cow
SubstantivVerbSubstantivSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- Vereinigte Staaten//kaʊ//
- Vereinigte Staaten/[kʰæʊː]/
- //kuː//
An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
Substantiv
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An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
The whole herd is out to pasture right now — the cows, calves, and heifers are out back, and the bulls are down by the creek.
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umgangssprachlichAny member of the species Bos taurus that is not of a bucking breed or fighting breed, regardless of sex or age, including steers and calves.
We saw lots of cows at the farm show, including some surprisingly gigantic bulls.
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Beef: the meat of cattle as food.
The only meat I eat is cow.
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Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.
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A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.
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umgangssprachlichA woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.
[…] the worst insult to a woman, either in London or Paris, is "cow"; a name which might even be a compliment, for cows are among the most likeable of animals.
Greville Preston: You've been set up, you silly cow. Now, don't let me hear any more about this unless you have absolute stand-up-in-court proof it's kosher... Mattie Storin: Pig.
By the time of my third, five months ago, I was a right bossy cow about what I wanted because I knew the drill. For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream.
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A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.
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SlangA third-year cadet at West Point.
Colonel Red Reeder, West Point Second Classman An assistant manager, wearing the stripes of a cadet corporal, walked up to Coach Smith. Clint knew him, a Cow from B-l. What had he done to become so outstanding that the Tacs made him a corporal?
When I was a cow (junior) at West Point, I dated a plebe (freshman), which is considered fraternization in the cadet realm.
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SlangA fish that is very large for its species, such as a large striped bass or large bluefin tuna.
Herkunft
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Germanic *kōz Proto-West Germanic *kō Old English cū Middle English cow English cow Inherited from Middle English cow, cou, from Old English cū (“cow”), from Proto-West Germanic *kō, from Proto-Germanic *kōz (“cow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (“cow”). Cognate with Sanskrit गो (go), Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Persian گاو (gâv)), Latvian govs (“cow”), Proto-Slavic *govędo (Serbo-Croatian govedo, Russian говядина (govjadina, “beef”), Scots coo (“cow”), North Frisian ko, kø (“cow”), West Frisian ko (“cow”), Dutch koe (“cow”), Low German Koh, Koo, Kau (“cow”), German Kuh (“cow”), Danish and Swedish ko (“cow”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk ku (“cow”), Faroese kúgv (“cow”), Icelandic kýr (“cow”), Latin bōs (“ox, bull, cow”) (whence English beef), Armenian կով (kov, “cow”). Doublet of beef. The plural kine is from Middle English kyne, kyn, kuin, kiin, kien (“cows”), either a double plural of Middle English ky, kye (“cows”), equivalent to modern kye + -en, or inherited from Old English cūna (“cows', of cows”), genitive plural of cū (“cow”).
Verb
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To intimidate; to daunt the spirits or courage of.
Con artists are not cowed by the law.
To vanquish a people already cowed.
Emily looked across at the girl. Large, steady, purplish-grey eyes gazed into beady, twinkling, black ones—gazed unquailingly—with something in them that cowed and compelled. The black eyes wavered and fell, their owner covering her retreat with another giggle and toss of her short braid of hair.
When a man resolves to become a warrior, when his life is given over to a transcendent cause, then he can’t be cowed by the Big Bad Wolf threatening to blow his house down.
Herkunft
Probably from Old Norse kúga (“to oppress”) (whence also Norwegian and Danish kue, Swedish kuva); compare Icelandic kúfa (“to set on top”) and Faroese kúga (“to oppress”).
Substantiv
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A chimney cowl.
Who could live to gaze from day to day on bricks and slates, who had once felt the influence of a scene like this? Who could continue to exist, where there are no cows but the cows on the chimneypots; nothing redolent of Pan but pan-tiles; […]
Substantiv
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LFBOT: Synonym of luminous fast blue optical transient.
Herkunft
Clipping of AT2018cow. From the name of the archetypal event, AT2018cow, an LFBOT. From being an astronomical transient (AT) occurring in 2018, with an automatically assigned code to distinguish it from other events in 2018.
Formen
- Plural
- cows, cattle, kye, kine
- Präteritum
- cowed
- Partizip II
- cowed
- Partizip I
- cowing
- 3. Person Singular
- cows
cow · An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
Cow · A surnamecoward · A person who lacks courage.Coward · A surname originating as an occupation.