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cow1

Pronunciation: /kaʊ/

Definition of cow

1a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef:a dairy cow
(loosely) a domestic bovine animal, regardless of sex or age.
(in farming) a female domestic bovine animal which has borne more than one calf. Compare with heifer.
the female of certain other large animals, for example elephant, rhinoceros, whale, or seal.

Phrases

have a cow: North American informal become angry, excited, or agitated:don’t have a cow—it’s no big deal
till the cows come home: informal for an indefinitely long time:those two could talk till the cows came home

Old English cū, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch koe and German Kuh, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin bos and Greek bous

Definition of cow in the US English dictionary

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