cow
31cow — n British 1a. an unpleasant or obnoxious woman 1b. a placid, drab or humiliated woman The word is often used with real malice or, alternatively, can be said with fellow feel ing by a sympathetic woman, especially in the phrase poor cow . Cow is… …
32cow — [[t]ka͟ʊ[/t]] ♦♦♦ cows, cowing, cowed 1) N COUNT A cow is a large female animal that is kept on farms for its milk. People sometimes refer to male and female animals of this species as cows. → See also cattle He kept a few dairy cows... Dad went… …
33Cow — This interesting surname, with variant spelling Cow, though appearing to be a nickname from the animal, is actually an occupational name for a cook, deriving from the Old French queu , keu , kiew and cu . It may also refer to one who sold cooked… …
34Cow — 1. bad tempered woman; 2. term of abuse: You miserable cow ; 3. a cow of a (something or someone) difficult, unpleasant, disagreeable (thing or person): That s a cow of a thing to say …
35cow — I [[t]kaʊ[/t]] n. 1) zool. the mature female of a bovine animal, esp. of the genus Bos[/ex] 2) zool. the female of various other large animals, as the elephant or whale 3) ahb. zool. inf Informal. a domestic bovine of either sex and any age •… …
36cow — See: HOLY CATS or HOLY COW, SACRED COW …
37cow — See: HOLY CATS or HOLY COW, SACRED COW …
38Cow — A cow and her calf were not to be killed on the same day (Lev. 22:28; Ex. 23:19; Deut. 22:6, 7). The reason for this enactment is not given. A state of great poverty is described in the words of Isa. 7:21 25, where, instead of possessing great …
39cow — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. bovine, calf, heifer; (pl.) kine, cattle. See animal. v. t. intimidate, frighten. See fear. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. heifer, milk cow, dairy cow, bovine, critter*, bossy*; see also bull 1 , calf .… …
40cow — English has two completely distinct words cow. The commoner, ‘female of cattle’ [OE], is a word of very ancient ancestry. It goes back via West and North Germanic *kōuz to a hypothetical Indo European *gwōus, which was also the source of Latin… …
