cow
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Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A big farm animal with horns that is kept for its milk or its meat.
The cows walked slowly back to the shed to be milked.
One cow lifted her head and stared at us over the gate.
This cheese is made only from the milk of mountain cows.
A cow chews each mouthful of grass again and again.
Common collocations: dairy cow · milk a cow · a herd of cows · cow's milk · graze
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- C1
The grown female of some very large animals, such as elephants, whales and seals.
In an elephant herd the oldest cow decides where they go.
The cow swam close beside her calf the whole time.
Seal cows return to the same beach every single year.
Common collocations: a cow and her calf · elephant cow · cow whale
Part of: Animals
Forms
- plural
- cows