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Cow

Cow Meaning & Definition
Cow Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cow?

[n] mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
[n] female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
[n] a large unpleasant woman
[v] subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cow: moo-cow | overawe

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cow: abash | appall | aurochs | beat down | beef | beef cattle | beeves | biddy | bison | bitch | bludgeon | bluster | bluster out of | bossy | bovine | bovine animal | Brahman | break | brood mare | browbeat | buffalo | bull | bulldoze | bullock | bully | bullyrag | calf | carabao | castrate | cattle | clamp down on | coerce | compel | critter | dairy cattle | dairy cow | daunt | demoralize | despotize | discomfit | disconcert | dismay | doe | dogie | domineer | domineer over | dragoon | embarrass | enslave | ewe | ewe lamb | faze | filly | grind | grind down | guinea hen | gyp | harass | hector | heifer | hen | henpeck | hind | hornless cow | huff | Indian buffalo | intimidate | jenny | keep down | keep under | kine | leppy | lioness | lord it over | mare | maverick | milch cow | milcher | milk cow | milker | muley cow | muley head | musk-ox | nanny | nanny goat | neat | oppress | overawe | overbear | overmaster | override | ox | oxen | Partlet | peahen | press heavy on | rattle | repress | ride over | ride roughshod over | roe | she-bear | she-goat | she-lion | slut | sow | steer | stirk | stot | strong-arm | subjugate | suppress | systematically terrorize | terrorize | threaten | tigress | trample down | trample upon | tread down | tread upon | tyrannize | tyrannize over | unman | vixen | walk all over | walk over | weigh heavy on | wisent | yak | yearling | zebu

See Also | awe | bag | Bos taurus | buffalo | cattle | cows | disagreeable woman | eutherian | eutherian mammal | heifer | kine | oxen | placental | placental mammal | poll | springer | springing cow | udder | unpleasant woman

Cow In Webster's Dictionary

\Cow\ (kou), n. [See {Cowl} a hood.] A chimney cap; a cowl
\Cow\, n.; pl. {Cows} (kouz); old pl. {Kine} (k[imac]n). [OE. cu, cou, AS. c[=u]; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k[=y]r, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. boy^s, Skr. g[=o]. [root]223. Cf. {Beef}, {Bovine}, {Bucolic}, {Butter}, {Nylghau}.] 1. The mature female of bovine animals. 2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.
\Cow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cowed} (koud);; p. pr. & vb. n. {Cowing}.] [Cf. Icel. kuga, Sw. kufva to check, subdue, Dan. kue. Cf. {Cuff}, v. t.] To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe. To vanquish a people already cowed. --Shak. THe French king was cowed. --J. R. Green.
\Cow\, n. [Prob. from same root as cow, v. t.] (Mining) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. --Knight.

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