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cow Definition


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cow1
noun
    1. The mature female of any bovine animal, especially domesticated cattle. See also bull1 noun 1, calf1.
    2. The mature female of certain other mammals, eg the elephant, whale and seal.
    3. Loosely used to refer to any domestic breed of cattle.
    4. derog slang
      A woman.
    (Austral & NZ)
    5. slang
      A distasteful person or thing.
Idiom: till the cows come home
    colloq
    For an unforeseeably long time.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon cu.




cow2
verb
    cowed, cowing
    1. To frighten something into submission.
Etymology: 17c: from Norse kuga to subdue.



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