cow (redirected from cowy)

cow ¹  (kou)

n.

1. The mature female of cattle of the genus Bos.

2. The mature female of other large animals, such as whales, elephants, or moose.

3. A domesticated bovine of either sex or any age.

Idioms:

have a cow

Slang To become amazed, angered, or upset: He had a cow when he saw the mess we made.

till the cows come home Informal

For a very long time; indefinitely: They could argue till the cows come home and still not reach an agreement.

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[Middle English cou, from Old English c; see g^wou- in Indo-European roots.]

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cowy adj.

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cow ¹

Noun

1. the mature female of cattle

2. the mature female of various other mammals, such as the elephant or whale

3. Not in technical use any domestic species of cattle

4. Informal, offensive a disagreeable woman [Old English cū]

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cow ²

Verb

to frighten or subdue with threats [Old Norse kūga to oppress]

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Cow a bunch of twigs; a birch or besom of twigs.

Examples: cow of heather, 1651; of birch; of broom; of twigs.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cow - female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term" moo-cow udder, bag - mammary gland of bovids (cows and sheep and goats) 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" springing cow, springer - a cow about to give birth heifer - young cow poll - the part of the head between the ears
	2.	cow - mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull' eutherian, eutherian mammal, placental, placental mammal - mammals having a placenta; all mammals except monotremes and marsupials
	3.	cow - a large unpleasant woman disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman - a woman who is an unpleasant person
Verb	1.	cow - subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats) overawe awe - inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates" buffalo - intimidate or overawe

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cow

verb intimidate, daunt, frighten, scare, bully, dismay, awe, subdue, unnerve, overawe, terrorize, browbeat, psych out (informal) dishearten

Translations

cow [kau] n → vaca

vt → intimidar

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cow [kau] n → vache f

cpd → femelle

vt → effrayer, intimider

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cow [kau] n (animal, inf!) (woman) → Kuh f

cpd → Kuh-

vt → einschüchtern

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cow [kau] n → vacca

cpd → femmina

vt → intimidire;

cow elephant n → elefantessa