMAL)

The government, far from being cowed by these threats, has vowed to continue its policy.

...cowing them into submission.

= intimidate

VERB: be V-ed, V n into n/-ing

• cowed

By this time she was so cowed by the beatings that she meekly obeyed.

ADJ: oft ADJ by n

see also mad cow disease
, sacred cow

cow

LARGE, DOMESTICATED, CLOVEN-HOOVED HERBIVORES

v. a.

Overawe, intimidate, frighten, daunt, abash, discourage, dishearten, break, subdue by fear.

Pronunciation examples for cow

1. Cow, cow, cow.

You're Not the Boss of Me _ Betsy Brown Braun _ Talks at Google

2. - A cow. - A cow.

The Kings Speech (2010)

3. (cow moos)

Flight of the Navigator

4. Holy cow.

Losing the Nobel Prize _ Brian Keating _ Talks at Google

5. AUDIENCE: Cow.

Everyday Bias - Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments _ Howard Ross _ Talks at Google

Examples of use of cow

1. A separate CARE program gives women a cow with a calf, or a pregnant cow.

2. Canada violates U.S. mad cow rules, ships adult cow WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Canadian animal health inspectors accidentally approved the export of a 31–month–old cow to the United States, violating strict U.S. safeguards to prevent mad cow disease, a U.S.

3. The U.S. has had three confirmed cases of mad cow disease: in December 2003, in a Washington state cow that had been imported from Canada; last June, in a Texas–born cow; and in March, in an Alabama cow.

4. The infected cow was a 12–year–old Brahma cross beef cow.

5. A beef cow would count for $18; a dairy cow, $31.50.