cow

9 definitions • 7 examples

a large female farm animal kept to produce meat and milk:

dairy cow We had several chickens and a dairy cow on our farm.

Most of these ranchers own only own a bull and about twenty cows.

a female or male bovine (= an animal from the cattle group):

There has been a lot of research into disease in farm animals such as cows, pigs, and chickens.

the adult female of a large mammal such as an elephant, a whale, or a seal:

a cow elephant

an offensive word for a woman who is considered to be unkind or unpleasant

something difficult or unpleasant:

a cow of a It's been a cow of a day.

to frighten someone into doing something, using threats or violence:

be cowed into The protesters refused to be cowed into submission by the army.

the adult female of cattle that is kept on a farm to produce milk or meat

A cow is also any of other large female, adult mammals, such as elephants or whales.

to frighten or control someone by using threats or violence:

The dictator has succeeded in cowing his public opponents into near silence.