Definition of cow

"cow" in the noun sense

1. cow, moo-cow

female of domestic cattle: "`moo-cow' is a child's term"

2. cow

mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'

3. cow

a large unpleasant woman

"cow" in the verb sense

1. overawe, cow

subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe frighten (as with threats)

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Quotations for cow

As nimble as a cow in a cage. [ Proverb ]

A curst cow hath short horns. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A cursed cow has short horns. [ Proverb ]

She shines like a dry cow turd. [ Proverb ]

What is a crab in a cow's mouth? [ Proverb ]

An ill cow may have a good calf. [ Proverb ]

What should a cow do with a nutmeg? [ Proverb ]

Many a good cow hath but a bad calf. [ Proverb ]

He eats the calf in the cow's belly. [ Proverb ]

Who bulls the cow must keep the calf. [ Proverb ]

Who will sell the cow must say the word. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

A poor man's cow dies a rich man's child. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

I cannot sell the cow and drink her milk. [ Proverb ]

All is not butter that comes from the cow. [ Proverb ]

If you sell the cow, you sell her milk too. [ Proverb ]

Take a man by his word and a cow by her horn. [ Proverb ]

You cannot sell the cow and have her milk too. [ Proverb ]

She looks like a cow turd stuck with primroses. [ Proverb ]

Let him that owns the cow take her by the tail. [ Proverb ]

As slender in the middle, as a cow in the waist. [ Proverb ]

A quiet calf sucks its dam, and another cow also. [ Proverb ]

It is no more to him than a crab in a cow's mouth. [ Proverb ]

If you buy the cow, take the tail into the bargain. [ Proverb ]

My cow gives a good mess of milk, and then kicks it down. [ Proverb ]

The cow knows not what her tail is worth till she has lost it. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

Every one as they like, the woman said when she kissed her cow. [ Proverb ]

Who would keep a cow, when he may have a quart of milk for a penny? [ Proverb ]

A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden. [ Samuel Johnson ]

To one it is the mighty heavenly goddess; to another it is an excellent cow that furnishes him with milk. [ Schiller ]

cow in Scrabble®

The word cow is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters cow:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word cow

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The 23 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In cow

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cow in Words With Friends™

The word cow is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 9

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters cow:

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The 24 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In cow

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Words within the letters of cow

2 letter words in cow (1 word)

3 letter words in cow (1 word)

cow + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving cow

Shorter words in cow

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Longer words containing cow

coward cowardice

coward cowardliness

coward cowardly

coward cowards

cowbane cowbanes

cowbell cowbells

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cowbird cowbirds

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cowgrass cowgrasses

cowhand cowhands

cowherb cowherbs

cowherd cowherder cowherders

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cowhide cowhides

cowhorn cowhorns

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