Meaning

11 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Kuh, Chue

    коро́ваkoróva

    коро́ваkoróva

  2. (broadly, countable, informal, uncountable)Any 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.

    Rind

    коро́ваkoróva, быкbyk

  3. (uncommon, uncountable)Beef: the meat of cattle as food.

    The only meat I eat is cow.

    female of domestic cattle:

  4. (countable, uncommon, uncountable)Any bovines or bovids generally, including yaks, buffalo, etc.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A female member of other large species of mammal, including the bovines, moose, whales, seals, hippos, rhinos, manatees, and elephants.

    Kuh

  6. (Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, informal, uncountable)A woman considered unpleasant in some way, particularly one considered nasty, stupid, fat, lazy, or difficult.

    Kuh

    коро́ваkoróva

    a large unpleasant woman

  7. (countable, uncountable)A chock: a wedge or brake used to stop a machine or car.

  8. (US, countable, slang, uncountable)A third-year cadet at West Point.

  9. (countable, slang, uncountable)A fish that is very large for its species, such as a large striped bass or large bluefin tuna.

  10. (UK, dialectal)A chimney cowl.

  11. LFBOT: Synonym of luminous fast blue optical transient.

Examples

630 sentences
  1. I've never seen a real cow.

    Я ніколи не бачив спражньої корови.

    ruЯ никогда не видел настоящую корову.

    deBisher habe ich nie eine echte Kuh gesehen.

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  2. I'm the one who taught Tom how to milk a cow.

    Це я навчив Тома доїти корів.

    ruЭто я научил Тома доить корову.

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  3. Have you ever milked a cow?

    Ти колись доїла корову?

    ruТы когда-нибудь доил корову?

    deHast du schon einmal eine Kuh gemolken?

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  4. I learned to milk a cow.

    Я навчився доїти корову.

    ruЯ научился доить корову.

    deIch lernte, eine Kuh zu melken.

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  5. Cows are eating grass in the meadow.

    Корови пасуться на лугу.

    ruКоровы едят траву на лугу.

    deDie Kühe essen auf der Weide Gras.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
adult female of species Bos taurus:
Русский
By meaning 2
adult female of species Bos taurus:
any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
adult female of species Bos taurus:
any domestic bovine regardless of sex or age:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English cow, cou, from Old English cū (“cow”), from Proto-West Germa

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”).

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.

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Forms

plural: cows / cattle / kine

Synonyms

12 synonyms
derogatory: despicable woman:bitch
informal: anything annoyingly difficult:bastard
female animal; female bovine:moo-cow
female animal; female dolphin:dolphinet
instance of:cow-class eventcow eventcow-like eventLFBOT
class of:cow classluminous fast blue optical transient
Close in meaning

Antonyms

4 antonyms
female domesticated ox or other bovine:bullB1oxB2steerB2heiferC1

Word family

169 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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