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• 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 — cow1 [kou] n. [ME cou, cow, pl. kye (southern doubled pl. kyn) < OE cū, pl. cy < IE base * gwou , cow, ox > Sans gauḥ, Gr bous, L bos, OIr bo, Ger kuh] 1. the mature female of domestic cattle (genus Bos), valued for its milk 2. the… …   English World 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 tipping — A cow lying on its side Cow tipping or cow pushing is the purported activity of sneaking up on a sleeping, upright cow and pushing it over for fun. As cattle do not sleep standing up, cow tipping is a myth.[1] Cont …   Wikipedia

• elephant — n. 1) a rogue ( wild ) elephant 2) elephants trumpet 3) a herd of elephants 4) a young elephant is a calf 5) a female elephant is a cow 6) a male elephant is a bull * * * [ elɪfənt] a female elephant is a cow a herd of elephants a male elephant… …   Combinatory dictionary

• cow — cow1 cowlike, adj. /kow/, n., pl. cows, (Archaic) kine. 1. the mature female of a bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos. 2. the female of various other large animals, as the elephant or whale. 3. Informal. a domestic bovine of either sex and any… …   Universalium

• Elephant — Taxobox name = Elephant image width = 250px image caption = An African Bush Elephant near the border of the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata classis = Mammalia ordo …   Wikipedia

• cow — 1. n. 1 a fully grown female of any bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos, used as a source of milk and beef. 2 the female of other large animals, esp. the elephant, whale, and seal. 3 derog. sl. a a woman esp. a coarse or unpleasant one. b… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 S2 [kau] n [: Old English; Origin: cu] 1.) a large female animal that is kept on farms and used to produce milk or meat →↑bull 2.) a male or female animal of this type →↑bull ▪ a herd of cows 3.) the female of some large anima …   Dictionary of contemporary English