cow

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Meaning

1. An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
2. (informal) Any member of the species Bos taurus regardless of sex or age, including bulls and calves.
3. Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
4. Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
5. A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
6. (informal) A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
7. A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
8. (slang) A third-year cadet at West Point.
9. (slang) A fish that is very large for its species, such as a large striped bass or large bluefin tuna.

cow

cattle

bull

cows

intimidate

bullock

frighten

overawe

calf

heifer

daunt

browbeat

bully

threaten

terrify

steer

beef

moo-cow

bovine

calves

startle

scare

pressure

alarm

appal

dismay

affright

young cow

buffalo

milk cow

cowfish

many-spined cow fish

roundbelly cowfish

domestic cattle

bulldoze

coerce

domineer

oppress

persecute

tyrannize

harass

pressurize

petrify

terrorize

unnerve

meat

menace

beef cattle

suppress

milch-cow

bossy

bully into

bullyrag

broom

hobgoblin

scarecrow

bugaboo

dispirit

poll

clip

prune

overtop

surpass

excel

neat

funk

horrify

astound

awe

oxen

dwarf

broadie

broadey

sookey

seal cow

bitch

faze

bovines

kangaroo bar

roo bar

classifier

domestic animals

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kaʊ/

From Middle English cou, cu, from Old English cū (“cow”), from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Cognate with Sanskrit गौ (gow), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Persian گاو (gâv)), Latvian govs (“cow”), Proto-Slavic *govędo (Serbo-Croatian govedo, Russian говядина (govjadina) ("beef")), Scots coo (“cow”), North Frisian ko, kø (“cow”), West Frisian ko (“cow”), Dutch koe (“cow”), Low German Koh, Koo, Kau (“cow”), German Kuh (“cow”), Swedish ko (“cow”), Norwegian ku (“cow”), Icelandic kýr (“cow”), Latin bōs (“ox, bull, cow”), Armenian կով (kov, “cow”). Doublet of beef. The plural kine is from Middle English kyne, kyn, kuin, kiin, kien (“cows”), either a double plural of Middle English ky, kye (“cows”), equivalent to modern kye + -en, or inherited from Old English cȳna (“cows', of cows”), genitive plural of cū (“cow”).