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.
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