cow
cow is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.The mature female of bovine animals.
- 2.The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.
- 3.To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe. To vanquish a people already cowed. Shak. THe French king was cowed. J. R. Green.
- 4.A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. Knight.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- aftercrop
- aftergrowth
- aftermath
- and
- arrish
- conceive
- crop
- eddish
- fecund
- fecundate
- fecundify
- fecundity
- fertile
- fertility
- fertilization
- fertilize
- flowing
- fructification
- fructify
- frugiferous
- fruitful
- generate
- generative
- honey
- hydra
- impregnate
- land
- life-giving
- luxuriance
- luxuriant
- make
- milch
- milk
- multiparous
- multiplication
- multiply
- omnific
- parturient
- plot
- pregnancy
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is cow.
- What is the female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc called?
- What is to depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe. To vanquish a people already cowed. Shak. THe French king was cowed. J. R. Green called?
- What is a wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. Knight called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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