cow
[verb]
Synonyms: intimidate, bludgeon, bluster, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, dragoon, hector, strong-arm

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Contrasted words: cower, cringe, fawn, toady, truckle
Related Words: appall, daunt, dismay, abash, discomfit, disconcert, embarrass, faze, rattle

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. cow¹ S2 /kaʊ/ noun [countable]
[Language: Old English; Origin: cu]

1. a large female animal that is kept on farms and used to produce milk or meat ⇒ bull

2. a male or female animal of this type ⇒ bull:
a herd of cows

3. the female of some large animals, such as the elephant or the whale ⇒ bull

4. British English spoken not polite an offensive word for a woman who you think is stupid or unpleasant

5. have a cow informal to be very angry or surprised about something

6. till the cows come home informal for a very long time, or for ever
⇒ cash cow, mad cow disease, sacred cow

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. cow² verb [transitive usually passive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language]
to frighten someone in order to make them do something
cow somebody into something
The protesters had been cowed into submission by the police.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

cow
noun
ADJ. beef | dairy, milch (often figurative)
sacred (often figurative) the sacred cow of free market economics
QUANT. herd
VERB + COW breed | milk
COW + VERB low, moo | chew the cud, graze | calve The cow had difficulties calving.
COW + NOUN byre, shed (also cowshed) | dung, manure, muck, pat (also cowpat) | bell
PHRASES a breed of cow

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

cow

dairy cows (=kept for their milk)
He keeps a herd of dairy cows.
beef cows (=kept for their meat)
They are a well-known breed of beef cow.
milk a cow (=get the milk from a cow)
Once a day, the cows are brought in to be milked.
a cow moos (=makes a long low sound)
I could hear cows mooing in the barn.
a cow grazes (=eats the grass)
Cows were grazing peacefully in the meadows.
a cow calves (=produces a calf, a young cow)
At this time of year the cows are calving.
a herd of cows (=a group that are together somewhere)
We had to wait while a farmer brought a herd of cows across the bridge.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

cow
̈ɪkau
See: holy cats or holy cow , sacred cow

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

COW
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