cow

[Cow]

If it lives on a farm, makes a mooing sound, and produces milk, it is probably a cow.

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A chimney cap; a cowl

Noun
mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull''

Noun
female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow'' is a child''s term"

Noun
a large unpleasant woman

Verb
subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)


n.
A chimney cap; a cowl

n.
The mature female of bovine animals.

n.
The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.

v. t.
To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.

n.
A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock.


Cow

Cow (kou), n. [See Cowl a hood.] A chimney cap; a cowl

Cow

Cow, n.; pl. Cows (kouz); old pl. Kine (kn). [OE. cu, cou, AS. c; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. kr, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. . Skr. g. &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

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.
THe French king was cowed.

Cow

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.

A chimney cap; a cowl

The mature female of bovine animals.

To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.

A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock.

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Usage Examples

Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that don't change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow.

If a cow walked into this room, I'd probably walk out. I could milk it, but my dad never forced me to do a lot of chores like that, mostly because he loved doing it himself.

A dead cow or sheep lying in a pasture is recognized as carrion. The same sort of a carcass dressed and hung up in a butcher's stall passes as food.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

North Dakota State. What do you have to do there to graduate? Milk a cow with your left hand?

If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care, then the happiest individual would not be either a man or a woman it would be, I think, an American cow.

I have to say that in this particular cow that we're dealing with, those parts of the cow were removed, and so we don't think there's any risk or very negligible risk to human health with this particular incident.

I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.

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