Definition of cow Cow
/kawˈ/ - [kaw] - cow
We found 26 definitions of cow from 9 different sources.
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What does cow mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: cows |
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| cow - female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term" | ||
| moo-cow | ||
| bos taurus, cattle, cows, kine, oxen domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen" | ||
| udder, bag mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) | ||
| springing cow, springer a cow about to give birth | ||
| heifer young cow | ||
| cow - mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull' | ||
| cow - a large unpleasant woman | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cow (Noun)
A female domesticated ox or other bovine, especially an adult after she has had a calf. - cow (Noun)
More generally, any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age. - cow (Noun)
The meat of such animals as food more commonly called. - cow (Noun)
The female of larger species of mammal, including bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants. - cow (Noun)
A woman who is considered despicable in some way, especially one considered to be fat, lazy, ugly, argumentative, mean or spiteful. - cow (Noun)
Anything that is annoyingly difficult, awkward or graceless. - cow (Noun)
A wedge or brake to stop a machine or car; a chock. - cow (Noun)
A chimney cowl.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- cow (n.)
A chimney cap; a cowl - cow (n.)
The mature female of bovine animals. - cow (n.)
The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc. - cow (v. t.)
To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe. - cow (n.)
A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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To inspire fear or hesitation due to fear. -
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Female bovine animal (Bos taurus) of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. -
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Any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.] -
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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.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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Applied by whalers to the female whale.--To cow. To depress with fear.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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To sleep like a cow, with a **** at one's a-se; said of a married man; married men being supposed to sleep with their backs towards their wives, according to the following proclamation:
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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Many a good cow hath had a bad calf. -
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Look to the cow, and the sow, and the wheat mow, and all will be well enow.
