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/kaʊ/ · noun
(strictly) 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.
We saw lots of cows at the farm show, including some surprisingly gigantic bulls.
The only meat I eat is cow.
[…] the worst insult to a woman, either in London or Paris, is "cow"; a name which might even be a compliment, for cows are among the most likeable of animals.
Greville Preston: You've been set up, you silly cow. Now, don't let me hear any more about this unless you have absolute stand-up-in-court proof it's kosher... Mattie Storin: Pig.
By the time of my third, five months ago, I was a right bossy cow about what I wanted because I knew the drill. For reasons I shan’t bore you with, I got them to induce me at 39 weeks, at 10am, with the epidural going in first, and it was all a dream.
Colonel Red Reeder, West Point Second Classman An assistant manager, wearing the stripes of a cadet corporal, walked up to Coach Smith. Clint knew him, a Cow from B-l. What had he done to become so outstanding that the Tacs made him a corporal?
When I was a cow (junior) at West Point, I dated a plebe (freshman), which is considered fraternization in the cadet realm.
Use cow when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cow means (strictly) An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved..
Common synonyms include bitch, moo-cow, dolphinet, bastard.
Possible antonyms include bull, ox, steer, heifer.
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.
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