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Noun cow has 3 senses
  1. cow, moo-cow - female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
    --1 is a kind of bovine; cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus; bovine; cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus
    --1 is a member of Bos, genus Bos; herd
    --1 has parts:
     beef, boeuf; 1 of 3 senses of cow ; cow, moo-cow; udder, bag; poll; cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus; beef, boeuf; 1 of 3 senses of cow ; cow, moo-cow; udder, bag; poll
     --1 has members: calf
    --1 has particulars:
     ox; stirk; bullock, steer; bull; cow, moo-cow; beef, beef cattle; Welsh, Welsh Black; red poll; Africander; dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milk cow, milcher, milker; Devon; grade; 1 of 3 senses of cow ; cow, moo-cow; springer, springing cow; heifer; cattle, cows, kine, oxen, Bos taurus; ox; stirk; bullock, steer; bull; cow, moo-cow; beef, beef cattle; Welsh, Welsh Black; red poll; Africander; dairy cattle, dairy cow, milch cow, milk cow, milcher, milker; Devon; grade; 1 of 3 senses of cow ; cow, moo-cow; springer, springing cow; heifer
  2. cow - mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
    --2 is a kind of     placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal; placental, placental mammal, eutherian, eutherian mammal
  3. cow - a large unpleasant woman
    --3 is a kind of     unpleasant woman, disagreeable woman; unpleasant woman, disagreeable woman
,Verb cow has 1 sense
  1. overawe, cow - subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
    --1 is one way to awe
    Derived form: noun coward1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot cow Sue
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