cow

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 a large female animal kept on farms to produce milk or beef: cow's milk * a herd of dairy cows (= cows kept for their milk) compareBULL, CALF, HEIFER seealsoCATTLE 2 the female of the elephant, WHALE and some other large animals compareBULL 3 (slang, disapproving) an offensive word for a woman: You stupid cow! * That interfering old cow has never liked me. seealsoCASHCOW, SACREDCOW IDIOMS till the cows come home (informal) for a very long time; for ever: You can talk till the cows come home-you'll never make me change my mind. verb [VN] [usuallypassive] to frighten sb in order to make them obey you SYNINTIMIDATE: She was easily cowed by people in authority.