cow (verb)

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• cow — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ beef ▪ dairy, milch (BrE, often figurative), milk (esp. AmE) ▪ The region is treated as a milch cow by central government. ▪ sac …   Collocations dictionary

• cow — Ⅰ. cow [1] ► NOUN 1) a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox. 2) the female of certain other large animals, such as the elephant or whale. 3) informal, derogatory a woman. 4) Austral./NZ an unpleasant person or thing. ● …   English terms dictionary

• cow´er|ing|ly — cow|er «KOW uhr», intransitive verb. 1. to crouch or draw back in fear or shame: »The dog cowered under the table after being whipped by its master. SYNONYM(S): cringe, quail. 2. to draw back tremblingly from another s threats or blows.… …   Useful english dictionary

• cow|er — «KOW uhr», intransitive verb. 1. to crouch or draw back in fear or shame: »The dog cowered under the table after being whipped by its master. SYNONYM(S): cringe, quail. 2. to draw back tremblingly from another s threats or blows. SYNONYM(S):… …   Useful english dictionary

• cow|hide — «KOW HYD», noun, verb, hid|ed, hid|ing. –n. 1. the hide of a cow: »Cowhide was checked for ticks and sores. 2. leather made from it: »The cowboy s chaps were of cowhide. 3 …   Useful english dictionary

• cow — verb has he cowed you all with his threats? Syn: intimidate, daunt, browbeat, bully, tyrannize, scare, terrorize, frighten, dishearten, unnerve, subdue; informal psych out, bulldoze …   Thesaurus of popular words

• cow — I. /kaʊ / (say kow) noun (plural cows or, Archaic, kine) 1. a. a large bovine, Bos taurus, the domestic cow, owing ancestry to both the European aurochs, B. primigenius, and the Asian zebu, B. indicus, domesticated since prehistoric times and… …  

• cow — I UK [kaʊ] / US noun [countable] Word forms cow : singular cow plural cows ** 1) an animal kept by farmers for its milk or meat. A male cow is called a bull, a female is a cow, and a young cow is a calf. Their meat is called beef. The sound a cow …   English dictionary

• cow — cow1 [ kau ] noun count ** 1. ) an animal kept by farmers for its milk or meat. A male cow is called a bull, a female is a cow, and a young cow is a calf. Their meat is called beef. The sound a cow makes is written as moo. a ) the female of some… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• cow — [[t]ka͟ʊ[/t]] ♦♦♦ cows, cowing, cowed 1) N COUNT 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. → See also cattle He kept a few dairy cows... Dad went… …   English dictionary

• cow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bovine, calf, heifer; (pl.) kine, cattle. See animal. v. t. intimidate, frighten. See fear. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. heifer, milk cow, dairy cow, bovine, critter*, bossy*; see also bull 1 , calf .… …   English dictionary for students