cow
(noun) mature female of mammals of which the male is called âbullâ
cow, moo-cow
(noun) female of domestic cattle: ââmoo-cowâ is a childâs termâ
cow
(noun) a large unpleasant woman
overawe, cow
(verb) subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cow (plural cows or cattle or kine) (see usage notes)
(properly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
(formerly inexact but now common) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
(uncommon) Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
(uncommon) Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
(biology) A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
(derogatory, UK, AU, informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
(mining) A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
The plural cows is the normal plural for multiple individuals, while cattle is used in a more collective sense. The umlaut plurals kee, kie, kine, ky and kye are archaic or dialectal, and are not in common use.
• (derogatory: despicable woman): bitch
• (informal: anything annoyingly difficult): bastard, bitch, bugger (UK)
• (female domesticated ox or other bovine): bull (male, uncastrated), ox or steer (male, castrated), heifer (female, immature)
• (young or little): cowlet, cowling
cow (third-person singular simple present cows, present participle cowing, simple past and past participle cowed)
(transitive, mostly, in the passive voice) To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
cow (plural cows)
(UK, dialect) A chimney cowl.
• CWO, WOC
COW
(computing) Acronym of copy-on-write.
• CWO, WOC
Source: Wiktionary
Cow (kou), n. Etym: [See Cowl a hood.]
Definition: A chimney cap; a cowl
Cow, n.; pl. Cows (kouz); old pl. Kine (k. Etym: [OE. cu, cou, AS. c; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. g. sq. root223. 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.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. kuga, Sw. kufva to check, subdue, Dan. kue. Cf. Cuff, v. t.]
Definition: 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. Etym: [Prob. from same root as cow, v.t.] (Mining)
Definition: A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; âmy left handâ; âleft center fieldâ; âthe left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstreamâ
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
