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US
/ˈkaʊ/
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[ UK /kˈaʊ/ ]
[ UK /kˈaʊ/ ]
NOUN
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female of domestic cattle:
`moo-cow' is a child's term - mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
- a large unpleasant woman
VERB
- subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
How To Use cow In A Sentence
- There were a few cows dotted around in the field.
- ‘On the 18th, we were ‘invaded’ by a flock of over 100 mixed redwings, grackles, starlings, and cowbirds that ate everything in sight and emptied the bird bath in minutes!’
- I'll get all the engine cowls off, get all the dust out of it, and a lot of areas have to be repolished.
- Initially von Leeb, using troops borrowed from von Bock, was able to mount a concerted attack both on the defensive positions of the southern suburbs and the area north of the main rail line to Moscow, their objective being the historic village now a suburb of Schlüsselburg, right on Lake Ladoga. Deathride
- The series in fact comprises only two: one in the form of a monk's habit and cowl, and one depicting a pin-striped business suit and tie.
- Of course the 'nester' or 'punkin roller,' as we contemptuously called the small farmer, began sifting in here and there in spite of our guns, but he was only a mosquito bite in comparison with the trouble which our cow-punchers stirred up. Cavanaugh: Forest Ranger A Romance of the Mountain West
- Similarly, the exaction of stiff reprisals for unexpected attacks on troops remote from the fighting front might cow the local population, or might stimulate them to more aggressive resistance.
- President Nixon devalues the dollar, journeys to Peking and Moscow; the future remains unknown.
- I thought his favor was excessive; certainly I never thought their powers were any more real than those cheapjack toadstone-peddlers or the granny-wives who claim they can put a bad word on someone's cow. The Silent Tower
- Over Fate of Georgia, Provinces With Russian forces appearing to hunker down in Georgia, U.S. and European officials now face a pricklier challenge: Moscow's insistence that it has the right to help break up the country. U.S.-Russia Relations Turn Cold