cow


Definition: Meaning of, cow in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / kaʊ /

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Singular Plural
cow cows
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  1. a large female animal that is kept on farms and used to produce milk or meat [↪  bull]
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  2. a male or female animal of this type [↪  bull]
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  3. the female of some large animals, such as the ELEPHANT or the WHALE [↪  bull]
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  4. British English spoken not polite an offensive word for a woman who you think is stupid or unpleasant
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  5. have a cow informal to be very angry or surprised about something
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  6. till the cows come home informal for a very long time, or for ever
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Word Forms:
Prsesent Past Past Participle
cow cowed cowed
Present Participle Third Person Singular
cowing cows
[transitive usually passive]
  1. to frighten someone in order to make them do something
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cow used in phrases

  • Steller's sea cow (noun)
    1. extinct large sirenian mammal formerly found near the Asiatic coast of the Bering Sea
  • ant cow (noun)
    1. excretes a honeylike substance eaten by ants
  • cash cow (noun)
    1. something that a company sells very successfully and that brings in a lot of money
  • cow chip (noun)
    1. a round flat mass of dry solid waste from a cow [=  cow pat]
  • cow cockle (noun)
    1. european annual with pale rose-coloured flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort
  • cow dung (noun)
    1. a piece of dried bovine dung
  • cow lily (noun)
    1. common water lily of eastern and central North America, having broad leaves and globe-shaped yellow flowers; in sluggish fresh or slightly brackish water
  • cow man (noun)
    1. or tends a man who raises cattle
  • cow manure (noun)
    1. cow excreta used as fertilizer
  • cow oak (noun)
    1. medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats
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