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How to pronounce cow in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms moo-cow
Type of cattle, cows, oxen, bos taurus, kine
Has types heifer, springer, springing cow


`moo-cow' is a child's term.
Type Words
Synonyms overawe
Type of awe
Has types buffalo
Derivation coward
Type Words
Type of disagreeable woman, unpleasant woman
Type Words
Type of placental, eutherian mammal, eutherian, placental mammal

Examples of cow

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If the cow jumped over the moon once, I don't know why she couldn't do it again.
From the chron.com
Dress up in period costumes, pose with the museum cow and have your photo taken.
From the dailyherald.com
It offers a full slate of activities, ranging from butter making to cow milking.
From the timesunion.com
Not too bad unless you drew the back end of the cow, which could be a bit dodgy.
From the independent.co.uk
In other words, its scale alone is enough to cow the visitor, and from 50 paces.
From the guardian.co.uk
She is the typical cash cow, along with people like Cheryl Cole and Katie Price.
From the guardian.co.uk
My own rationale for breastfeeding was always that cow milk is great for calves.
From the guardian.co.uk
A wake for a cow in a pub in rural Ireland sounds like an episode of Father Ted.
From the guardian.co.uk
However, babies given the cow-milk formula were, on average, two pounds heavier.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"
  • Overawe: subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats)
  • Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'
  • A large unpleasant woman
  • (cows) cattle: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"
  • Cowsay is a program which generates ASCII pictures of a cow with a message. It can also generate pictures using pre-made images of other animals. There is also a related program called cowthink, with cows with thought bubbles rather than speech bubbles.
  • Cow is a 2009 Chinese film directed by Guan Hu. A black comedy, Cow takes place during the midst of the Second Sino-Japanese War. A villager, played by Huang Bo, has been entrusted to care for a Dutch cow when a Japanese attack leaves him and the cow the only survivors.
  • Cow is a public service announcement film directed by Peter Watkins-Hughes with assistance from the Gwent Police Department and Tredegar Comprehensive School.Brindley, Madeleine. "." Western Mail. 26 August 2009. Retrieved on 18 August 2010. ...
  • Cow and Chicken is an American animated series, created by David Feiss. The series shows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam or hurt them. ...