cow

  • 11cow|ry — cow|rie or cow|ry «KOW ree», noun, plural ries. 1. the brightly colored, smooth shell of a tropical mollusk, used as money in some parts of Africa and Asia: »The cowry, aristocrat among shells, is noted for its high natural polish (Science News… …

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  • 12Cow — Cow, Stadt, so v.w. Coel …

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  • 13cow — index browbeat, deter, frighten, hector, humiliate, intimidate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 14COW —   [Abk. für Character Oriented Windows, dt. »zeichenorientiertes Windows«], eine Benutzeroberfläche, die Microsoft für Anwendungsprogramme entwickelte, die unter dem Betriebssystem DOS laufen. Sie war Bestandteil der DOS Versionen von Word (ab… …

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  • 15cow — vb *intimidate, browbeat, bulldoze, bully Analogous words: *frighten, terrorize, terrify: daunt, *dismay, appall: abash, discomfit, rattle, faze, disconcert, *embarrass Contrasted words: animate, *quicken, vivify, enliven: cringe, cower …

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  • 16cow — [v] browbeat, intimidate abash, appall, awe, bludgeon, bluster, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, daunt, discomfit, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, dragoon, embarrass, enforce, faze, frighten, hector, lean on*, overawe, push around*, rattle, scare,… …

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  • 17cow|an — «KOH uhn», noun. 1. Scottish. a person who builds stone walls without mortar (used contemptuously of one who works as a mason without having served the regular apprenticeship). 2. a person who is not a Freemason. ╂[origin unknown] …

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  • 18cow — bul·la·ma·cow; cow·age; cow·an; cow·an·young; cow·ard·ice; cow·ard·li·ness; cow·ard·ness; cow; cow·cum·ber; cow·die; cow·dria; cow·er; cow·heart·ed; cow·heel; cow·herb; cow·i·chan; cow·itch; cow·ley; cow·like; cow·litz; cow·man; cow·pea; cow·pen; …

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  • 19cow — I n. 1) to milk a cow 2) a dairy, milch cow 3) cows calve; low, moo 4) the meat of the cow is beef 5) a young cow is a calf 6) (misc.) (colloq.) holy cow! (AE); silly cow! (BE) II v. (D; tr.) to cow into (to cow smb. into making concessions) * *… …

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  • 20cow — 1. n. 1 a fully grown female of any bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos, used as a source of milk and beef. 2 the female of other large animals, esp. the elephant, whale, and seal. 3 derog. sl. a a woman esp. a coarse or unpleasant one. b… …

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