Meaning

1 senses

  1. To work as a cowboy, herding cattle.

Examples

111 sentences

  1. I always wanted to be a cowboy.

    Я завжди хотів бути ковбоєм. — deniko

    ruЯ всегда хотел быть ковбоем. — marafon

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  2. Tom was wearing a cowboy hat.

    ruНа Томе была ковбойская шляпа. — marafon

    deTom trug einen Cowboyhut. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  3. Tom wasn't wearing a cowboy hat.

    ruТом был не в ковбойской шляпе. — marafon

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  4. Tom is wearing a cowboy hat.

    ruТом в ковбойской шляпе. — marafon

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  5. Let's make believe that we're cowboys.

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Forms

cowboys, cowboying, cowboyed, cowboyed
Base formcowboy · to cowboy
3rd person singularcowboys
Present participlecowboying
Past simplecowboyed
Past participlecowboyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycowboy
he, she, itcowboys

Past simpleLesson

all personscowboyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cowboyed
he, she, ithas cowboyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cowboy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

7 patterns
  • a cowboy hat
  • cowboy hat
  • cowboy boots boots
  • wearing a cowboy
  • wearing cowboy boots
  • cowboy boots
  • wearing cowboy

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
cowardB2cowardicecowardlyB2cowercowl

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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