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cow
noun
1 cow
Female of domestic cattle::
— `moo-cow' is a child's term.
synonym: moo-cow.
Roget 374:
woman,
she,
her,
female,
petticoat.
feminality†,
muliebrity†;
womanhood
etc.
(adolescence)
131.
womankind;
the sex,
the fair;
fair sex,
softer sex;
weaker vessel.
dame,
madam,
madame,
mistress,
Mrs.
lady,
donna belle [Sp.],
matron,
dowager,
goody,
gammer†;
Frau [G.],
frow†,
Vrouw [Du.],
rani;
good woman,
good wife;
squaw;
wife
etc.
(marriage)
903;
matronage,
matronhood†.
bachelor girl,
new woman,
feminist,
suffragette,
suffragist.
nymph,
wench,
grisette†;
girl
etc.
(youth)
129.
[Effeminacy]
sissy,
betty,
cot betty [U.S.],
cotquean†,
henhussy†,
mollycoddle,
muff,
old woman.
[Female animal]
hen,
bitch,
sow,
doe,
roe,
mare;
she goat,
Nanny goat,
tabita;
ewe,
cow;
lioness,
tigress;
vixen.
gynecaeum†.
estrogen,
oestrogen.
consanguinity
etc.
166
[Female relatives],
paternity
etc.
11.
lesbian,
dyke [Slang].
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Roget 366:
animal,
animal kingdom;
fauna;
brute creation.
beast,
brute,
creature,
critter [U.S.];
wight,
created being;
creeping thing,
living thing;
dumb animal,
dumb creature;
zoophyte.
[major divisions of animals]
mammal,
bird,
reptile,
amphibian,
fish,
crustacean,
shellfish,
mollusk,
worm,
insect,
arthropod,
microbe.
[microscopic animals]
microbe,
animalcule
etc.
193.
[reptiles]
alligator,
crocodile;
saurian;
dinosaur
(extinct);
snake,
serpent,
viper,
eft;
asp,
aspick†.
[amphibians]
frog,
toad.
[fishes]
trout,
bass,
tuna,
muskelunge,
sailfish,
sardine,
mackerel.
[insects]
ant,
mosquito,
bee,
honeybee.
[arthropods]
tardigrade,
spider.
[classification by number of feet]
biped,
quadruped;
[web-footed animal]
webfoot.
flocks and herds,
live stock;
domestic animals,
wild animals;
game,
ferae naturae [Lat.];
beasts of the field,
fowls of the air,
denizens of the sea;
black game,
black grouse;
blackcock†,
duck,
grouse,
plover,
rail,
snipe.
[domesticated mammals]
horse
etc.
(beast of burden)
271;
cattle,
kine†,
ox;
bull,
bullock;
cow,
milch cow,
calf,
heifer,
shorthorn;
sheep;
lamb,
lambkin†;
ewe,
ram,
tup;
pig,
swine,
boar,
hog,
sow;
steer,
stot†;
tag,
teg†;
bison,
buffalo,
yak,
zebu,
dog,
cat.
[dogs]
dog,
hound;
pup,
puppy;
whelp,
cur,
mongrel;
house dog,
watch dog,
sheep dog,
shepherd's dog,
sporting dog,
fancy dog,
lap dog,
toy dog,
bull dog,
badger dog;
mastiff;
blood hound,
grey hound,
stag hound,
deer hound,
fox hound,
otter hound;
harrier,
beagle,
spaniel,
pointer,
setter,
retriever;
Newfoundland;
water dog,
water spaniel;
pug,
poodle;
turnspit;
terrier;
fox terrier,
Skye terrier;
Dandie Dinmont;
collie.
[cats--generally]
feline,
puss,
pussy;
grimalkin†;
gib cat,
tom cat.
[wild mammals]
fox,
Reynard,
vixen,
stag,
deer,
hart,
buck,
doe,
roe;
caribou,
coyote,
elk,
moose,
musk ox,
sambar†.
[birds]
bird;
poultry,
fowl,
cock,
hen,
chicken,
chanticleer,
partlet†,
rooster,
dunghill cock,
barn door fowl;
feathered tribes,
feathered songster;
singing bird,
dicky bird;
canary,
warbler;
finch;
aberdevine†,
cushat†,
cygnet,
ringdove†,
siskin,
swan,
wood pigeon.
[undesirable animals]
vermin,
varmint [U.S.],
pest.
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Dutch: melkkoe
Polish: krowa
2 cow
Mature female of mammals of which the male is called `bull'.
Dutch: koe, koebeest, koetje-boe, koetjeboe
3 cow
A large unpleasant woman.
Dutch: domme koe, rund, koe, karrenpaard, karrepaard
Polish: krówsko
verb
1 cow
Subdue, restrain, or overcome by affecting with a feeling of awe; frighten (as with threats).
synonym: overawe.
Roget 860:
fear,
stand in awe of;
be afraid
etc.
adj.;
have qualms
etc.
n.;
apprehend,
sit upon thorns,
eye askance;
distrust
etc.
(disbelieve)
485.
hesitate
etc.
(be irresolute)
605;
falter,
funk,
cower,
crouch;
skulk
etc.
(cowardice)
862;
let 'I dare not' wait upon 'I would'"
[Macbeth]
take fright,
take alarm;
start,
wince,
flinch,
shy,
shrink;
fly
etc.
(avoid)
623.
tremble,
shake;
shiver,
shiver in one's shoes;
shudder,
flutter;
shake like an aspen leaf,
tremble like an aspen leaf,
tremble all over;
quake,
quaver,
quiver,
quail.
grow pale,
turn pale;
blench,
stand aghast;
not dare to say one's soul is one's own.
inspire fear,
excite fear,
inspire awe,
excite awe;
raise apprehensions†;
be in a daze,
bulldoze [U.S.];
faze,
feeze [U.S.];
give an alarm,
raise an alarm,
sound an alarm;
alarm,
startle,
scare,
cry 'wolf',
disquiet,
dismay;
fright,
frighten,
terrify;
astound;
fright from one's propriety;
fright out of one's senses,
fright out of one's wits,
fright out of one's seven senses;
awe;
strike all of a heap,
strike an awe into,
strike terror;
harrow up the soul,
appall,
unman,
petrify,
horrify;
pile on the agony.
make one's flesh creep,
make one's hair stand on end,
make one's blood run cold,
make one's teeth chatter;
take away one's breath,
stop one's breath;
make one tremble
&c.;
haunt;
prey on the mind,
weigh on the mind.
put in fear,
put in bodily fear;
terrorize,
intimidate,
cow,
daunt,
overawe,
abash,
deter,
discourage;
browbeat,
bully;
threaten
etc.
909.
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Dutch: rund, koe, ontmoedigen, bang maken, intimideren
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