Cow
noun
A large female farm animal kept for milk or meat.
The farmer has four cows.
Often appears as...
- milk a cow
- herd of cows
noun
A term of offence for a woman.
That old cow, she never stops complaining!
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To scare someone into doing something.
He tried to cow us into submission.
Often appears as...
- cow into submission
- cow into silence
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The mature female of various usually large animals.
The whale cow protects her calf.
Often appears as...
- cow and calf
- cow seal
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A large female farm animal kept for milk or meat.
The farmer has four cows.
Often appears as...
- milk a cow
- herd of cows
noun
A term of offence for a woman.
That old cow, she never stops complaining!
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
verb
To scare someone into doing something.
He tried to cow us into submission.
Often appears as...
- cow into submission
- cow into silence
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The mature female of various usually large animals.
The whale cow protects her calf.
Often appears as...
- cow and calf
- cow seal
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Common Domestic Animal
Focuses on the typical role of cows in agriculture.
Cows on the farm provide us with milk.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Specific
Refers specifically to female cattle; males are bulls or steers.
The cows are grazing, but the bull is in the pen.
Pro Tip 3/3Group Term
When talking about many, use 'herd of cows'.
A herd of cows crossed the road together.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Domestic Animal
Focuses on the typical role of cows in agriculture.
Cows on the farm provide us with milk.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Specific
Refers specifically to female cattle; males are bulls or steers.
The cows are grazing, but the bull is in the pen.
Pro Tip 3/3Group Term
When talking about many, use 'herd of cows'.
A herd of cows crossed the road together.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Domestic Animal
Focuses on the typical role of cows in agriculture.
Cows on the farm provide us with milk.
Pro Tip 2/3Gender Specific
Refers specifically to female cattle; males are bulls or steers.
The cows are grazing, but the bull is in the pen.
Pro Tip 3/3Group Term
When talking about many, use 'herd of cows'.
A herd of cows crossed the road together.
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How we conquered the...
he heard a dairy maid say, "I shall never have smallpox, for I have had cowpox. I shall never have an ugly, pockmarked face." Cowpox is a skin disease that resembles smallpox and infects cows. Later on, as a physician, he realized that she was right, women who got cowpox didn't develop
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The beneficial bacteria...
As the milk gets more and more acidic, its proteins start to aggregate and curdle. That's why spoiled milk is clumpy. Cheesemakers usually add an enzyme called rennet, naturally found inside of cows, goats, and some other mammals to help this process along.
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The Cutest Elephant...
little bit he's just helping her know it's a trunk coming down that's really wonderful do you know that's a testament to how much Weaver has come on he's pushing herself she's testing her abilities she's back on dry land now it's cows tournament
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What's wrong with what...
I take it quite seriously, but I'm here to talk about something that's become very important to me in the last year or two. It is about food, but it's not about cooking, per se. I'm going to start with this picture of a beautiful cow.
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Joe Exotic and the Tiger...
by offering cow petting experiences to tourists. JOHN They raise tiger cubs, so that people can pay money and take selfies, so they have to have this constant supply of these little tiny tiger cubs between one and four months.
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The myth of Icarus and...
to fall in love with the king's prized bull. Under this spell, she asked Daedalus to help her seduce it. With characteristic audacity, he agreed. Daedalus constructed a hollow wooden cow so realistic that it fooled the bull.
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UK National Parks in 100...
which are mostly used for rearing cows and sheep our national parks were created to conserve and enhance their wildlife beauty heritage and use there for all of us to enjoy care for and benefit from
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How to rebuild the world...
bread or the pot for boiling rice I like an external pre digestive system humanity doesn't have the benefit of four stomachs like a cow so you've had to adopt technology to enable us to
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Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
enthusiasm ella and inga have grown up absorbing this passion for the arctic and for these hardy resilient reindeer this far north it's too cold and too tough for cows or sheep
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The Planet Earth...
stored some is needed right now she has 700 cows to feed as their appetite screw the mother must work tirelessly to raise her family only fat
Video examples
How we conquered the...
he heard a dairy maid say, "I shall never have smallpox, for I have had cowpox. I shall never have an ugly, pockmarked face." Cowpox is a skin disease that resembles smallpox and infects cows. Later on, as a physician, he realized that she was right, women who got cowpox didn't develop
Video examples
The beneficial bacteria...
As the milk gets more and more acidic, its proteins start to aggregate and curdle. That's why spoiled milk is clumpy. Cheesemakers usually add an enzyme called rennet, naturally found inside of cows, goats, and some other mammals to help this process along.
Video examples
The Cutest Elephant...
little bit he's just helping her know it's a trunk coming down that's really wonderful do you know that's a testament to how much Weaver has come on he's pushing herself she's testing her abilities she's back on dry land now it's cows tournament
Video examples
What's wrong with what...
I take it quite seriously, but I'm here to talk about something that's become very important to me in the last year or two. It is about food, but it's not about cooking, per se. I'm going to start with this picture of a beautiful cow.
Video examples
Joe Exotic and the Tiger...
by offering cow petting experiences to tourists. JOHN They raise tiger cubs, so that people can pay money and take selfies, so they have to have this constant supply of these little tiny tiger cubs between one and four months.
Video examples
The myth of Icarus and...
to fall in love with the king's prized bull. Under this spell, she asked Daedalus to help her seduce it. With characteristic audacity, he agreed. Daedalus constructed a hollow wooden cow so realistic that it fooled the bull.
Video examples
UK National Parks in 100...
which are mostly used for rearing cows and sheep our national parks were created to conserve and enhance their wildlife beauty heritage and use there for all of us to enjoy care for and benefit from
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
bread or the pot for boiling rice I like an external pre digestive system humanity doesn't have the benefit of four stomachs like a cow so you've had to adopt technology to enable us to
Video examples
Top 5 Reindeer Moments PIPE...
enthusiasm ella and inga have grown up absorbing this passion for the arctic and for these hardy resilient reindeer this far north it's too cold and too tough for cows or sheep
Video examples
The Planet Earth...
stored some is needed right now she has 700 cows to feed as their appetite screw the mother must work tirelessly to raise her family only fat
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Kristen Schaal
American Actress
Animals in general have sparked a weird depression in me, because as much as I tried, I couldn't layer a personality over them. You know what I mean? I would stare at the cows, and I would sing to the cows, and they would always just look at me blankly.
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Anthony Hopkins
Welsh Actor
In the theatre, people talk. Talk, talk until the cows come home about journeys of discovery and about what Hazlitt thought of a line of Shakespeare. I can't stand it.
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Bjork
Musician
I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.
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Werner Herzog
German Director
If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with him.
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Laura Amy Schlitz
American Author
I could make up characters till the cows came home. Plot's what hard. Very hard.
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Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me.
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Hank Aaron
American Baseball Player
You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
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Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
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David Lynch
American Director
My cow is not pretty, but it is pretty to me.
Quote examples
Kristen Schaal
American Actress
Animals in general have sparked a weird depression in me, because as much as I tried, I couldn't layer a personality over them. You know what I mean? I would stare at the cows, and I would sing to the cows, and they would always just look at me blankly.
Quote examples
Anthony Hopkins
Welsh Actor
In the theatre, people talk. Talk, talk until the cows come home about journeys of discovery and about what Hazlitt thought of a line of Shakespeare. I can't stand it.
Quote examples
Bjork
Musician
I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.
Quote examples
Werner Herzog
German Director
If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with him.
Quote examples
Laura Amy Schlitz
American Author
I could make up characters till the cows came home. Plot's what hard. Very hard.
Quote examples
Douglas Coupland
Canadian Author
I don't want any vegetables, thank you. I paid for the cow to eat them for me.
Quote examples
Hank Aaron
American Baseball Player
You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
Quote examples
Russell Crowe
Australian Actor
There's nothing like sitting back and talking to your cows.
Quote examples
Noam Chomsky
American Activist
The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.
Quote examples
David Lynch
American Director
My cow is not pretty, but it is pretty to me.
Example 1 of 10
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