cow
(noun) mature female of mammals of which the male is called ābullā
cow, moo-cow
(noun) female of domestic cattle: āāmoo-cowā is a childās termā
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
25 June 2025
(noun) a state of being confined (usually for a short time); āhis detention was politically motivatedā; āthe prisoner is on holdā; āhe is in the custody of policeā
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
