cow
🇺🇸
/kaʊ/
🇬🇧
/kaʊ/
noun
A1
a farm animal that gives milk or is used for meat
The farmer milks the cow every morning.
R
the female of large animals like elephants or whales
The female elephant, or cow, protects her baby.
R
a rude word for a woman you dislike
He called her a cow, which was very mean.
R
an unpleasant person, thing, or situation
Dealing with that problem was a real cow.
verb
R
to scare someone into doing what you want
The bully tried to cow the smaller kids.
translation
a farm animal that gives milk or is used for meat; the female of large animals like elephants or whales; a rude word for a woman you dislike; an unpleasant person, thing, or situation
to scare someone into doing what you want
Word Forms
Plural
cows
Progressive
cowing
Past
cowed
Perfect
cowed
3rd Present
cows